Ancient india Quotes
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"There can be no doubt that the architects who planned and built the were Indians. Everything in this temple from Sikhara to the basement as well as the numerous stone sculptures found in its corridors and the terra-cotta...adorning its basement and terraces, bear the indubitable stamp of Indian genius and craftsmanship...In this sense, we may take it, therefore, that the Ananda, though built in the Burmese capital, is an Indian temple.""
"The population of the country as a whole did not greatly vary between the early Hindu period and the first advent of Muhammadans, and it may be supposed to have lain roughly between the above limit (100—140 million)."
"No fruits are produced from alms-giving or donations, no fruits from sacrifices, no fruits from Homa ceremonies, and no fruits from good and bad deeds. To those who are dead, this world exists not. To those who are living, another world does not exist. No results are produced from what is done to mother or father. There are no sentient beings of spontaneous generation."
"Who knows that the soul exists? Of what use is this knowledge? Who knows that the soul does not exist? Of what use is this knowledge?"