[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924) › c36.289 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c36.289 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c36.289 - **Language:** English ### [c36.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.289) Vāhika tribe, 141 \*n.\* Vaidyadeva, minister, 416. Vaigai river, 8. Vaikkarai, port, 468 \*n.\*, 477. Vaikuṇṭha Perumāl, temple, 497. Vaiśālī = Basāṟ and Bakhirā, 31 \*n.\*: Lichchhavi clan at, 33, 296, 380: annexed by Magadha, 37, 51: visited by Wang-hiuen t'se, 367. Vaishṇava, religion, 192 \*n.\*: philosopher, Rāmānuja, 489. Vaiśravaṇa, deity, 279. Vaiśya castes, 141 \*n.\*, 423 \*n.\* \*Vājapeya\* sacrifice, 228. Vajheshka, father of Kanishka, 278 \*n.\* Vajradāman, captured Gwālior, 396. Vajrayāna sect, 382 \*n.\* Vajrāyudha, king of Kanauj, 387, 392. Vākāṭaka grant, 297 \*n.\* Vākpatirāja, poet, 392. Vakshū river = Oxus, 280 \*n.\* Valabhī, dynasty of, 342, 344, 346: conquered by Harsha, 354, 373. Valaivāṉam, Nāga king, 491. Valerian, Roman emperor, 294. Vallabha, royal title, 447. Vallālasena = Ballāl Sen, \*q. v.\* Vāmana, author, 347. Vanga = Eastern Bengal, 136 \*n.\*, 302. Vāṉiyambāḍi, beryl mine at, 461. Vañji (Vañchi), ancient Chera capital, 477. Varadā, river, 211. Varaguṇavarman, Pāṇḍya king, 473, 497. Varāhamihira, astronomer, 322. Varāhamūla = Bāramūla, \*q. v.\* Vardanes = Bardanes, \*q. v.\* Vardhamāna = Mahāvīra, \*q. v.\* Varendra, province, 414 \*n.\*, 436 \*n.\* \*Varṇa\*, defined, 141 \*n.\*, 423 \*n.\* Vāsavī, mother of Ajātaśatru, 37 \*n.\* Vasco da Gama bombarded Calicut, 210. Vāsishka, Kushān king, 140 \*n.\*, 271 \*n.\*, 286. Vāśishṭīputra, epithet of Āndhra kings, 220–3, 231. Vasubandhu, Buddhist sage, 320 \*n.\*, 325, 346–7. Vasudeva (Vāsudeva), (1) Kāṇva king, 215: (2) Kushān kings, 276 \*n.\*, 288, 290, 291, 294 : (3) cult of Krishna, 225 : (4) \*Bhakti\* cult of, 239 \*n.\* Vasumitra, (1) Śuṅga king, 210, 214 : (2) Buddhist leader, 283. Vātāpi = Bādāmī, Chalukya capital, 441-4, 495. Vatsa, perhaps = Kauśāmbī, 136 \*n.\* Vatsarāja, Gurjara king, 413, 445. Vatsīputra, Buddhist leader, 285 \*n.\* Vaṭṭeḷuttu, alphabet, 478. \*Vāyu Purāṇa\*, date of, 11, 22-4, 31 \*n.\*, 47-8, 50. Vedavati river, 156 \*n.\* Vellāla caste, 492, 498. Vellāru, river, 464, 480. Vellūra = Elūra, \*q. v.\*, 445 \*n.\* Ven (Venāḍu) = South Travancore, 465, 469 \*n.\*, 476. Veṅgī, kings of, 301, 441, 445, 489 : country, 493, 494. Veṅkaṭa, hill, 456, 465. Vermin provided for, 192. Vespasian, Roman emperor, 293. Viceroys of Maurya dynasty, 136, 172. Vidarbha = Berār, 211. Vidiśā = Bhīlsā, 210. Vigraha-rāja, (1) Chauhān (II), 396 \*n.\* : (2) Chauhān (IV), 401. Vijaya, Āndhra king, 223. Vijayāditya, Chalukya king, 453. Vijayālayā, Choḷa Rāja, 484. Vijayanagar, vast army of, 132 : kingdom of, 452. Vijayapāla, king of Kanauj, 397. Vijayasena, of Sena dynasty, 418, 432, 434. Vijayaskanda-varman, Pallava king, 499 \*n.\* Vijjana, Kalachurya king, 449. Vijñāneśvara, jurist, 449. Vikrama, Choḷa king, 489, 498. Vikramāditya, title of Chandragupta II, 14, 21, 306 : of Chandragupta I, 347 : of several Chalukya kings, 443, 453, 455, 473, 484, 488. Vikramāṅka, Chalukya king, 448. \*Vikramāṅkadeva-charita\*, of Bilhaṇa, 19, 449 \*n.\* Vikramaśīla monastery, 414. Viḷivāyakura I, II, Āndhra kings, 231. Villavar, tribe, 457. Vinayāditya, (1) king of Kashmīr, 387 : Chalukya king, 453. Vindhya mountains, 6, 171. Vindhyan forests, 350. Vipāśa, river, 96 \*n.\* - [Previous: c36.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.288) - [Next: c36.290](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.290) - [Up: c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.289) · Pramāṇa