The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-16
THE BONES or BUDOHA.
Alleged to Have Been Found in Ar-
cient India.

Alleged to Have Been Found In Ars
cient India.
From India comes the news OF remark
able discoveries. The very bones OF Budd-
ha have been found, strangely paral-
Icing tho discovery of tho tombs OF the
gods In Egypt
Buddha mas been compared with
Wcden, Of the Scandinavian. and Thor.
OF the Egyptian mythology. by some
great Oriental scholars such as Prof. H.
IA. wilson, VINO have d)ubted the really
OF his life. But now Prof. V.nsent
Smith, a learned antiudary OF Bengal,
has found the very home OF Buddha and
some OF his bones.
1t is a current tradition that Buddha
was the son OF suddhoIana. king OF IA
piiavastu, in Nepaul. India. This city
uas at last been definitely located: ito
ruins have been laid bare. Buddha lived
and worked I'm the sixth century h. C.,
and kapiiavastu has been unoccupiej
since 4l0 b. c. Its ruins are now being
eNcavated, bringing 10 lignt building
more ancient than any others which have
been found In india.
Tradition stated that Buddah was born
IN the Lumbinl Garden and this very
spot has been found. having been ide..ti-
fed by a pillar erected in The third cen-
fury %. c., by the Emperor Asoka tho
Constantine OF Buddhisms The lnscrip-
ton on the pillar Is stll perfect. IL
stands on the western edge OF n mound
OF ruins about 100 yards n diameter. and
on the south side OF the mound Is the
tank in which the ohlds mother bathed
after its birth.
But the most startling OF this chain Of
discoveries was made in a stupa. or
brick tumulus close TO the British from
iier-the relics OK Buddha himself. Thess
consist Of fragments OF bone. wnirh were
deposited in a wooden vessel that stood
at the bottom OF "A massive Golfer. more
than four feet long and two feet deep,
cut out OF q solid block OF fna sandstone.
This Golfer was buried under - feet OF
masonry. composed OF huge bricks. each
- inches long.
The wooden vessel was decaycd. and
with il was an eXquisi-eiy finished bowl
OF rock crystal. the largest yet d.scov-
cred In lndita, together with five small
vases of soapstone. An these vessels
were partially filed. evidently in honor
OF the relies with a marvellous collection
OF gold stars. pearls. topazcs. beryls and
other jewels and Of various objects deli
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other substances
An inscription on one OF the soapstons
vases declared the relics TO be those Of
Buddha himself, and the very characters
In which this inscription is written are
substantially the same as those OF TIE
Asoka Inscriptions, and indicate that tho
tumulus, or "stupa.' was constructed be-
tween 500 10 go r. G. These discoveries
subsiantiate in every respect The eldest
traditions "a 10 the birthplace and scena
OF the activity Of Buddha. 900 years 100.
These discoveries Will create wide
spread sensation. not only amc n no
Christian students Of Buddhism. but also
among tho many hun ired millions W -
crshin Sokyl NUM- CBud1ha) None
can any longer doubt the actually OF
that man whose strikingiy noble and hu-
name career has been frequently thought
worthy 81 comparison with that ~ Jesus
Buddha was m original thinker and
teacher So. deeply conscious Of the de-
grading ,hraldom Of caste and tho priest.
" tyranny ~ the Br1hmans. and pro-
foundly impressed with the pathos and
struggles Of life he sought earnestly for
some method OF eseari1g from existence
and IT'S accompanying sorrows.-S. y
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