War in Ancient India c17: Index
War in Ancient India c17
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'Abd-ur-Razāk, 295 Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna, 43, 173, 243. Abhyudita, a sacrifice, 94. Acyutarāya, and Ceylon, 296. Admiralty, use of, 186-90. Agatharcids, 190. Agni Purāṇa, the, 88, 182; — details of a bow in the, 95; — description of the tomara in the, 107; — on ambassadors, 339; — on the armoury, 217; — on the battle line, 246; — on a city, 255; — on the defects of fortresses, 257; — on the making of arrows, 98; — on the march for the battle, 238, 240; — on the method of attacking an enemy, 245; — on the method of using a noose, 108-9; — on the paṭṭiśa, 114; — on sieges, 262; — on the site of the battlefield and the arrangement of the army, 244-5; — on vyūha varieties, 269, 272; — on war-elephants, 170; — recommendation of tactics in the, 274. Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, 3, 248; — description of an arrow with fire in the, 103; — description of the fashioning of the arrows by the Gods in, 94; — distinction between a charioteer and a warrior in the, 158.
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Ajanta, cave paintings at, evidence of the, on the weapons of war, 137-40; — frescoes at, 291. Alarka, son of Madālasa, King, 346-7. Alexander, the Great, 131, 145, 169, 170, 236, 241, 246; — use of iron in India during the period of the invasion of, 129. Āliḍha, a position taken for the discharge of arrows, 99. Allahabad Praśasti, of Samudragupta, 289. Amarakośa, nautical terms in the, 286. Ambassadors, place and functions of the, 337-51; — sanctity of the life of the, 61-2. Amarāvatī, sculptures at, 131, 134-5, 144. Amuktamālyada, a work of Kṛṣṇadeva Rāya, 194, 212. Andhras, Brahman regime during the age of the, 52; — navy of the, 187-8. — ship coins of the, 187-8. Angada, 237; — battle of, with Kampana, 125; — embassy of, from Rāma to Rāvaṇa, 347-8. Angkor-Wat in Cambodia, archaeological evidence at, for the use of iron, 129; — sculptures and reliefs in the temple of, 144-5. Antimachus, 150. Antiochus, 287, 335. Anuśatika, a military officer, 228.
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Āpatsahāyan, a Brāhmaṇ commander under Kṛṣṇadeva Rāya, 194-5. Apollo, bow-God of the Greeks, 101. Appolodotus I, 150. Apratiratha, 14. Arbudi, 27. Arjuna, 9, 34, 43, 57, 76, 119, 124, 270, 271, 281; — gāṇḍīva of, 96; — monkey standard of, 246; — penance of, sculptured at Mahābalipuram, 141; — Uttara, his name while in disguise, 15. Armour, in Indian warfare, 126-9. Army, the camp in the, 241-3; — characteristics of a good, 190-97; — Departments of the, 201-33; — divisions of the, 153 ff; — non-military officers of the, 231-2; — officers of the, 220-31; — sixfold, 156-57; — units of the, 198-9. Arrian, on the equipment of the Indian soldiers of war, 100. Arsenal, the, 214-17. Arthaśāstra the (Kauṭalīya), 79, 80, 123, 126, 175, 176, 185, 187, 248, 249, 252, 302, 311, 324; — conception of a circle of states in the, 217; — differentiation by, of water routes, 288; — diplomacy of the, 307-10; — division of war by, 81; — incomplete list by, of the mukta and amukta weapons, 122-23; — list of movable machines given by, 123-4; — on the admiralty as a department of administration, 288; — on agni-bāṇa, 102; — on ambassadors, 338, 341-2; — on