The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c37.6

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Bindusāra, 166, 223, 315, 500, 503; Amitrochates, 433, 495; Bhadrasāra, 495 Biot, J. B., 140 Birhors, 395, 396 Birth ceremonies, 231, 236 Bithynians, 71 Black cotton soil, 18 Black Sea, 69, 70, 433, 565 Bloch, J., 616, 643 Bloomfield, M., 81, 88, 94, 144 Bodhi Kumāra, 187 Bodhi Tree, 196, 624; in Ceylon, 608 Boghaz-köi inscriptions, 72, 73, 75, 76, 320 Bohemia, 69, 70, 72 Böhtlingk, O., 88 Bokhara. *See* Bukhāra Bolān pass and river, 28 ff., 82, 564 Bombay, 2, 16 ff., 23, 27; Presidency, 19, 20, 27, 29, 44, 602 Bombay and Baroda railway, 19 Bonner, R. T., 133 Bopp, F., 65 Borghāt, 17 Bosporus, 69, 70 Boyer, A. M., 582 Brahmā, 249, 303, 485; son of a, 93 Brahmā Purāṇa, 300, 501 *brahmachārin*, 136, 151 Brahmadatta of Kāçī, 174, 180, 316 Brahmajāla Sutta, 194, 482 Brahmamitra, 526, 538, 626 *brahman*, 94, 127, 142 ff. Brāhmaṇas, 46, 47, 57, 82, 83, 125 ff., 135, 138, 142, 144, 147, 220, 252, 254, 298; period, 46, 54, 82, 112 ff., 261, 307, 309, 317, 482 Brāhmans, Brāhmanism, 46, 51, 53 ff., 92, 93, 120, 122, 124, 126 ff., 130, 132 ff., 204, 209, 221, 239, 247, 259, 266, 280, 304, 309, 377, 409 ff., 484, 488, 521, 522, 595, 596; and Kshatriya doctrine, 127, 144,; literature, 40, 48, 50, 55, 59, 77 ff., 114 ff. Brahmaputra, 8, 9, 11, 12, 36, 39 Brahmarsbideça, 46, 51, 57 Brahmāvarta, 46, 80, 81, 93, 110, 308 Brāhmī script, 62; on coins, 449, 523, 529, 538; on gems, 647; in inscriptions, 625, 628, 643 Brāhūī, 42, 49, 85, 613; mts, 540, 564 Bretzl, H., 405 Bribu, 87 Bṛihadāraṇyaka Upanishad, 116, 121, 136, 143, 549 Bṛihadratha, 309, 310, 511, 512, 517 Bṛihaduktha, 121 Bṛihannārāyaṇa Purāṇa, 270 Bṛihaspati, law-book, 280, 282, 283, 286, 287, 290 Bṛihaspati, Maurya, 511 Bṛihāsvātimitra. *See* Bahasatimitra Briñjāras, 489 Brisaya, 82, 87 Broach, Bharukaccha, 212, 213; Barugaza, 548; Bhṛigukaccha, 517