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Mahāban, not Aornos, 60 *n.* *Mahābhārata*, epic, 10, 28. Mahābhojas, 225. Mahādeva, Yādava king, 452. Mahākosala = Eastern Chedi, 405. Mahāmātras, 225. Mahānadī, river, 164, 300. Mahānāman, inscriptions of, 304 *n.* Mahānandin, king, 41, 51. Mahāpadma, Nanda king, 41-3, 51, 123, 131. *Mahāparinibbāna Sutta*, referred to, 38 *n.* Mahārājādhirājā Mahīpāla, 395 *n.* Mahārāshṭra, country, 222, 224 *n.*, 440. Mahārathis, the, 225. Mahāsena = Pradyota, king of Avanti, 39. Mahāsena-guptā, mother of Prabhākara-vardhana, 449 *n.* Mahāsenāpatis, 225. Mahāvalipur = Māmallapuram, *q. v.*, 496. *Mahāvaṁsa*, chronicle, 11, 38, 196, 197. Mahāvellipore = Māmallapuram, *q. v.* *Mahāvibhāshā Śāstra*, 284. Mahāvīra, founder of Jainism, 30, 34, 48, 51. Mahāyāna Buddhism, or 'Great Vehicle', in Burma, 197: history of, 282, 285 *n.*, 319: monastery at Pāṭaliputra, 312: adopted by Harsha, 360: Tantric form of, 384. Mahendra, (1) brother of Asoka, 195, 196, 459: (2) king of South Kosala, 300: (3) tank, 494. Mahendragiri, fort, 300, mountain, 339. Mahendrapāla (Mahendrāyudha), king of Kanauj, 394, 406, 417 *n.* Mahendravāḍi, ruined city, 494. Mahendravarman I, Pallava king, 494. Mahi, river, 342, 327 *n.* Mahīpāla, (1) king of Kanauj, 395, 406, 446, 487: (2, 3) kings of Bengal, 414, 416. Mahishmatī = Mandhāta, 136 *n.* Mahmūd of Ghaznī, 15, 53 *n.*, 371, 389, 397-8, 407, 411, 426. Mahobā, Chandēl capital, 406, 409. Mahodaya = Kanauj, *q. v.*, 394 *n.* Mailapur, near Madras, 249. Maison Dieu, 313 *n.* Maitraka, clan, 332. Makrān, or Gedrosia, 110, 113 *n.*