Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c22.40

c22.40

Hellenic influence, 2; on Chandragupta, 198, 199; on the Mauryan court, 354-56. Helots 111. Hemachandra, 134, 136, 148, 164. Hephaestion, a general under Alexander, 46-7, 51; colonisation of Rambakia by, 77; and the subjugation of the Mālavas, 70; and Patala, 75; and the younger Porus, 65-6; return, of, 69, 70. Heracles, 39, 53, 54, 250, 306; alleged foundation of Pāṭaliputra by, 158 n; legends about, 100, 101; Megasthenes on, 90; libation to, by Alexander, 69; and the Pāṇḍavas, 44; story of, 164; worship of 106, 305. Hercules, 31, 52-53; image of, in front of Porus' infantry, 110; the Sibis traced their descent from, 70. Herodotus, 32, 82, 83, 116 n; "Indians" of, 31; on the conquest of the Indians by Darius, 83; on the extent of the empire of Darius in India, 31; on the tribute paid by "India", 29; period between, and Alexander, marked by a set back in the Greek knowledge of India, 87; references to India and Indians, 84-86. Herzfeld, on the Sattagydians, 30-31; on Hidu, 31. Hertel, 193. Hidu (Hindu), "Indians" of Herodotus, 31. High Hindi, 317. Hillebrandt, 193; on the Arthaśāstra and the epics, 191, 195. Himavatkūṭa, 147 Hinayāna Buddhism, 316. Hippalus, 273 n. Hippasioi, see Aīmaka, 47. Hiraṇyavāha (Eronnaboas), 315. Hiuen Tsang, Chinese pilgrim, 30, 221, 222; on Aśokan stupas, 219, 220; on Mahendra, 209n; on Pūrṇavarman, 248; on the treasures of king Nanda's precious substances, 24; visit of, the stupa of Kanakamuni, 213. Holdich, on the location of Nysa, 35. Horse, the, in Indian warfare, 109-110. Hultzsch on Aśoka's claim of Gods mingling with men, 234; on the Aśokan edicts and Dhammapada, 230; on the extent of Aśoka's empire, 203-204. Hūṇas, the, 146, 147. Hunting dogs, the Greek writers on the, 98. Huvishka, 283.