The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c37.37

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Mahānāga, viceroy, 609 Mahānāma, king of Ceylon, 609 Mahānandin, 313, 314 Mahāpadma, 313, 314 Mahāparinibbāna sutta, 184, 188, 195, 196 Mahārakshita, 499 Mahārāshṭra, 499, 593, 594, 602, 603. *See* Marāthās Mahārathi, 530 Mahāsammata-rājāvaliya, 604, 607, 608, 610, 611 Mahasilu. *See* Mahāchūli Mahāsīva, 608 Mahā-ummagga Jātaka, 215 Mahāvaṃsa, 172, 182, 184, 185, 189 ff., 213, 312, 470, 498, 603 ff. Mahāvana, 177 Mahāvāṇija Jātaka, 211 Mahāvaruṇa, elder, 507 Mahāvastu, 172, 173 Mahāvihāra at Anurādhapura, 499, 608, 609 Mahāvīra, 150 ff., 167, 169, 222, 311, 480; Nātaputta, 156; Vardhamāna, 150 Mahāvrata, 141 Mahāvṛishas, 117 Mahāyāna, 224 Mahé, 595 Mahendra, mt, 304 Mahendra, Mahinda, son of Açoka, 213, 499, 500, 506, 604, 608 Mahī, 19 Mahindatala, 608 Mahīshakas, 603 Mahishamandala, 499, 603 Mahishī, ratnin, 130, 131 Mahishmant, 603 Māhishmatī, 274, 531, 603; Māhissati, 173 Mahiyaṅgana Thūpa, 606 Maidān, Calcutta, 10 Maisey, F. C., 476, 499 Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, 114, 131, 139 Maitreya, in Purāṇas, 301 *maitrī*, 504 Majjhima, missionary, 499 Majjhima Nikāya, 156, 178 ff., 185 ff., 189, 192, 196, 197, 203, 204, 206, 208, 209, 213 ff. Maka, 338 Makalan Tissa, 611 Mākandika-avadāna, 187 Makha, 238 Makkhali Gosāla. *See* Gosāla Makrān, 29, 338, 380, 426 Malabar, 2, 3, 5, 35, 36, 424; Point, 17; District, 595 Malan range, 381 Mālavas, 375, 376, 491;

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Malli, 371, 375 Mālavikā, 519 Mālavikāgnimitra, 512, 519, 520, 522, 531, 544, 600 Malay Peninsula, 6, 48, 613 Malaya, mt, 304 Malayaketu, 471, 472 Malayāḷam, 49, 593, 595 Malimlucha, 231 Mallas, 172, 175, 199, 491 Malli. *See* Mālavas Mālwā, 15, 168, 242, 310, 316, 469, 472, 523, 528, 531, 533, 534, 585, 600; fabric, 531 Malwatta Oya, 607 *manā* (mina), 87 Manaar, gulf, 2 Mānava Dharma Çāstra. *See* Manu Mānava Sūtra, 236, 279 *manāzil*, 139, 140 Manchapuri cave, Udayagiri, 639 Mandalay, 7 Mandhāta, 531 Mandhātri, 298 Mandi, 372 Mangalore, 603 Manes (Fathers), 108, 230, 232, 233 Mānsehra, 496 Mantra period, 112. *See* Rigveda *Mantrin*, 488 Manu, sage, 296, 303, 305; flood legend, 140, 305; Svāyambhuva, 303; Vaivasvata, 304 Manu, Law-book, 45, 51, 55, 199, 204, 205, 214, 217, 218, 232, 244 ff., 248, 249, 277, 279 ff., 298, 427, 474 ff., 481, 483 ff., 536, 601. *See* Mānava Sūtra Manvantara, in Purāṇas, 296, 303 Manyu, 105 Māra, 201 Māṛar, tribe, 596 Marāthās, 18, 19, 24, 26, 36, 44, 514, 530, 535, 593, 600, 603. *See* Mahārāshṭra Marāṭhī, 15, 51 Maravar, tribe, 596 *mare*, 67 Margiāna, 437, 452, 458; Merv, 437 Marichavatti Vihāra, Ceylon, 609 Marka, 231 Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, 308, 529, 550, 599 Marquart, J., 328, 330, 332, 333, 336, 338, 339 Marriage, 88, 89, 126, 235, 236, 243, 280, 292, 294, 480, 481; ceremony, 228 ff., 233, 234, 239; child, 88, 424; purchase, 234, 268, 291, 292, 414; svayaṃvara, 293, 414 Marshall, Sir J. H., 62, 214, 533, 562, 571, 576, 580 ff.

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Martaban, gulf, 48 martikhora, 397 Maruts, 76, 104, 105 *māsaka*, *māsha*, 218, 248 Mashhad, 70 Mashnāra, 121 Maski inscription, 502 Massaga, 353, 355, 356 Massagetae, 331 Masson, C., 452, 577 Mas‘ūdi, 327 Masulipatam, 599 Mātariçvan, 104 Māthava, 122, 317 Mathurā, 167, 168, 274, 301, 316, 485, 506, 520, 523 ff., 528, 531, 538, 554, 619, 620, 632; Lion-Capital, 575, 576, 633, 641; Methora, 408; Modoura, 526; Muttra, 46, 57, 289, 316, 520, 526 Matriarchate, 424 Matsya Purāṇa, 299, 301, 311 Matsyas, 51, 84, 121, 263, 269, 274, 289, 326; king, 121 Ma-twan-lin, encyclopaedia, 566 Mauakes, 341 Maues, 168, 548, 554, 558 ff., 568 ff., 576, 589, 591, 592; Moga, 570; coins, 586, 587 Maunder, E. W., and Mrs, 326 Mauryas, 34, 44, 59 ff., 164, 166, 199, 223, 224, 309, 314, 317, 318, 385, 429, 431, 432, 439, 442, 443, 467 ff., 512, 514, 516 ff., 522, 523, 529, 530, 534, 537, 540, 599, 602, 612, 616, 618, 619, 621 ff., 628, 634, 643; era, 535, 538, 539; of Konkan, 596 Māyā, city, 531 Māyā, queen, 624 Mazdai, 580 Meat-eating, Vedic, 101; later, 137, 232, 271; selling, 215, 271 Medaḷumpa, 175, 181 Media, 76, 429 Medicine, 138, 406, 418, 420 Meerut, District, Division, 308 Megasthenes, 14, 132, 146, 167, 175, 191, 192, 203, 206, 280, 287, 331, 332, 392, 395, 399, 400, 403 ff., 433, 467 ff., 480 ff., 489, 492, 493, 508, 597, 617 Meghnā, 9 Mekong, 39 Meleager, 364, 365 Memnon, historian, 432 Menander of Bactria, 445, 519, 542 ff., 547 ff., 560, 571; Milinda, 549, 550; coins, 551, 571, 586, 588.

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*See* Milindapañha Meroes, 367 Meru, 354, 673 Merv. *See* Margiāna Mesha of Moab, 62 Mesopotamia, 62, 70, 76, 141, 442, 490, 494, 516, 615, 617, 623, 626 Metals, Vedic, 100; later, 137; mines, 417, 418 Metre, 108, 109, 147, 220, 239, 249, 252, 254, 259 Meyer, E., 111, 320 ff., 333, 338, 339 Mhow, 15 Miānwāli, 395 Michelson, T., 109 Middle Country. *See* Madhyadeça Miḍhushi, 238 Midland languages, 50, 51; Country. *See* Madhyadeça Mihintale, 608 Mihirakula, 550 Milindapañha, 193, 201, 205, 206, 212, 218, 549, 550. *See* Menander Military caste. *See* Kshatriyas Milk-money, 198