...supported by the whole weight of Ashoka's political and diplomatic influence. His own son Mahendra went out as a missionary to Ceylon, and the whole...missionaries three things which may perhaps contain a hint fo the solution of the modern question of missionary difficulties in China. These Buddhist missionaries...

...by Buddhist missionaries. In this way it happened, that as early as 250 BC a number of 18 Buddhist emissaries reached China, where they are held in remembrance...earliest Buddhist missionaries three things which form a remarkable parallel to the line of movement followed by modern Christian Missions in Eastern...

...by Buddhist missionaries. In this way it happened, that as early as 250 BC a number of 18 Buddhist emissaries reached China, where they are held in remembrance...earliest Buddhist missionaries three things which form a remarkable parallel to the line of movement followed by modern Christian Missions in Eastern...

...Buddhist missionaries. " In this way it happened, that as early as 250 BC a number of eighteen Buddhist emissaries reached China, where they are held in remembrance...their images occupying a conspicuous place in every large temple." After the death of Ashoka, his empire fell to pieces, whereupon a terrible persecution...

...Buddhist missionaries. " In this way it happened, that as early as 250 BC a number of eighteen Buddhist emissaries reached China, where they are held in remembrance...their images occupying a conspicuous place in every large temple." After the death of Ashoka, his empire fell to pieces, whereupon a terrible persecution...

...Buddhist missionaries. In this way it happened that as early as 250 BC a number of eighteen Buddhist emissaries reached China, where they are held in remembrance...their images occupying a conspicuous place in every large temple. So then we observe with regard to these earliest Buddhist missionaries three things which...

...are held in remembrance to the present day, their images occupying a conspicuous place in every large temple. So then we observe with regard to these earliest Buddhist missionaries three things which form a remarkable parallel to the line of movement followed by modern Christian missions in Eastern...

...Buddhist missionaries. " In this way it happened that, as early as 250 BC, a number of eighteen Buddhist emissaries reached China, where they are held in remembrance...occupying a conspicuous place in every larger temple." * Asoka was a man of lofty moral character, but it cannot be doubted that during this period the popularisation...