The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c36.64

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Carnatic, the, 492. Caste, in Gupta period, 314: in South, 459. Castes, as described by Megasthenes, 140 *n.*, 457: four *varṇas* of, 423 *n.* Catty, Chinese weight, 280 *n.* Caucasus, Indian, 126. Cauvery river = Kāviri, *q. v.*, 462. Ceded Districts, 483. Central Provinces = Chedi, 405. Ceylon, chronicles of, 11, 179: pre-Christian records in, 17 *n.*: bull-racing in, 129 *n.*: conversion of, 195: Meghavarṇa king of, 303: pilgrims from, 304: frescoes in, 323: Pāṇḍya wars with, 475: Gajabāhu, king of, 471: invaded by Karikāla Chola, 481: invaded by Parāntaka I, 484: annexed by Rājarāja, 485: Pallava relations with, 494, 495. Chaitanya Deva, prophet, 353 *n.* Chakrāyudha, king of Kanauj, 392, 413. Chakshu river = Oxus, 280 *n.* Chalukya dynasties, 353, 440–9: wars with Cholas, 485, 488: wars with Pallavas, 442, 443. Chambal river, 302. Champāran District, 167, 178 *n.*, 416. Chāṇakya, minister, 43 *n.*, 45, 124, 128 *n.*, 130 *n.*, 142 *n.*, 144, 424. Chaṇḍāla, outcaste tribes, 314. Chandāwar, battle of, 404 *n.* Chand Bardāī, Hindī poet, 402 *n.* Chandēl clan, 341, 423, 429, 430: history, 405–9. Chandra, Turushka king, 437. Chandradeva, founded Gaharwār dynasty of Kanauj, 399. Chandragiri river, 456, 466. Chandragupta, (1) Maurya = Sandrakottos, 21: early life of, 44–6, 49, 51, 123: worshipped at Alexander's altars, 81: defeated Seleukos, 125, 156, 206: institutions of, 126–54, 252: length of reign of, 152: Jain legends of, 154, 458: Andhra kingdom in time of, 217: caste of, 424: (2) I of Gupta dynasty, 295–7, 345, 347: (3) II of Gupta dynasty, Vikramāditya, 14, 21: history of, 306–16: seals of queen of, 297 *n.*: original of Rāja Bikram, 320: contemporary with Kālidāsa, 321: chronology, coins, and inscriptions of, 345.