The Bhilsa Topes: Or, Buddhist Monuments of Central India: Comprising a Brief Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Buddhism; with an Account of the Opening and Examination of the Various Groups of Topes Around Bhilsa |
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| Title | The Bhilsa Topes: Or, Buddhist Monuments of Central India: Comprising a Brief Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Buddhism; with an Account of the Opening and Examination of the Various Groups of Topes Around Bhilsa |
| Author | Sir Alexander Cunningham |
| Publisher | Smith, Elder, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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