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# The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c36.281

The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c36.281

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Sha-lo-ka, monastery, 278. Shān, nation, 384. She-hwang-ti, Chinese emperor, 50. Shēr Shāh, rebuilt Pātaliputra, 311 : destroyed Kanauj, 391. Sher Sūr, built by Sher Shah, 391. Shihāb-ud-dīn = Muhammad of Ghōr, Sultan, wars of, 391, 399, 403. Ships, on Āndhra coins, 223 : in the South, 481. 'Shore Temple', 496. Shorkot, capital of Sibi country, 97 \*n.\* Si, viceroy of Kadphises II, 269. Siālkōṭ, fortress, 77, 78 \*n.\*, 85. Sibī = Sivipura, country, 97 \*n.\* Siboi, tribe, 97. Sibyrtios, satrap of Arachosia, 111 \*n.\*, 122, 126. Sick, Asoka's care for, 192 : Harsha's care for, 358. Siddāpura, Asoka's inscriptions near, 176 \*n.\*, 181. Sien-chi, Chinese general, 377. Sifūr, legendary general, 247. Sigerdis, territory, 227. Sīgiriya frescoes, 323. Sihwān, ? = Sindimāna, 106 \*n.\* Sikandar, Sultan of Kashmīr, 80 \*n.\* Sikh religion, 382 \*n.\* Sikkim, state, 379. Śīlāditya, (1) king of Mo-la-p o, 344 : (2) title of Harsha-vardhana, 349 \*n.\*, 351. Siṁhapura, kingdom = Salt Range, 368. Siṁhavarman, Pallava king, 493, 499. Siṁhavishṇu, Pallava king, 494, 497. Simuka, first Āndhra king, 218, 230. Sind, associated with Upagupta, 199 : changes in rivers of, 95, 103, 245 : capital of, 105 : kingdom of, 368, 396 : Muhammadan conquest of, 404. Sindhu, river in Central India, 211, 300. Sindhurāja, king of Mālwā, 411 \*n.\* Sindimāna, ? = Sihwān, 106. Singan-fu, old Chinese capital, 237 \*n.\* Siṅghana, Yādava king, 451. Sipraka = Simuka, \*q. v.\*, 230. Sisikottos = Śaśigupta, 62. Sīstān, province, 220, 240, 243, 258, 265 \*n.\*, 289. Śiśunāga = Sisunāka, king, 32, 51. Sītā, river, 280 \*n.\* Śiva, god, worship of in W. India, 224 : on Kushān coins, 288 : worshipped by Harsha and his ancestor, 282, 358, 364 : Choḷa kings devoted to, 474, 486, 489 : Pallava cult of, 499. Śivājī, 452 \*n.\* Sivalakura, Āndhra king, 231. Śiva Skanda, Āndhra king, 232 (table). Śiva Śrī, Āndhra king, 232 (table). Śiva-Śrī-Śātakarṇi, Āndhra king, 224 \*n.\* Siwālik mountains, 441 \*n.\* Skanda, deity, 287. Skandagupta, history of, 326–9, 346. \*Skanda Purāṇa\*, date of, 23. Skandastambhi, Āndhra king, 231. Skeirophorion, Attic month, 91. Skylax of Karyanda, 40. Slavery in India, 105, 187, 189, 459. Socotra, Christians in, 249, 261. Śoḍāsa, satrap of Mathurā, 241 \*n.\* Sogdiana = Khanate of Bukhāra, 265, 267. Sogdioi, included in sixteenth satrapy, 235. Sohgaura copper-plate, 17. Sokrates Scholastikos, cited, 247 \*n.\* Solankī clan = Chalukya, \*q. v.\*, 428, 430. Somaladevī, queen, 401 \*n.\* Somaśarman, Maurya king, 207. Someśvara I–IV, Chalukya kings, 448, 455, 488. Somnāth, sack of, 426. Sōn, river, 127, 136 \*n.\*, 173. Song-yun, Chinese pilgrim, 27 \*n.\*, 277, 328 \*n.\*, 335. Sonmiyāni, near Purāli river, 109 \*n.\* Sonpat, seal of Harsha from, 349 \*n.\* Sopārā, inscription of Asoka at, 177 \*n.\* : harbour, 226. Sophagasenas = Subhāgasena, 237 \*n.\* Sophytes, king of the Salt Range, 84, 94, 253. Southern India, defined, 456 : defective history of, 7, 468. Sovanabhūmi = Pegu, 197. Spalirises, Indo-Parthian king, 244. Śravaṇa Belgola, 154, 458. Śrāvastī, capital of Kosala, 31 : site of, 31 \*n.\* : almost deserted in time of Fa-hien, 316 : Vikramāditya, king of, 347. Śreṇika, king = Bimbisāra, \*q. v.\*, 32. Śrī-Chandra-Sātī, Āndhra king, 224 \*n.\* Śrī Kākulam, ancient Āndhra capital, 218. Śrīmāl = Bhinmāl, \*q. v.\*, 344 \*n.\* Śrīnagar capital of Kashmīr, 170 \*n.\*

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