. India, past and present / C. H. Forbes-Lindsay. t, temperance in all things and gentlenesstoward all living creatures. The slaughter of animals,whether for food or sacrifice, was forbidden, andprovision was made for the care of old, crippled andsick brutes. Teachers were appointed to acquaint thepeople with the doctrine of Dharma, and, while theBrahman religion was tolerated and its priests anddevotees strictly protected. Buddhism became themain profession of the country. Subsequent to the reign of Asoka India sufferedseveral invasions by the Graeko-Bactrians, whoseoccupation of the northern
. India, past and present / C. H. Forbes-Lindsay. t, temperance in all things and gentlenesstoward all living creatures. The slaughter of animals,whether for food or sacrifice, was forbidden, andprovision was made for the care of old, crippled andsick brutes. Teachers were appointed to acquaint thepeople with the doctrine of Dharma, and, while theBrahman religion was tolerated and its priests anddevotees strictly protected. Buddhism became themain profession of the country. Subsequent to the reign of Asoka India sufferedseveral invasions by the Graeko-Bactrians, whoseoccupation of the northern portion of the country isattested to-day by the presence of Greek sculpturesand ruins, and Greek images and superscriptions uponold coins. In the last century before the Christianera these latest comers Avere ousted by the Indo-Scythians, who founded a dynasty about which littleis known. Toward the close of the first century, theHindu rajas rose against the Indo-Scythian this revolt the natives were aided by a people Bath-Khana, Delhi. Hi!lf% ^*^ ? iH^l^r^^Tl^^^ INDIA UNDEK HINDU RULE. 39 known as the Guptas, who some believe to have beendescendants of the Graeko-Bactrians. A great battlewas fought at Kahror, resulting in the utter defeat ofthe Indo-Scythiaus, who thereafter disappear fromhistory. The Guptas then assumed control of thecountry, and exercised dominion until they weresuperseded by the Yalabhi rajiis early in the fourthcentury. As a result of the efforts of Asoka to propagateBuddhism, that religion had taken root in China, andabout this time Buddhist monks from that countlybegan to appear in India on pilgrimages to the sacredplaces associated with the memory of Gautama. Oneof these enthusiasts, Fah Hian by name, spent threeyears at Piili-putra, and has left an account of hisobservations. Somewhat more than two hundredyears later, or about 640 , another member of theChinese monastic order, named Hiouen-Thsang, visitedthe country. His description of Bu
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