Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c13.29

c13.29

¹ Select Inscriptions, pp. 8-9 : *hacā Sakaibish tyaiy para Sugdam amata yātā ā Kushā hacā Hindauv amata yātā ā Sparda* = Sanskrit *सचा *शकेभिः (= शकेभ्यः) *त्ये (= ते = ये) परं सुग्दात् , अमुतः ( = अमुष्मात् स्थानात्) यावत् आकुशात् ( = यावत कुशं) , *सचा *सिंधौ (= सिंधोः = from India, i.e., the land on the Sindhu or Indus), अमुतः यावत् आ स्वर्दात्. The members of the priestly class of ancient Persia (Iran) called Magi (Greek Magos), who settled in India, became known after their absorption in the Indian social system as the Maga Brāhmaṇas of Śaka-dvīpa or the Śākadvīpya Brāhmaṇas. Cf. R. G. Bhandarkar, Vaiṣṇavism, Śaivism and Minor Religious Systems, Poona ed., pp. 218 ff.