the arsenal, 214, 215-16; — on asura yuddha, 89; — on the bhindipāla and śakti, 106; — on the Cakra, 109; — on Cakravarti-kṣetram, 37-8; — on the camp of the army, 243; — on the chariots, 161-3; — on the composition of the army, 191, 193; — on the construction of ramparts and the gates and palaces in a fort, 248, 249-50; — on the construction of stables for elephants, 168; — on dharma vijaya, 83; — on the distinction between lobha and asura vijayas, 88; — on the drughana, 107; — on entangling the enemy, 245; — on five kinds of arrows, 98; — on four kinds of bows, 96; — on the gadā, 113; — on the infantry, 180; — on the instruments of diplomacy, 325 ff; — on Kūṭayuddha, 86-7; — on the march for the battle, 238; — on military officers, 222; — on the monthly pay of the soldiers, 211-12; — on a mudgara, 114; — on the naval organisation, 189; — on the pigeon houses, 283; — on the regular payment of soldiers, 210; — on spies, 354-6, 357-9; — on the Śataghni, 115; — on the seizure of ships bound for the enemy country, 79; — on siege operations, 258, 259; — on the six-fold policy, 312ff; — on the Superintendent of elephants, 167-8;
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— on the Superintendent of Horses, 176-7; — on certain kinds of swords, 119; — on the tenure of the office of the Senāpati, 226; — on the value of diplomacy, 300; — schedule of military officers according to the, 229; — spies during the period of, 354; — treatment of Mauryan public finance in the, 207-8; Āryadeva, on how to attack an enemy at his weak points, 62. Aryans, see Indo-Aryans, Asamanja, banishment of, 52. Āsana, 312, 318-20. Aśoka, 131, 233; — conquest of Kalinga by, 28, 89; — the dharma vijaya of, 81ff; — fleet of, 288; — foreign relations of, 335. Aṣṭakula, 220. Aṣṭapada board, 154. Asura form of war, 265. Asuravijaya, 235; — character of, 81 ff. Aśvacikitsita, a treatise on horses, 177. Aśvamedha, a sacrifice, performance of, 35-7. Aśvaśāstra, a treatise on horses by Nakula, 177. Aśvatthāma, 273. Aśvalāyana, 47, Aśvāyurveda, a treatise on horses by Jayadeva, 177. Ātan II, voluntary death of being wounded by Karikāl Cōḷa, 56. Atharva Veda (Saṃhitā), 13, 15, 26, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 65, 67, 75-6, 84, 85, 86, 159, 163n, 179, 180, 337. — diplomacy during the period of the, 301; — mention of fire arms in, 103; — on charms and spells in war, 265; — popularity of māyā and indrajālam in the, 332; — reference to the aṣṭapada board in the, 154; — reference to the chariots in the, 157-8; — references to the horses in the, 174; — reference to spies in the, 352; Atikāya, a Rākṣasa, 111; — engagement of, with Lakṣmaṇa, 125. Atiratha, 14. Aṭṭālakas, 249. Augustus Caesar, Pāṇḍyan embassy to, 290. Aurangzeb, commissariat, under, 186. Auśanasa Dhanurveda, 106n, 107n, 109n, 111n, 112, 113, 247n. Auśanasa Saṃhitā, 364. Ayodhyā, 17, 24; — compared to an aerial car, 281; — description of, in the Rāmāyaṇa, 253; — provided with Śataghni, 105. Ayuktika, a military officer, 228. Ayuṣa, the five sons of, Mahārathas, 13-14. Baden-Powell, 130, 150. Balarāma, 205; — musala weapon of, 114; Bali, sons of, 53. Bāṇa, author of the Harṣacarita, 165. Barbosa, 206; — on Indian ships, 298; — on the pay of soldiers in Vijayanagar, 212. Battle Array, Daiva, Gāndharva and mānuṣa, 221. Battlefield, site for the, 243-47.
