Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c22.57

c22.57

Maggadesako, an order of amaṇa 294. Maggaduśi, on order of Śramana, 295. Mahābhārata, 166, 195, 199, 284, 308, 349, 366. Mahābhārata battle, date of the 323 Mahābhāshya, the, of Patañjali, 133, 166 289, 295, 307, 330, 331. Mahābodhivamsa, 13, 23. Mahāgiri, successor of Sthūlabhadra, 298. Mahākosala, 309. Mahāmātra, 10, 15, 22, 115, 183, 200, 214; a provincial officer, 223; a high ranking official, 225-226; Council of the, 226. Mahāmātras, of morality, 236; occupied with the welfare of the Ajivakas, 297. Mahāmātriya, the Secretaries, 179. Mahāpadma Nanda (Pati (Ugrasena, Agrammes, Xandrames), 13-20; 132, 142; contemporary of Alexander, 141; political unity of N. India under, 260; successors of, Śūdra according to the Purāṇas, 140; titles of, 350; 351. Mahāparinibhāna Sutta, on the Moriyas, 141-142. Mahāsanghika, 300, 301, 303. Mahāsangiti, 300. Mahāsetthi, 274. Mahāsthan inscription, 83, 222, 283. Mahāvamsa, the, 154, 203; on the antiquity of the Pāndya kingdom, 44; on the early history of Ceylon, 257-59; on the adoption of Buddhism by Asoka, 210; on Asoka's message to the king of Ceylon, 243; on the third Buddhist Council, 215, 216. Mahāvamsa Tika the, 134, 161, 167; on the Mauryan Revolution, 147, 148. Mahāvira (Nātaputta, Jñātrikaputra), 10, 286, 298, 313, 325; founder of the Nirgrantha order, 296; liberation of, 136. Mahāyāna Buddhism, 231. Maheivaa, (Mahishmati), 18 Mahindra (Mahendra), a son of Asoka, 209, 209 n; brother or Asoka, 222; Pali canon taken by, to Ceylon, 317, 318; stūpa of, near Madura, 222; and Ceylon, 218-219, 258; nirvāṇa of, 259. Mahīsāsaka, Buddhist school, 303. Mahisha, textile manufacture in, 262. Māhishmati, the capital of the Haihayas, 18. Maithilas, the, exterminated by Mahāpadma, 17, 19.