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Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c18: Chapter VII—South India & Ceylon

Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c18

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Chapter VII—South India & Ceylon

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Sources : Saṅga Ilakkiyam (Madras, 1940).

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Modern Works :

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Aiyangar S. K. : Beginnings of South Indian History (Madras 1918).

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Geiger W. : The Mahāvamsa (Eng. Tr.) (London, 1912).

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Kanakasabhai : Tamils 1800 years ago (Madras 1904).

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Parker : Ancient Ceylon. (London 1909).

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Sastri, K. A. N. : The Pāṇḍyan Kingdom Chh. II and III (London, 1929).

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” The Colas I Ch. III-IV (Madras, 1935).

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Sesha Aiyar, K. G. : Cera kings of the Sangam Period, (London, 1937).

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I. Sanskrit and Pali Works :

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The Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya (or Kauṭalya) Ed. R. Shama Sastry, 2nd Ed. (Mysore, 1919). Ed. J. Jolly and R. Schmidt, Vol. I, (Lahore, 1929). Ed. (with original Sanskrit commentary) T. Ganapati Sastri, Parts I-III, Trivandrum Sanskrit Series. (Trivandrum 1921, 1924, 1925). Trans. R. Shamasastry, 2nd Ed. (Mysore). Trans. (Das Altindische Buch Von. Welt-und Staatsleben) von Johann Jakob Meyer, (Leipzig, 1926).

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Jātaka. Ed. V. Fausböll. (London 1877-97). Trans. by various hands under the editorship of E. B. Cowell. (Cambridge 1895-1913).

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(None of the above works can be definitely stated to refer to the economic conditions of the Nanda-Maurya times. But they may at least be taken to reflect the general or traditional environment).

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II. Greek and Latin authors :

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Arrian (Flavius Arrianus) : Indica. Trans. J. W. McCrindle in Ancient India as described by Megasthenes and Arrian, (London, 1877. Reprinted, Calcutta, 1926). Anabasis of Alexander and Indica. Trans. E. J. Chinnock, (London, 1893).

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Diodorus : Bibliotheke. Book II. Chs. 35-42, giving epitome of Megasthenes. Trans. J. W. McCrindle in Ancient India as described by Megasthenes and Arrian.

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Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus) : The Naturalis Historia. The portions relating to India trans. J. W. McCrindle in Ancient India as described in Classical Literature. (London, 1901). Trans. in the Loeb Classical Library, ten volumes.

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Quintus Curtius Rufus : Historiae Alexandri Magni. The part relating to India trans. J. W. McCrindle in The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great. (London, 1896). Strabo. Geography. Book XV, Ch. 1—gives connected account of India. Incidental notices of India in other books. Trans. J. W. McCrindle in Ancient India as described in Classical Literature, (London, 1901). Trans. Horace Leonard Jones in the Loeb Classical Library. Eight volumes, (1917-32).

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III. Inscriptions :

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Bhandarkar, D. R. : Maurya Brahmi Inscription of Mahasthan. EI., xxi, pp. 83-91. Hultzsch, E. : Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. I The Inscriptions of Aśoka New and revised ed. (Oxford, 1925).

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IV. Coins :

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(Only the recent and more important publications are noticed) Allan, John : A Catalogue of the Indian Coins in the British Museum, (London 1936). Bhandarkar, D. R. : Lectures on Ancient Indian Numismatics, (Calcutta, 1921). Bhattacharya, P. N. : A Hoard of Silver Punch-marked Coins from Purneah. Memoir No. 62 of Archaeological Survey of India. (Delhi 1940). Chakravortty, Surendra Kisore : A Study of Ancient Indian Numismatics, 1931. Chatterji, Charan Das : Numismatic Data in Pali Literature (in Buddhistic Studies, ed. B.C. Law, Calcutta, 1931). Hemmy, A. S. : The Weight Standards of Ancient Indian Coins (JRAS, 1937). Jayaswal, K. P. : Early Signed Coins of India, JBORS, xx. September-December 1934. (Other papers in JBORS, 1935, 1936, xxiii, Part i, 1937). Kosambi, D. D. : On the Study and Metrology of Silver Punch-marked Coins (NIA. iv. pp. 1-35, 49-76). Prasad, Durga : The Classification and Significance of Symbols on the Silver Punch-marked Coins of Ancient India. JASB. xxx, 1934, No. 3 (Num. Supp. No. xlv 1934).

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Observations on the Different types of Silver Punch-marked coins, their periods and locale. JASB, 1937, No. 2, (Num. Supp. xlvii for 1937).

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Rapson, E. J. : A Catalogue of the Indian Coins in the British Museum. (London, 1908).

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Indian Coins, (Strassburg, 1897).

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Sreenivas, T. : Annual Report of the Archaeological Department of H. E. H. the Nizam's Dominions (1928-29). 1931. Appendix O—'Punch-marked coins in the cabinet of the Hyderabad Museum'.

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Walsh, E. H. C. : An examination of a find of punch-marked coins in Patna City with reference to the subject of punch-marked coins generally. (JBORS. v, 1919).

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An examination of fifty-eight silver punch-marked coins found at Gorho Ghat, (JBORS. v, 1919).

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Punch-marked Silver coins, their standard of weight, age and minting. (JRAS, 1937).

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Notes on two hoards of silver punch-marked coins, one found at Ramna and one at Machhuatoli (JBORS. 1939).

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Punch-marked coins from Taxila. Memoir No. 59 of ASI. (Delhi, 1939).

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Paila Hoard of Punch-marked Coins, JNSI. No. ii, 1940.

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An Examination of a Hoard of 105 Silver Punch-marked coins found in the United Provinces in 1916. (JNSI, No. ii, Part i, June 1941).

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A Comparative study of the Patraha (Purnea) hoard of silver punch-marked coins. (JNSI, No. iv, Part II, December 1942).

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V. General works :

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Breloer, Bernhard. : Kauṭaliya-Studien. (Bonn, 1927 etc.).

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Ghoshal, U. N. : Contributions to the History of the Hindu Revenue System, (Calcutta, 1930).

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Majumdar, R. C. : Corporate Life in Ancient India. 2nd ed. (Calcutta, 1922).

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Mehta, Ratilal N. : Pre-Buddhist India. (Bombay, 1939). Neogi, Panchanan. : Iron in Ancient India. (Calcutta, 1914). Copper in Ancient India. (Calcutta, 1918). Puri, K. N. : Excavations at Rairh during Samvat years 1995 and 1996 (A. D. 1938-39 and 1939-40) Department of Archaeological and Historical Research, Jaipur State. Rhys Davids, Mrs. C. A. F. : Economic Conditions according to Early Buddhist Literature in Cambridge History of India, Vol. i, (Cambridge, 1922). ” T. W. Buddhist India. (London, 1902). Rostovtzeff, M. : The Social and Economic History of the Hellenistic World. Three Vols. (Oxford, 1941). Sahni, Daya Ram. : Archaeological Remains and Excavations at Bairat. Department of Archaeological and Historical Research, Jaipur State. (Not dated). Spooner, D. B. : Exacavations at Pāṭaliputra. Annual Rep. of ASI., 1912-13. Subba Rao, N. S. : Economic and Political Conditions in Ancient India. (Mysore, 1911).

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