"Imagine, Ananda, a cesspool, of a man’s depth, brimful of dung and a man fallen in, head and all—though a man appear,…"

"He levelled the whole earth, clearing it of ups and downs, and encouraged cultivation, cattle-breeding, commerce and …"

"Jain texts treat Samprati as a patron of Jainism almost in the same light as Buddhist texts treat Asoka."

"IN THE MIDST OF THIS JUNGLE of mundane human existence does the carpenter Yama select upright and round trees in the …"

"[Vigraharaja IV's victories led him to claim of] having rendered Aryavarta worthy of its name by the repeated extermi…"

"By repeatedly exterminating the Mlechhas, having once more made Aryavarta what its name signifies - victorious in the…"

"In the centuries immediately preceding the Muhammadan conquest, the Chandellas of Mahoba and Khajurahu were one of th…"

"We have been writing to you of our affairs from time to time. It is twenty-two years since you left the province. We …"

"Sultan Shihabu'd-Din addressed himself to such works as would help him get peace in the world hereafter. He arranged …"

"Raje hugged Shiva tightly and did not say a word. His tears drenched Shiva’s shoulders. Raje said, ‘Shiva, I hate wha…"