Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c22.56

c22.56

Macdonald, on the marriage compact between Seleucus and Chandragupta, 154; on the Sophyte's coins, 127; on the two classes of imitation of Athenian coins, 128, 129. Macedon (Madhuka or Madhudana), known to Indians, 132 n. 'Machiavellian' nature of the mandala theory, 188. M'Crindle on the attainments of Alexander's men, 80 Madhyadeśa, 260, 310. Mādhyamika, march of a Greek army to, 355- Madhuka, identification of, 132n. Madra, 310. Madraka, a republic, 173. Madurā, capital of the Pāndyas, 250, 252; textile manufacture at, 262. Magadha, 21, 136, 141, 280, Buddhism in, before the days of Asoka, 299; empire, 172, 173; extent of the empire of, during the time of Alexander, 87; empire under the Nandas, the, exposed to a twofold danger, 132; factors for the greatness of, 9-10; famine in, 165, 297; language in, 313, 314; veneration of Alexander's altars by the kings of, 68. Magadhi canon, 286. Magadhi dialect, 205, 317. Magas of Cyrene (Maka), 166, 206, 207; 217 Asoka a contemporary of, 138.