Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c22.62

c22.62

Nābhakas, a tribe, 217, 222, 223. Nābhāpanktis (Nabhitis), a tribe, 217, 222, 223. Nāgas, the in Ceylon, 254, 256. Nāgadvipa (northern Ceylon), 256. *Nagaraka*, city magistrate, 181, 198. *Nagarāsobhinī*, 10 *Nagaravyavahārakas*, the Mahāmātras, 225-226. Nāgārjuni cave, the 385, 386. Nāgoji, 328. Nakshi-Rustam, inscription of Darius at, 359. Nālandā, 269. Nānāghat cave inscription, 305. Nandas, the 1, 4, 11-20, 132, 168; administration under the, 21-23; and Chandragupta's extraction, 140; extent of the Empire of the, 26-27; industry under the, 260-69; language of the, 313; Magadha under the, 172; power of the, heard by Alexander, 67; in Tamil literature, 253-55; trade under the, 269-279; traditions about the rule of the, in the Karnataka, 249; overthrown by Chandragupta, 135, 142, 145-47, 154, 156. Nanda era, 12. Nanda-Maurya period, early foreign coins in India in the, 123-131. Nandarāja, 12, 13, 20. Nandrum, 12, 144. Nārada, on the validity of royal decree, 174. *Nāradasmṛti*, the, 199. Naramedha, 289. Naṭabhaṭa, monastery of 300. Nātaputta, see Mahāvīra, 142n, 296. *Natural History*, a work of Pliny the Elder, 91 n, 272. *Nāṭyaśāstra*, of Bharata, 331. "Nau Nand Dehra" (Nander), 18. *Nāvadhyaksha*, 189. Nava Nanda, meaning of, 20. Nearchus, commander of the naval squadron of Alexander, 69, 70, 75, 76, 78, 80, 99, 113; and the subjugation of the Mālavas, 71; memoirs of, 88; on the arms and outfit of the Indian soldiers, 109-110; on the dress of Indians, 108-109; on the hunting of elephants, 96; on Indian rivers, 93; on the Indians dyeing their beards 102 n.; on Indian sages, 104, 105; on Indian women, 107; on the influence of the Brahmanas, 40; on the laws of the Indians, 108 and n; on the making of fine webs, 94; on the setting of the Bears, 43; on the size of India, 92; on the size and shade of a tree, 94; on the skill of the Indians in arts, 110-111; on the skin of the gold digging ants, 85; on snakes in India, 97-98; on the tribes in north-western India, 108-109. Necho, an Egyptian king, 83. Nepal and Aśoka, 221; wollen goods from, 263. Nicanor, a satrap under Alexander, 51; placed in charge of Alexanderia 46; Philip in charge of the satrapy of, 78; governor of the Assakenoi, slain, 65. Nigali Sagar, Aśoka's inscription at, 204, 205, 221, 361. Nigali Sagar, stupa of Kona Kamana at, 212. Nighaṇḍu, 288 Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta, a Tirthika teacher, 295. Nigrodha, son of Sumana, 210. Nijhati, conversion, 240. Nikāya, 228. Nikaia, (1) a city founded by Alexander, on the site of the battle of the Jhelum, (2) 64; embassy of Ambhi to Alexander at, 46. Nike, 126. Nipiṣṭa, 233. *Nītisāra* of Kāmandaka, on the Mauryan revolution, 146. Nirgranthas, (Niganthas) 215n, 225, 295, 296-299; in Ceylon, 257. Nirvāṇa, 230, 294, 300, 30, 303. Nomarch, a provincial official under the Nandas, 22, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41. Nomarchai, 39. North-west India, physical aspects of, 27-30. Nyāya (reason), exaltation of, 174 Nysa, hill state of, 35, 69, 121; submission of the city of, to Alexander, 48-9. Nysa, the nurse of Dionysus, 48.