The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c36.59

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Aruvular, tribe, 482. Aryabhaṭa, astronomer, 322, 324, 346. Aryan settlements, 217 *n.* Aryanization, process of, 8. Āryāvarta, meaning of, 299. Asandhimitrā, legendary queen of Asoka, 201. Asaṅga, 347. Asāwal, Hindu name for Ahmadābād, 342 *n.* Asioi, tribe, 240 *n.* Asoka, extent of empire of, 6, 156, 169: Mysore edition of Minor Rock Edicts of, 16: contemporary with Antiochos Theos, 21: made Pāṭaliputra his permanent capital, 38 *n.*: five *stūpas* at Pāṭaliputra ascribed to, 43 *n.*: dates of accession and death of, 206, 207: abolished royal hunt, 129, 186: Kalinga Edicts of, 177: viceroys of, 136, 172: the 'king's men' of, 136: Tushāspha, governor of Kāthiāwāṛ under, 139: mentioned in Rudradāman's inscription, 139: beginnings of art and architeture in reign of, 143: full name Asoka-vardhana, 162: viceroy of Taxila and Ujjain, 162, 163: annexed Kalinga, 164, 206: went on pilgrimage, 167, 207: ordained as monk, 166, 168: death of, 201, 207: Buddhist council convoked by, 169: in Nepāl, 170, 207: buildings of, 170, 172, 312: inscriptions of, 175, 176, 180: legend of, 179: ethics of, 184: in early life probably worshipped Śiva, 185: enforced sanctity of animal life, 185, 186, 213: toleration of, 187: appointed Censors, 189: provided for travellers and sick, 191, 312, 358: dispatched foreign missions, 193, 206: sent his brother Mahendra to Southern India and Ceylon, 195, 459: did not send mission to Pegu, 197: made Buddhism a world-religion, 197: compared with Constantine, 198: character of, 199: sons and successors of, 201-5: chronology of, 206: disruption of empire of, 204, 207, 208, 233: Hindū Kush boundary of empire of, 233: Kanishka legends resembling those of, 280: pillar erected at Kauśāmbī by, 310: imitated by Harsha, 357: Pūrṇa-varman last descendant of, 204, 360: caste of, 423: relations with Southern India of, 464, 465, 476, 481. *Asokāvadāna* legends, 42, 202. Aspasian, tribe, 55. Assakēnoi, nation, 57. Assam = Kāmarūpa, *q. v.*, 383. Assemblies, five great Tamil, 460: village, 479, 484. Asses, for riding, 141. Assyria, 275 *n.* Astes = Hasti, *q. v.* Astola (Astalu), enchanted isle, 113. Astrologers, control of, 140. Astronomy, of Gupta age, 322. Aśvaghosha, Buddhist saint, 276. *Aśvamedha* = horse-sacrifice, *q. v.*, 228. Atasi, or flax-plant, 102 *n.* *Atharvaveda*, 24. Athena, 81 *n.* Atīśa, Buddhist missionary, 415, 418. Attic year, 90. Attila, Hun king, 334. Attivarmā, Pallava king, 499 *n.* Attock (Aṭak), town, 63. Augustus, letter of Indian king to, 144 *n.*: Kushān imitations of coins of, 250, 270: temple at Muziris of, 462: Indian embassy to, 293, 471. *Aurei*, orientalized, 270, 328 *n.*: current in S. India, 462. Aurelian, Roman emperor, 294. Aurelius, Marcus, Roman emperor, 289, 294. Autograph of Harsha, 356. Autonomous tribes, 78 *n.*, 98, 302. Avalokiteśvara, Buddhist incarnation, 375. Avanti = Mālwa, *q. v.*, 30, 410, 413. Avantivarman, king of Kashmir, 45 *n.*, 387. Ayethema = Takkolam, *q. v.*, 487 *n.* Ayodhyā = Oudh, sacred city, 163, 347. Ayu Mitra, coins of, 273 *n.* Azes I and II, Indo-Parthian kings, 244, 255 *n.* Azilises, Indo-Parthian king, 244.