Show I I j J f r II Great Tope at I Y 1 r rt t i l rs i S. S i I t 5 u uY i f Y rr K G. f s s 55 t Cj o y H Hz z 1 4 4 c I Five hundred years before the Christian era Buddha came from Gaya baya to I four miles from the present Benares to establish there his religion religion- The great tope a huge upright cylindrical mass of stone and brick work which rises feet above the surrounding ruins stands in the middle of what was called the deer park The story Is that Buddha struck by the loveliness of the gazelles took the form of one and became king of the herd A certain rajah hunting one day with a cheetah saw this splendid creature and ordered I the cheetah to be loosed upon him Just as the leather hood was about to fall fail from the cheetahs cheetah's eyes the mind of the rajah became enlightened and prostrating prostrating pros pros- I In the dust he cried out Oh sublime master truly thou art arta a man man and and what a man man In in the shape of a beast whereas I that wickedly I sought to kill thee I 1 am a b beast beast and and ast-and and oh how stupid a beast hidden beast hidden under the shape of a man In the tenth century Buddhism was crushed out by the I Brahmins and a the great lt monastery was destroyed by fanatic fury and Its surprised monks were burned In a gigantic holocaust I I |