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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 238, 13 November 1909, Page 6

THE DISCOVERY OF BUDDHA'S BONES. "It i 3 /difficult to recall any excavations itt>E,istefil lands which nave been rewarded so striking a result as that which' hao followed Dr. Spooncr's investigations at Peshawar. Dr. jjpooncr, working on a site determined -by the French man of science. 11. Foueher, has iin.'arthp<T'"tlii'*ruiii3 of the great pagoda Kortishka lo enshrine the relics of the founder of Buddhism, in a : rwk*-ci-ystal casket within the, building he bus found three charred j>»ices of bone, which are in all human probsbi)jtT.,tbe ■authentic relii s of Gautama Bumlna" TJiins'clf. | "The immense veneration in whicli is held the alleged • tooth of Gautama, in the Temple- of Knndy,, in Cc.vlon, so far' -tthe, chief .relic, shows'how m-cessarv it is to pay due respect, to the beliefs athose who hold the religion, ft i* oiivious that the disposal of Hie casl;-t ■will need carrjfulconsidcration. and that' '. any thought of placing it in n museum need only be entertained to be immediately dismissed. The Oiovernmcnt of India has a .long and honorable, record for a sympathetic and enlightened attitude towards native beliefs. It is. thcr,'sifore, happily,.possible for those who ap'•'"rttiate the grave wsueiMnvolved ta save the- decision vfffe I'onfidcnce in (their hands." ' j;'Si) less' than fifty-four Royal 1 js, including shooting-boxes. tained by tSe German Emperor.