The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c36.72

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Elagabalus, Roman emperor, 294. Elāpura = Elūra, *q. v.*, 445 *n.* Elephant, failure in war of the, 117: used by Seleukidan kings, 121, 125, 154: combats, 129: for riding, 141: cognizance of Pāṇḍya dynasty, 470. Elliot, Sir H. M., *History of India by*, 15 *n.* Elphinstone on Indian history and chronology, 1, 6, 20. Elūra (Ellora), rock-cut temples at, 445, 447. Embolima, town, 61. Empire of Asoka, 6, 169–72: Ephthalite, 334: Persian, 12, 153: Gupta, 302: of Harsha, 354: of China, 376. Epander, Indo-Greek king, 257. *Ephoroi* = news-writers, 136. Ephthalites, 264 *n.*, 334, 428 *n.* Epics, Sanskrit, 10: rude popular, 402: Tamil, 472. *Epigraphia Carnatica*, 18 *n.*, 467. Epigraphic evidence, 9, 16. Epirus, Asoka's mission to, 193. *Episkopoi* = news-writers, 136. Era, Ānanda Vikrama, 402 *n.*: Arsakidan, 235 *n.*: of Chedi, 409: Gupta, 21: of Harsha, 351: Hun, 335 *n.*: Kaliyuga, 28 *n.*: Kollam, or Malabar, 479 *n.*: of Lakshmaṇa-sena, 432: Laukika, 266 *n.*: Lichchhavi, 295: Malabar, or Kollam, 479 *n.*: Nepalese, 381: Pontic, 275 *n.*: Sananda Vikrama, 402 *n.*: Seleukidan, 206, 258 *n.*: Traikūtaka, 409: of Vikramāṅka Chalukya, 449: of Yudhishṭhira, 28 *n.* Eraṇḍapalla = Khāndēsh, 301. Eras, numerous Indian, 20. Eratosthenes, *stadium* of, 142 *n.* Erymandrus, river, 240. Eudēmos in India, 115, 121–3. Eukratides, Indo-Greek king, 237–9, 241, 254, 257. Euphrates, voyage of Nearchos to, 114: Roman conquests beyond, 275. Euthydēmos I, II, Indo-Bactrian kings, 236, 237, 257.