Memories of Faizabad is an English translation by William Hoey of the Persian chronicle Tarikh-I-Farah Bakhsh of Munshi Faiz Bakhsh, who came to Faizabad in 1770-71 AD and served in the establishments of Bahu Begam and Darab Ali Khan, an officer of the former, from 1774 to 1818. His book is, therefore, an eye-witness account of the History of Faizabad. Although he asserts that he wrote this work at his own conviction and got an inspiration to write it after an ...
This is a translation of a German work, Buddha, sein Leben, seine Lehre, sein Gemeinde by Prof. Hermann Oldenberg. The original had attracted the attention of European scholars and the name of Oldenberg is a sufficient guarantee of the value of its contents. The distinguised author has in this work demolished the sceptical theory of a solar Buddha put forward by M. Senart. He has sifted the legendary elements of Buddhist tradition and has given the reliable ...