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Contents 6 Preface and Acknowledgements 10 Glossary 14 1 The Time of the Buddha 18 South Asia from the Buddha to Ashoka 23 Sakyamuni and the Sakya People 26 The Buddha’s Supporters in Cities 27 Forests, Mountains, and Waters 30 The Sangha of the Buddha and His Society 33 2 Ahura and Asura: Persians and Indians in the Time of the Buddha 43 The Presence of the Persian Empire 44 Zoroastrianism in Persia and India 47 Persians in Greater Gandara 51 Looking from the Ganges 54 Asuras Among the Buddhists 57 3 The Maladies of Urban Life: Epidemics, Asava, and the Problem of Addiction 67 Jivaka the Physician in the New Cities 68 Health Conditions: Personal Hygiene and Environmental Sanitation 73 Drugs as Medicine and Addiction 75 Soma, Haoma, Asava 81 4 Supporters in the Cities: Gahapati, Setthi, Visakha, and Women Who Fed the Sangha 88 5 Bimbisara, Pasenadi, Ajatasattu, and the Vajji Rajas 111 6 Queens and the Buddhist Sangha 133 Ambapali, Stateswoman of the Vajji Ganasangha 133 Maha Pajapati, Matriarch of the Sakya Ganasangha 141 Khema, a Queen of Magadha 145 Mallika, Queen of Kosala 148 Samavati, Queen of Kosambi 153 7 Patacara and Refugees Who Fled from Cities 155 8 Newcomers from Forest

Author

Xinru Liu;

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