Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c22.3

c22.3

Alexandria (Alasanda, Alakandakam), a city founded by Alexander, 46, 199, 273; the capital of Paropanisade, 78; capital of the Yonas, 154; Clemens of, 324. Alexandrophagus, devourer of of Alexander, 65 n. 'Alexandrum', 12, 144. Alikasundara (Alexander of Corinth), 206, 207, 217. Allahabad, Aśokan column at, 216, 313, 361. Allahabad-Kosam, Pillar edicts at, 205. Allitrochades, see Bindusāra, 166, 168. Alor (?), capital of Musicanus, 74. Amarāvati, reliefs at, 389. Amasia, Strabo came from, 91. Amātyas, dharmasthīya and kaṇṭakaśodhana courts presided over by the, 185; highhandedness of the, during the days of Bindusāra, 167. Ambaṣṭhas (Ambastanoi, Abastenoē, Sambastai, Sabargae), a tribe, 40, 74; submission of the, to Alexander, 74. Ambhi, (Omphis, Taxiles) 132, 139, 149; sent back to his capital by Alexander, 64; put in charge of the Indian province, 77-78; Philip in charge of the satrapy of, 78; reception of Alexander by, 55-57. Ambigares, ruler of Harmatelia, 41. Amitraghata (in), Amitrokhad (t) es, see Bindusāra, 89, 133, 166, 168, 315. Amitrochades, see Bindusāra, 166, 168. Ammon, libations to, by Alexander, 69, 75. Amyntas, 46. Anabasis, a work of Arrian, 88. Anantadeva, author of Rājadharmakaustubha, 140. Anāthapiṇḍika, of Śrāvastī, 270. Andhras, (Andrae), the, a tribe, 222, 217, 233, 321; Megasthenes on the, 43. Andracottu (o) s, see Chandragupta, 23, 24, 141, 144, 151, 158. Angirasa, 288. Animals in India, 95-100. Animals, Aśoka's arrangements for the convenience of, 238; prohibition of the slaughter of, 239. Animal columns, of the Aśokan pillars, 361-362. Animal sacrifice, prohibition of, 233. Animal standard (Dhvajastambha) worship of, 344. Antamahāmātras, officers of the borders, 226.