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Baudhāyana Dharma Śāstra, 187; — on the Brahman taking to the military, 195. Bhagavad Gītā, 9. Bhāgavata, scenes from portions of the, represented in the Viṣṇu temple at Tāḍpatri, 142. Bhaṇḍa, an Asura, 85; — five arms used against, 102n; — war of, with Lalitā, 205. Bharadvāja, on diplomacy, 304. Bharata, son of Daśaratha, 52, 128; — camp of, on the banks of the R. Ganges, 242; Bhārhut sculptures, 131-2. Bhāsa, dramatist, 56; — reference to espionage in the works of, 354. Bhattacharya, 130, 145. Bheda, 299, 313, 324, 327, 328-9. Bhīma, (Bhīmasēna), 64, 270, 271, 331, 332, 349. Bhindipālas, 261. Bhīṣma, 212, 224, 226, 348; — taking away of three girls by, 17; — bow of, 96; — on the best fort, 252; — on the manufacture of arms, 216; — on the origin of the asi, 116-7; — on the qualifications of an ambassador, 340; — vyūhas adopted by, in the Mahābhārata war, 269, 270, 271, 272, 279; — war of, with Sālvarāja, 124. Bhoja, King, author of the Samarāṅgaṇa sūtradhāra, 125, 254, 276; — author of the Yukti-kalpataru, 289. Bindusāra, conquest of the Dekkan by, 233; — foreign relations of, 335;
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Birdwood, 130. Black Prince, 12. Bodhisattva, 138, 140. Borobudur, sculptures at, representing Jataka scenes, 144. Brāhmaṇas concept of a ship sailing heavenwards in the, 276. Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 85, 102n, 109n, 166n. Brāhman, by caste or profession, not to be killed in battle, 70; — no sin in killing a, in war, 57; — and the army, 193-5; — duties of the, 42. — service of the, in a war, 76-7; — treatment of a, who wants to bring peace, 69. Bṛhadarhannītiśāstra, the Laghvarhannītisāra considered to be an abridged version of, 80. Bṛhadratha, Puṣyamitra Śuṅga, the Senāpati of, 223. Bṛhannalā, 15. Bṛhaspati, 269; — law-book of, 359; — on the wealth seized in war, 78. British Commonwealth, character of the, 32. Buddhist literature, on war ethics, 79. Bukka I, embassy of, to the Chinese emperor, 296. Burgess, 130. Cakra, 123. Camūpa, (Daṇḍabhinātha) a military officer, 230. Camūpati, a military officer, 230. Candragupta (Maurya), 28, 334, 335. — admiralty of, 186; — cavalry force of, 174; — control of the army of, 185; — dark period before the accession of, 51;
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— foreign relations of, 334-5; — military organisation under, 232-3 and 232n; — release of the Prisoners of war, captured by, 73. Candragupta (Gupta King), 34. Candragupta II, 218, 227. *Candraketu*, 282. Cāpa (bow), 96. Capturing of girls, a factor of war, 16-18. Cāra (spies), 157, 219, 220, 337. Carrier-pigeons, use of the, 283. Caste, implications of, 8-11. Cattle lifting, as a factor of war, 14-16. *Catuḥśatikā*, a work of Āryadeva, 62-3. Caturanga (bala), four-fold divisions of the army, 154, 157, 182. Ceylon, conquest of, by Vijaya, 138. Ceylon, diplomatic relations between, and India, 291-94; — Rāvaṇa, King of, 17. Chalcolithic period, metals in the, 129. Chalukyas, navy of the, 292-3. Chariots, 157-166. Chess, game of, and the four-fold force, 153-6. Chitore, representation of elephants at, 140-41. Chōḷas, fleet under the, 190; — no chariots in the army of the, 166; — organisation of the army of the, 195-7; — navy of the, 293-5. — sculptures, 141-2. *Cintāmaṇi*, 382. Cintatrāya temple to Viṣṇu at Tāḍpatri, 142. Cipher writing, 355 and n. Citrayuddha, same as Kūṭayuddha, 85.
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Cōḷa pass, 34. Commissariat, the, 182-86. Conjeevaram, sculptures at, 143. Conquered country, provision for the administration of the, 73-4. Crusades, 11-12. Cunningham, 130, 132, 133; — on the value of the study of sculptures, 131. Dādāji Koṇḍadev, 45n. Dadhīci, a Ṛṣi, mukta and amukta weapons made from the bones of, 115-6; — the vajra made out of the backbone of, 110. Daiva form of war, 235, 265. *Daivajña Vilāsa*, a mss. work, 362. Dalavay, Minister of war, 228. Damayantī, 108; — marriage of, with Nala, 50. Dāna, 299, 313, 324, 326-8, 399. Daṇḍa, 299, 313, 314, 324, 327, 328, 329, 331; — (punishment), origin and development of, 4-5. Daṇḍadhara (King), 4. Daṇḍaka, an ancestor of Rāma, conquest of the Dakhan by, 24. Daṇḍamārga, 239. Darius, maritime expedition of, 286; — expedition of, to Sind, 334. Darśaka, 327. Darudurga, 255. Dasarajya yuddha, in the *Ṛg Veda*, 236. Daśaratha, 43, 161, 310; — Vasiṣṭha’s administration of the Kingdom after the death of, 52. Defence and aggression, as factors of war, 25. Defence complex, a source of war, 23-5. Delisle Burns, 8.
