The Mauryan Polity c15.41

c15.41

Pillars of Aśoka, 197. Piśuna, 125, 311. Pitinikas, 57. Piyādasi Inscriptions, 39. Piyadarśi, 42. Piṇḍakara, 143. Plato, 31. Pliny, 30, 35, 86, 184, 190. Plutarch, 190. Podiyil Hill, 58. Poisons, how to detect, 110. Poor relief, 152. Poros, chariot of, 191. Pounnatu or Punnaṭa, 52. Poussin Vallee, 286, 290. Prabhācandra, identification of, 264-5. Pradeṣṭārah, 171. Pradeśikas, 158, 219; functions of, 220-1. Prajādharma, 242. Praṇaya, 147. Praśāsta, 194. Pratijñayaugandharāyaṇa, 18. Pratisarga, 2. Prativedaka, 181. Pratyāhara, 11. Pravrajita, 267. Prādi, 9. Prājāpatya, 341. Prātiśākhya-kātyāyana, 10. Prātiśākhya-Vājasaneyi, 10. Pravirapuruṣas, 222. Praśāsta, 369. Princep, James, 43. Prisoners, 168; general amnesty, 174; release of, 175. Private property, 349. Princes, education and discipline of, 101-2. Provincial governor, revolt against, 215-6. Pṛthu, 21. Ptolemy, 52. Public expenditure, 148-9; other news, 151; productive, 151. Pulindas, 67, 205. Puraṇānūru, 58. Purāṇas, 12-14, 320, 345. Purāṇa reader, 150. Purana Texts of the Dynastics of the Kali Age, 2, 5. Purohita, 127-8, 372. Puruṣas or Civil servants, duties of, 222.