Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c22.5

c22.5

Aristobulus, a follower of Alexander, 88; on the changes in the course of rivers, 93–94; on the customs at Taxila, 103; on the difference between the sanyāsins and the vānaprasthas 105; on the fertility of the soil and crops, 94; on the Indian sages, 104; on the law relating to discovery of deadly substance, 95; on the products of South India, 43; on rain and monsoon, in Northwest India, 92–3; on the snake, 98; on the size and shade of a tree, 94. Aristotle, on Keras, 43; Scylax cited by, 83. Aristoxeus, on the visit of Indian philosopher to Athens, 81 Arittha, a nephew of Devānāmpriya Tissa, 218. Ariunaka, Arjuna cult, 304–5. Arrian, 32, 36, 37, 41, 48, 58, 72, 74, 97, 99, 102n, 135, 139, 156, 157, 278; extracts from the memoirs of Nearchus in the works of, 88; on Alexander's invasion, 40; on Alexander's march to Pura, 77; on Alexander's interview with the sages, 104; on Aornos, 52–3; on the army of Porus, 57; on the division of the conquests of Alexander, 78; on the extent of the empire of Cyrus in the east, 30; on the equipment of the Indian foot soldier, 269; on Herakles, 101; on the husbandmen in India, 114; on the Indians, 101–102; on Indian rivers, 93; on Indian towns 357; on ivory works in India, 265; on the invasion of India by foreigners, 31; on leather works in India, 266; on the life of elephants, 96; on the location of the country of Sambhūti, 69; on the losses of the Indians and the Greeks in the battle of the Jhelum, 62; on the Mālavas, 39; on Megasthenes and Porus, 89–90 n; on the nomarchai, 39; on the Pāṇḍyan queen, 44; on the period between Dionysus and Sandrakottos, 101; on the position of the ruler of Takshaśila, 36; on the ruler of Abhisāra, 37; on slavery in India, 111–112; on the sophists, 116; on the submission of the Kshudrakas to Alexander, 73; on the system of government byond the Beas, 21. Arsakes, ruler of Uraśa, 36; placed under Abhisares, 68. Art in India, common elements between the, and foreign art, 351. Artaxerxes Mnemon, Ctesias, a physician in the court of, 86.