Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c22.60

c22.60

Metronymics, use of, 15 n. Meyer, J. J. 112 n, on the Arthaśāstra, 191, 192, 195. Miletus, Hecataeus of, 83. Milinda Panho the, 13, 15; stories about Chandragupta in the 134; on Chandragupta's overthrow of the Nandas, 145-46. Minor Rock Edicts, the 204, 206, 211, 233, 244. Midland dialect, 315, 316, 317. Mineral science (dhātuśāstra), 339. Mithilā (Janakpur), 19 Modubae, see Mutibas, 43. Moeres (Moriya or Maurya), a king of Tauala, 41. Moggaliputta Tissa, religious missions of, 203, 216-217 and 216 n; 259; and Aśoka, 303-304; composition of the Kathāvatthu by, 230; and the Third Buddhist council, 301-302. Mohen-jo-Daro, script of, 323, 324; sculptures at, 342; weights in, 282 n. Mōhūr, 254; rebellious chieftains of, 255. Moksha, divorce, 185. Monahan, 113n, 120 n, 159 n. Moniyanagara, perhaps identical with Pipphalivana. 143. Monkeys, Greek writers on, 96-97. Moriya (Morieis, Meroes, Moeres) 141, 142 n; and mora, 143 n. Moriyar, 155, 253, 254. Mousikanos see Musicanus, 29, 40, 41, 45, 150 Mrichchhakatika of Śūdraka, 318 Muchukarna ? see Musicanus, 74. Mudrārākshasa, of Viśākhadatta, 142 134, 144n, 147, 171, 182, 208; on the origin of Chandragupta Maurya, 141, 142; account of the Mauryan revolution in the, 25, 146-47. Mūlakadeva, a missionary, 216. Multan, 83. Murā, 140. Mūshika, a district in Kerala, 45. Musicanus (o) s (Mousikanos, Muchukarna ?), the greatest king in the lower Indus, 40; attempt of, to expel the Macedonians from N. W. India, 150; enmity of, with Sambos, 41; gold and silver 'mines' in the country of, 29; peculiar usages in the kingdom of, 111; rebellion and execution of, 74-75; Onesicritus on the country of, 45. Mutasiva, king of Ceylon, 257. Mutibas (Modubae), a tribe, 43, 321. Mycale, Persian defeat at, 32.