The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c37.1

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.Abastanes, tribe, 376 .Abdagases, 578, 580, 590, 592 Abhaya, king of Ceylon, 607, 608 Abhaya, son of Yaṭṭhālaya, 609 Abhayagiri monastery, 610 Abhaya Kumāra, 186 Abhidhamma, 192, 193, 197 -Abhijit, 139 .Abhīras, tribe, 596 Abhisāra, 349, 353, 357, 360, 370, 371, 373, 377, 383, 406, 468 -Abhisares, 468 Abhyāvartin Chāyamāna, 84, 87, 322 Abu, mt, 21, 22, 34 Açani, 237 Acesines. *See* Chenāb Achaemenids, 51, 73, 319, 328, 329, 340 ff., 390, 438, 494, 540, 565, 567, 618, 634; inscriptions. *See* Persia Āchārāṅga-sūtra, 158, 160 .Açmakas, 315, 316 Açoka, Asoka, 166, 167, 189, 199, 222, 223, 315, 433, 442, 473, 495 ff., 516, 518, 519, 527, 534, 538, 608, 622, 627, 630; chronology, 171, 503; edicts, 61, 146, 193 ff., 467, 480, 481, 483, 484, 486, 494, 496 ff., 523, 540, 597, 599, 602, 603, 617 ff.; extent of rule, 514 ff. .Açokārāma, 498, 500, 501 .Āçramas, 246, 281 Açvaghosha, 482, 483, 507 Açvakas, 352 Açvalāyana Gṛihya Sūtra, 233, 235, 239, 251, 256 Açvamedha. *See* Horse sacrifice Açvamedhadatta, 302 Açvapati, 124, 126, 127 Açvasena, 154 Açvattha, 136, 240 Açvayuja rite, 239 Açvinī, 111 Açvins, 104, 110, 138, 320 Adan I, II, 598 Aden, 1, 2, 16, 36 .Adharma, ordeal, 283 Adhisīmakṛishṇa, 302, 306, 308 Adhṛishtas, 371 Adhvaryu, 107, 114 Adhyakshas, 488 Ādi Purāṇa.

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*See* Brahmā Purāṇa Aditi, 105, 232 .Ādityas, 88, 105, 232 Aḍiyārkku-nallār, 597 .Adraistai, 371 Aelian, 270, 399, 406, 407, 412, 417, 425, 493 Aemilius Paulus, 71 .Aeschylus, 70, 394 Aesop, 257 Afghānistān, 24, 26 ff., 30, 32, 34, 38, 43, 53, 74, 79, 191, 321, 326, 327, 333, 338, 339, 346, 347, 431, 434, 436, 444, 472, 540, 542, 560, 562, 564, 583, 645 Afghāns, 42, 70, 352; Afghān War, 1882, 33 Africa, West, 132 Agalappulai, 595 .Agastya, sage, 596 Agathocleia, 461, 552, 553, 559, 560, 588, 589 Agathocles, 438, 449 ff., 552; coins, 464, 546, 586 agghakāraka, 216 Aghora, 238 Agni, 73, 104, 105, 129, 142, 232, 233, 247, 288; on coins, 538 Agni-Brahmā, 500 Agnimitra, 223, 518 ff., 523, 525, 538, 600 Agni Purāṇa, 301 Agoranomoi. *See* Agronomoi Agra, 13 ff., 17, 20, 23, 24, 309 Agrahāyaṇī, 232 Agrammes, 468, 469 Agrianes, 351 Agriculture, Indo-European, 68; Vedic, 99; later, 18, 135, 136, 202, 206, 238, 248, 287, 410, 417, 474 .Agronomoi (for Agoranomoi), 417, 508 Ahicchatra, 316, 520, 524 ff. ahiṁsā, 138, 162, 504 .Ahmadābād, 19, 21, 27 Ahura Mazda, 76, 103, 319, 320, 324 Aigloi, 387 Ā'īn-i-Akbarī, 474 Aitareya Āraṇyaka, 115; Brāhmaṇa, 115, 117, 121, 124, 126, 127, 130, 132, 134, 145, 254, 279, 598 Aiyar, K. G. Sankara, 538 Ajanta, 499, 635, 636 Ajas, 82, 85 Ajātaçatru of Kāçi, 122, 123, 127 Ajātaçatru of Magadha, Ajātasattu, 122, 123, 156, 157, 160 ff., 181 ff., 189, 218, 310 ff., 315, 337, 469, 624;

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Kūṇika, 156, 183, 311 Ājīvikas, 159, 482, 498, 501, 509, 512, 619 Ajmer, 21, 22 Ajodhyā. *See* Ayodhyā ākāça, 419 Akara, 523, 533 Akbar, 474 Akesines. *See* Chenāb Ākhurāja, 238 Ākhyāyikā, 482 Akra, 647 Akshāvāpa, ratnin, 131 Alakāpurī cave, 642 'Alam, Shāh, 562 Alasanda. *See* Alexandria-under-the-Caucasus Alasanda-dvīpa, 550 Albanian, 71 Alexander = Nandrus, 469 Alexander of Epirus, 502 Alexander the Great, 23, 29, 33, 34, 51, 57 ff., 113, 164, 223, 225, 313, 315, 331, 332, 341, 345 ff., 403, 428, 429, 439, 450, 453, 467 ff., 490, 491, 494, 520, 542 ff., 550, 551, 564, 621; coin types, 462; historians of, 58, 528, 541, 555; successors, 540 ff., 565; coins, 541; Itinerarium Alexandri, 542, 675 Alexander Polyhistor, 425 Alexandria, 425, 517 Alexandria = Rhambacia, 380 Alexandria - among - the - Arachosians, 347, 543 Alexandria [Opiana], 376 Alexandria Sogdiana, 377 Alexandria-under-the-Caucasus, 348, 350, 355, 383, 542, 543; Alasanda of the Yonas, 550 Alī Masjid, 32 Alikhat, 231 Alinas, 81 Alishang valley, 352 Allahābād, 13, 14, 17, 29, 45, 110, 469, 520, 527, 528; Prayāga, 110, 520 Allakappa, 175 Almora District, 529, 539 Alphabets, 62, 140, 529. *See* Brahmī, Kharoshṭhī Alpine race, 45 Alwar, 84, 121, 316, 528 Amarapura, 7 Amarāvati, on the Kistna, 599 Amb, 356 Ambā, 253, 255 Ambāla, 43, 79 Ambhi, 350; Omphis, 350, 357 ff., 361, 367, 377, 383 Ambikā, 253 Ameshaspentas, 76 Amitraghāta. *See* Bindusāra Amitratapana Çushmina, 121 Amitrochates.

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*See* Bindusāra Amoghabhūti, 529, 539 Āmohinī tablet, 526, 575, 576, 633 Amorges, 338 Amritsar, 26, 371, 414 *amsala*, 138 Amu Daria. *See* Oxus Amulets, 239 Amun, 374, 379 Amusements, 102, 136, 138, 272, 417, 480 Amyntas, 556, 560, 591 Amyrgioi Sakai, 338, 564 Anaghā, 238 Ānanda, elder, 201 Ananta Gumphā, Khandagiri, 639, 640 *anāsaḥ*, no-nose, 85, 267 Anāthapiṇḍika, 207, 211, 213, 216, 219, 624 Anatolia, 45 Ancyra, battle, 440