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War Council, 201-6; war finance, 206-14; the arsenal, 214-17; Foreign Department, 217-19; Intelligence Department, 219-20; Army officers, 220-33. Deśika, elders or advisers, 157. Devānāmpriya, a title of Aśoka, 82. Deva Rāya II, levy of tribute by, of Ceylon, 295-6. Pegu, Tenasserim, etc. Dhanurveda, 44; — attributed to Viśvāmitra, 122; — classification by, of the weapons of offence and defence, 93. Dhanus, (bow), 93 ff. Dharmāditya, grant of, 286. Dharma vijaya, 58, 235; — character of, 81 ff. Dharma yuddha, 59, 71, 81, 235. Dhṛṣṭadyumna, 226. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, King, 30, 53, 302, 303; Dīghanikāya, 332-3. Diplomacy and war, the six-fold policy, 312-24; —, history of, 299-312; — instruments of, 62; — international relations, 334; — seven expedients of, 324-34. Diplomatic agents, 337-66. Divodāsa, a king, 78. Draupadī, marriage of, with the Pāṇḍava brothers, 51. Dravidians, earlier advancement of political institutions among the, 3. Droṇamukha, a Rākṣasa, 280. Drupada, father of Draupadī, 51; — embassy of, to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 348. Durgā, war Goddess, 146, 148-9; — war of, with Śumbha, 281, 347. Durmukha, a Rākṣasa, 286.
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Duryodhana, 15, 30, 64, 221, 349. — army of, 184. — helmet of, 128. — war council of, 205. Duṣyanta, marriage of, with Śakuntalā, 49; — skill of, in archery, 97. Dūta, 337, 360. Dvaidhibhāva (duplicity), 312, 322-4. Dvandvayuddha, 159. Edgerton, 130. Eiynar, robber and pillager, 41. — cattle lifting by the, 15; — invocation of Korravai by, 2; Ekacchatra, one-umbrella royalty, 38. Ekarāt, position of, 37-8. Elephants, in warfare, 166-74. Euthydemos, 287. Fear impulse, as a background of war, 25-8. Fergusson, 130. Flags, in ancient India, 367-75; — in the battlefield, 246-7; — in the chariots, 164-5; — on elephants, 169. Foreign Department, 217-9. Foreign policy in ancient India, 218. Forts, construction and siege of the, 247-64. Frederick the Great, 240, 241. Friar Odoric, 190. Gajādhyakṣa, (Gajāmātya), 167. Gaṇapatideva, extirpation of piracy by, 295. Gāndhāra sculptures, value of the, 140-41; — elephant sculptures at, 167. Gāndharva form of marriage, 17, 18. Gaṇeśa, 146; — symbolic representation of victory, 148.
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Gaulmika, a military officer, 228. Gautama, and monkhood, 55. — on the Brahmans taking to the military, 195. Gopinatha Rao, 130, 145. Grahavarman, assassination of, 92. Grāmaṇi, a minor military official in the Ṛg Vedic Period, 220. Greece, weapons of warfare used in ancient, 100-101. Griffith, on dharma yuddha, 84-5. Guha, lord of the Niṣādhas, 128. Gulmapa (Gaulmika), a military officer, 229. Guptas, foreign office under the, 217-8; — military budget under the, 208; — military officers under the, 230-31. Haihaya clan, 35. Haihaya King, responsibility of the, for the death of Jamadagni, 29. Halebid, Hoysaḷeśvara temple at, scenes from the Rāmāyaṇa in the, 143. Hanumān, 259, 286; — as an ambassador, 345-46. Harappa, weapons found at, 100n. Haraprasad Sastri, 63. Harihara II, of Vijayanagar, 295. Hariharacaturanga(na), 14, 175, 241n, 266n; — a mss. work, 363-4; — classification of forts in the, 254; — on the making of arrows, 98n. Harisena, foreign minister of Samudragupta, 218. Harivaṃśa, 163, 204, 205, 281; — on the śataghni, 105. Harṣa, 233; — fleet of, 289; — relations of, with Nepal and China, 335. Harṣacarita, of Bāṇa, non-mention of the chariot in the, 165; — reference to aerial machines in the, 282. Hastyāyurveda, 172. Havell, E. B., 130, 131, 135, 145. Hazāra Rāmasvāmi temple at Hampi, scenes from the Rāmāyaṇa in the, 143. Hemacandra, author of the Laghvarhannitisāra, on the principles to be followed in war, 80. Henry VIII, 218. Herodotus, 286; — on the sanctity of the ambassador, 61-2. Hiuen Tsang, on the fleet of the King of Assam, 190; — on the punishment of a defeated general, 79. Hopkins, on the functions of a charioteer, 161. Horses, origin of the, 175. Hunter, 136. Hydaspes, battle of the, 164, 170, 244, 246. Iconography, Indian, value of, to a student of military history, 145-150. Iḷanko Aḍigal, 337, 382. Imayavaramban, a title of the Cēra King, 33. Imayavaramban Neḍumcēralātan, 385. Imperial sway, character of, in ancient India, 32-3. Indo-Aryans, and warfare, 2-4. Indra, thunderbolt of, 110. Indrajāla, 88, 324, 331. — an expedient of diplomacy, 332-3; Indrajit, 144-5, 163; — and the Māyā Sītā, 89. Indus valley finds, few horses in the, 174.
