Curated category
Magahi language
- Pali CanonThree months after the death of Gautama Buddha in Rajgir, a man named Ananda recited the Sutta Pitaka while another monk called Upali recited the Vinaya…
- Edicts of AshokaIn the year 260 BCE, a stone slab stood in Old Kandahar, modern Afghanistan. It bore words in Greek and Aramaic. These were not random carvings but official…