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After World War I, Buddhists began petitioning the British to return the bones of their two saints. Finally, in 1947, London sent them back. The relics were taken on a tour through India, Burma and Indo-China. Devout Buddhists claimed that hundreds of miracles were worked among those who saw them...
Last week the bones were ceremoniously carried back to Sanchi. Prime Minister Nehru opened the celebration, and officials of eight Asiatic countries were on hand, among them Burma's pious Premier U Nu. Before a reverent crowd of 100,000, the bones, encased in glass, were carried up to a new stupa, built on a hilltop near the old ruins. Then, while saffron-robed monks chanted Buddhist litanies, the remains of the honored disciples Sariputta and Moggallana were laid to rest...
...eleven, Steinkraus showed more than early promise as he matured, scored an unusual double when he won both the Good Hands and Maclay Trophies for juniors in 1941. With the 124th Cavalry ("unmounted, but we had boots and spurs"), Billy won three battle stars in the China-Burma-India Theater, ended up in China as a sergeant. After college (Yale '48), Steinkraus combined his two main pastimes into a temporary career. An ardent musician ("strictly longhair"), he played the viola with the Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, joined a concert-management concern, spent all his spare time on the horse-show...
...most accommodating. In the 2,500 years since Gautama Buddha first preached his doctrines in India, they have spread over Asia like a billowing saffron robe. In the process, Buddhist doctrines have been porous enough to admit and blend with local beliefs, such as spirit-worship in Burma, Confucianism in China, and the ancestor worship of Japanese Shinto...
...itinerary included Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Fisher spoke no foreign tongue but said, "It's a lot easier to travel in Asia with English than in Europe...