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Infantry, a unit of the army, 179-182. Intelligence Department, 219-20. Iron, use of, 129. Jaina literature, on war ethics, 79-80. Jamadagni, father of Paraśurāma, death of, 29. Jarāsandha, 204, 205. Jaṭāyu, 280. *Jayacintāmaṇi*, 364. Jayadeva, author of the Aśvāyurveda, 177. Jayadratha, 128. Jealousy, as a background of war, 30-31. Jerusalem, 12. *Jivakacintāmaṇi*, reference to flying machines in the, 282. Jivita Gupta II, fleet of, 289. John of Montecorvino on the Indian ships, 297-8. Kākatiyas of Warangal fleet of the, 190; — Moṭupalle, the chief port of the 295. Kākusthavarman, a Kadamba King, 320. Kakṣīvān, birth of, 53. Kālidāsa, 262, 310, 359, 383; — knowledge of, of the bow, 96-7; —on the use of the śakti, 106; — on weapons of war, 98. Kalinga, conquest of, by Aśoka, 28, 82, 89; — expedition of Karuṇākara Toṇḍaimān against, 90; Kāmandaka, 61, 323, 330; —on the consultation of wise men by a King, 204; — on five kinds of fortresses, 252; — on the limbs of a vyūha, 269; — on the nālika, 108. *Kāmandakanīti(sāra)* see Kāmandakiya.
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Kāmandakiya (*Kāmandaka nītisāra*, *Kāmandakanīti*, 324, 333; — on ambassadors, 339-40; — on the march for the battle, 238; — on māyā, 331-2; — on indrajāla, 333. Kambojas, colonisation of Cambodia by, 144. Kampaṇa, battle of, with Angada, 125. Kanaka, a King conquered by Śeṅguṭṭuvan, 28-9; — taken prisoner and later liberated by Śeṅguṭṭuvan, 73. Kanarak, sculptures in the temple at, 135-6, 147. Kaṇḍācāra, same as Skandāvāra, 241. Kaṇika Bharadvāja, (Kaṇika) a political thinker, 38, 302, 304, 306, 307. Kaniṣka, 131. Kannaki, 28. Kaṇvas, age of the, 51. Karikāl Cōḻa, Ātan II wounded by, 56. *Kārmuka* type of fortresses, 254. Karṇa, 178. Kārtavīrya Arjuna, 35, 106. — a Rathi, 13. Karuṇākara Toṇḍaimān, expedition of, against Kalinga, 90. Kashmir schools of art, traditions of the, in Ankhort Vat, 144-5. *Kauṣitakī Brāhmaṇa*, 60, 94, 98, 110, 248. *Kauṭalīya*, see *Arthaśāstra*, 88, 174, 193, 214, 252, 339. Kauṭalya, (Cāṇakya), 56, 61, 111, 155, 188n, 193, 307, 308, 309, 315, 316, 325, 326, 339, 355, 357, 359; (See also *Arthaśāstra*).
