Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.54

c11.54

¹ P. H. A. I., 4th ed., pp. 160, 217. The names Morieis, Meroes and Moeres are known to classical writers (C.H.I. I. p. 470 ; McCrindle *Inv. Alex.* pp. 108, 256). But their connection, if any, with Sandrocottus is not clear. If Morieis is a tribal name it may well stand for Moriya or Maurya. Mauryaputra of *Mudrārākshasa* (II, 6, p. 99) may simply mean, 'belonging to the Maurya clan'. Cf. Śākyaputra, Nātaputta. It is by no means an exclusive designation of Chandragupta. The *Kalpasutra* of Bhadrabāhu ed. by Jacobi (p. 28) refers to a Mauryaputra Kāśyapa as one of the eleven gaṇadharas. Cf. also *Abhidhānachintāmaṇi* I. 32.