Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c22.120

c22.120

Samsthādhykṣha, market superintendent, 277, 278. Samudra, a merchant prince 210 n. Samyānīyapatha, roads leading to market towns, 271. Śamyāprāsa, 289. Śaṇavāsa, the teacher of Upagupta, 300. Sāñchī, 215 n, 216, 345, 347, 371, 374, 375, 377; Aśoka's benefactions to, 15, 210; Aśokan column at, 361, 364; illustration of the avadānas at, 203; Minor Pillar Edicts at, 205; reliefs at, 389; stūpa at, 379. Sandracottus, see Chandragupta, 24, 101, 139, 152, 168, 315. Sandraphagos (Chandrabhāga), 315 Sangaios (Sañjaya ?), installed in the place of Astes, 47. Sangala 68; capital of the Kathaians, captured by Alexander, 66. Sangam period, 251 Sangam, Tamil academy, 112 Sangha, Buddhist, the 3; and Aśoka, 211, 214, 214, 215, 242, 243, 245, 285; and the Mahāmātras, 225. Sangha, Corporation, 21, 173, 274. Sanghamitt(r)a, ad. of Aśoka, 209, 209 n, 218, 259. Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta, a Tirthika teacher, 295. Śankara on Pūrṇavarman, 248. Śāṅkāśya, 300. Śaṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, 288 Sankissa, Aśokan column at; 361; elephant on the column at, 370, 371, 376, 377. Sanskrit grammar, 326-329. Sanskrit learning, under the Nandas and the Mauryas, 324-26. Sannidhātā, the 179. Sarmanes (see Śramaṇas), 107, 163, 293, 334. Sārnāth, 346, 356, 375, 377, 389; Aśokan column at, 361, 362, 364, 365, 366; elephant at, 375; Minor Pillar Edicts at, 205, 302; monolithic rail at, 384-385; quadripartite at 370-74. Sarre, on the Sattagydians, 31. Sārvabhauma, 350. Sarvārthasiddhi, 146. Sarvāstivāda, a Buddhist school, 303. Saśigupta (Sisikottos), an Indian mercenary leader, 46; and Chandragupta, 142 n. Śatadhanus, 244. Śatadharman, 283 n. Śātavāhanas, the, 246-47; title Piyadassana taken by the, 208. Sati, in Taxila, 103.