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— release by, of prisoners captured by Candragupta, 73. Kāvanmaram, 384-5. King, disposal of the slain, in battle, 53-4; — not to take active part in the actual operations, 245. Kingship in India, origin of, 3. Kirtivarman II, 293. Kodaṇḍa, same as bow, 93. Kodaṇḍacaturbhujam, 464. Kodaṇḍa maṇḍana, on the characteristics of a bow, 96. Korravai, 381, 382; — invoked by the Eiynar, 2. Kōvalan, father of Maṇimēkalai, 46. Kṛpa, 64; — mail armour of, 128. Kṛṣṇa, 9, 64, 178, 205, 348; — King of Dvāraka, 30; — ambassador from Vāsudeva to, 346; — bow of, 96; — the charioteer of Arjuna, 159; — embassy of, 339, 349; — navigation of the air, by, on his Garuḍa, 280; — on the law of warfare, 57. Kṛṣṇadeva Rāya, author of the Āmuktamālyada, 212; — and Ceylon, 296; — Council of, 206; — on the appointment of Brahmans to the military, 194. Kṛṣṇan Rāman, a Brahman military officer under Rājarāja, 194. Kṣatriyas, and the army, 190ff; — and asceticism, 54-5; Kṣatriyas, importance of the, 5-6; — mentality of, favourable for war, 8; — marriage of, 47-8; — outfit of the, 46-7; — training of the, 42-6. Kṣetrajña, position of a, 53. Kiesias, Indica of, 260. Kulaśekhara, 292. Kulottunga I, overseas relations of, 294-5. Kumāra, Crown Prince, 226-7. Kumārī, 249. Kumārāmātya Pṛthivīseṇa, Commander-in-Chief of Kumāragupta, 194. Kumbakonam, sculptures in the Sāraṅgapāṇi temple at, 143. Kural, the, on ambassadors, 350; — reference to spies in the, 354, 356-7. Kural-veṇbā, 384. Kurukṣetra, battle at, 183, 198, 236, 242, 246; — charcoal, a war material in the battle of, 103; — Commanders in the battle of, 221. — the historic battle of, 30-1; Kuśa, 35. Kūṭayuddha, 59, 60, 61, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 235; — tactics in the, 272-3. Laghvarhannītisāra the, work of Hemacandra, 80. Laguḍa, a kind of weapon, 108. Lakkaṇa Daṇṇaik, voyage of, to the frontier of Ceylon, 295. Lakṣaṇaprakāśa, 98n, 105n, 106n, 107n, 109n, 111n, 112n, 113n, 117n, 118n, 166n, 177, 247n, 266. Lakṣmaṇa, 97, 111, 261, 281; — engagement of, with Atikāya, 125. Lalitā, war of, with Bhaṇḍa, 205, 207. Land fights, 236ff. Laṅkā, 17, 240, 249, 269, 280, 286, 343, 345, 346; — castle in, 252-3; — provided with Śataghnī, 105;
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— siege of, 261; — tactics in the war of, 264-5. Lankāpura Daṇḍanāyaka, 292. Laukika Nyāya Saṅgraha of Raghunātha, 22. Lava, a son of Rāma, 35, 282. Laws of war; punishment for the breaking of the, 91. Lobha vijaya, 235; — character of, 81ff. Louis IV, 264n. Mādhavi, mother of Maṇimēkalai, 46. Madura, fortification of, as described in the Maduraikkāñji, 256. Maduraikkāñji, the, 373; — on the fortification of Madura, 256. Maginot Line, in France, 247, 264n. Mahābalipuram, Pallava art at, 141. Mahābhārata, the, 15, 21, 38, 47, 48, 53, 62, 64, 76, 91, 109, 110, 115, 116, 141, 163, 170, 177n, 178, 195, 206, 217, 230, 255, 280, 332; — description in, on the treatment of the wounded in war, 75; — diplomacy in the, 301-4; — maṇḍala idea in the, 311; — on the Cāra, 219-20; — on additional taxation during periods of war, 212-3; — on the monthly pay of a warrior, 211; — on the navy, 285; — on the units of the army, 198; — reference to spies in the, 253; — scenes from the in the temple at Ankhor Vat, 144-5; — schedule of military officers according to the, 228-9; — use of āgneya astras referred to in the, 103ff; — war, the, 30-1, 269-72; — armour in the, 128. Mahārath(a)is, 13, 14. Mahāsandhivigraha, 217. Mahāsenāpati, see Senāpati, 223, 225. Mahāvaṃśa, the, on the diplomatic relations between India and Ceylon, 291. Mahāvīra, and monkhood, 55. Mahēndravarman, 291. Mahmūd, Sultan, naval fight of, in the Punjab, 289-90. Maitreya, a member of Duryodhana's War