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THE CONVERTED ROBBER'S TOMB. i
AS soon as Panthaka, the young samana, I had reached Kaushambî, he went to the vihâra and inquired for Pandu the jeweller. Being directed to his residence he gave him a full account of his recent adventure in the forest. And Pandu set out with an escort, of armed men and secured the treasures which the robber chief had concealed in the cave. Near by they found the remains of the robber chief and his slain comrades, and they gathered the bodies in a heap and burned them with all honors.
The ashes were collected in an urn and buried in a tumulus on which a stone was placed with an inscription written by Panthaka, which contained a brief report of Mahâduta's conversion.
Before Pandu's party returned home, Panthaka held a memorial service at the tumulus
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