Council, 205. Makattpārkāñji, 47. Malavikāgnimitra, reference to spies in the, 359. Malik Kafur, 174. Mānasāraśilpaśāstra, on different types of fortresses, 253ff. Mānavadharmaśāstra, 44, 103, 235; — on different kinds of dāna, 327; — on the qualification of the ambassadors, 338; — referernce to sea fights in the, 287. Maṇḍala, a position taken for the discharge of arrows, 99. — conception of, 306, 308-9. Mangalīśa, W. Cālukya King, 292-3. Maṇimēkalai, 46. — the naming ceremony of, 46. — the Goddess of the sea, 290. Mantramukta (discharged by mantras), a kind of weapon of war, 93. Mantrayuddha, 59. Mantrin, a member of the War Council under the Guptas, 206. Manu, the first king of the world, 111; — law-giver, 254, 327, 328, 359;
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— on the disposal of the wealth seized in war, 78; — on the duties of the Kṣatriyas, 43; — on a fort, 250-1; — on the functions of an ambassador, 341; — on the honouring of women, 50; — on land fights, 236; — on the status of a niyoga son, 53; — on weapons of war, 98; Mānuṣa form of war, 235, 265. March, in a fight, 237-41. Marco Polo, on Indian vessels, 190. Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, 160, 187, 346, 347. Mārtāṇḍa Varma, 195. Marriages, kinds of, 47-51. Matsya nyāya, (rule of the fish), 21-3. Matsya Purāṇa, 22, 104, 172; — on bheda, 328; — on the instruments of diplomacy, 324-5, 326; — on the value of Upekṣā, 330. Mauryas, army organisation under the, 231, 232n; Māyā practices during the period of the, 332; — public finance under the, 207-8, and 207n. — War Council under the, 206. Māyā, 324, 331-32. Megasthenes, 334; — on cavalry, 174-79; — on the chariots, 159, 162-3; — on the control of Candragupta’s army, 185; — on elephants, 169-70; — on the foreign office in the Mauryan period, 217; — on the Mauryan army organisation, 231; — on the moat round Pāṭaliputra, 252; — on the naval department under the Mauryas, 189; — on the use of iron in India, 129; — on wars in ancient India, 71-2. Milindapañha, the, on the preparation of arms, 216. Minor military officers, 228-31. Mohamudgara, a work of Śaṅkarācārya, 114. Mohenjodaro, weapons found at, 100n. Monkeys, an ancient tribe of India, 128. Mookerjee, Dr. R. K., 289. Moṭupalle, the chief port of the Kākatīyas, 295. Mṛtasañjīvanī vidyā, 204. Mudgara, 123. Mudrārākṣasa, on the release of prisoners by Candragupta, 73; — reference to the spy system in the, 359. Mukta (thrown), a kind of weapon of war, 93. Muktāmukta, a kind of weapon of war, 93. Musala, 123. Nābhāga, King, gave away kingdoms, as sacrificial offerings to Brahmans, 76. Naiṣadha, 108. Nakkīrar on Neduñjelian II’s treatment of the wounded in war, 75. Nakula, author of the Aśvaśāstra, 177. Nala, marriage of, with Damayanti, 50; — a master of horse science, 177. Nandikkalambakam, 292. Napoleon, 240. Nārada, on diplomacy, 304-6.
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Naradurga, 255. Narasimhavarman I, 194; — and Ceylon, 291-2. Naviyādaprabhu, naval commander in Vijayanagar, 190, 296. Nāyaka, head of ten senāpatis according to Kauṭalya, 222; — a military officer, 228, 229, 238, 240. Neḍuñjeḷḷan II, treatment by, of the wounded in war, 75. Nicolo dei Conti, on Indian ships, 298. Nikumbhala, 261, 262. Nīla, 240, 265. Nīti, an ethical principle of war, 58. Nītiprakāśikā, 123, 181, 185; — on the division of the weapons of war, 93, 94-5; — list of weapons given in the, 119. — on the respective position of the Kumāra and Senāpati, 226-7. Nītiśāstra, based on religious ideas, 58. Nitivākyāmṛta, a work of Somadeva, 80, 225. Niścala, a position taken for the discharge of arrows, 99-100. Niśumbha, 347. Niyoga, 52, 53. Nṛpatunga, 292. Nuniz, 206. Numismatics, evidence for a study of Indian military history, 150-151.
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Okkūrmāśattiyar, a poetess, 385. Padika, a military officer, 229. Padmaka type of fortress, 253. Pallavas, ship type of coins of the, 292. Palni, sculptures in the temple at, 143. Pāṇḍyas, the, and Ceylon, 292.
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Parākrama Pāṇḍya, 292. Parañjoti (Śiruṭṭoṇḍar), 194. Parāntaka, 292, 293. Parāśarasamhitā, 166n. Paraśurāma, 14, 111; — persecution of the Kṣatriyas by, 29-30. Pāṭaliputra, moat round, 252. Pattini Devi, consecration of a temple for, 28-29. Pattipa (Pattipāla), a military officer, 228, 229. Peace, psychological barrenness of, 11-12. Peykkuravai, a dance, 14. Plato, on the sanctity of the ambassador, 61. Plethron, a unit of Greek measurement, 252 and n. Portuguese, the, 190. Porus, 131, 236, 242, 246. Pradhāna Senāpati, see Senāpati, 225. Prahasta, 222, 227, 229. Prahita, 337, 352. Prakāśayuddha, 59. Prāsa, 125. Pratardana, a king, 77-8, 364. Prince Peerless, of the Jātaka, 101. Prisoners of war, treatment of the, 72-3. Propitious rites on the eve of war, 65-7. Pṛtana, a unit of the army, 230. Pṛthivi Rāja Cahamāna, the sad fate of, 92. Pugnacity, as a factor of war, 19. Pulakeśin II, 291, 293; — no chariots in the army of, 166; — relations of, with Persia, 335; — victory of Śiruṭṭoṇḍar against, 194. Pulumāyi, coins of, 288. ‘Pūr’, 248. Puranānūru, 31, 385;
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— description of asura yuddha in the, 89-90. Purapporuḷ Veṇbāmālai, 15. Puṣpaka vimāna, 281, 282. Puṣyamitra Śuṅga, the Senāpati of Bṛhadratha, 223. Raghu, 262. Raghuvamśa, 44, 97, 115, 310; — reference to boats and ships in the, 288. Rājāditya, Chōḷa, stabbed by Būtuga, 141-2. Rājarāja, 194; — marriage alliance of, 327 and n; — invasion of Malaināḍu by, 340-41; — overseas conquests of, 293. Rājasimha Pāṇḍya, 292, 373. Rājasūya, a sacrifice, 35. Rājāvali, the, 291. Rājavijaya, the, 112. Rājēndra, marriage alliances of, 327; — overseas conquests of, 293-4. Rājyaśrī, incarceration of, 92. Raktakoḍage, 212. Rāma, 17, 18, 24, 34, 89, 97, 128, 144, 145, 237, 242, 263, 265, 273, 282, 283, 292, 293, 353, 354, 360. — alliance of, with Vāli and Vibhīṣaṇa, 313; — embassy of Aṅgada from, to Rāvaṇa, 348; — entertainment of Vibhīṣaṇa as an ally, by, 156; — flight of, from Laṅkā, to Ayodhyā, 280-81; — Hanumān, the ambassador of, 343-6; — march of, to Laṅkā, 240-41; — marriage of, with Sītā, 51; — on diplomacy, 339; — siege of Laṅkā by, 261; — taking of, by Viśvāmitra, 43; — use of brahmadatta bāṇa by, 125. Rāmāyaṇa, the, 18, 21, 88, 89, 109, 115, 128, 163, 170, 217, 222, 227, 229, 249, 261, 343; — the castles of Laṅkā and Ayodhyā described in the, 252-3; — diplomacy in the, 301; — on three kinds of envoys, 338-9; — reference to chariots in the, 159; — reference to ships in the, 286; — reference to spies in the, 353-4; — scenes from the, at Borobudur, and Aṅkhor Vat, 144-5; — scenes from the, in the Hoy-saleśvara temple at Halebid, and the Hazāra Rāmasvāmi temple at Hampi, 143; — story of the, represented in the Viṣṇu temple at Tāḍpatri, 112, 144; — sati in the, 54; — use of āgneya astras referred to in the, 103ff. Rāmeśvaram temple, of Śiva at Tāḍpatri, 142, 167. Raṇabhaṇḍāgārādhikaraṇa, an accounts officer in charge of the military budget in the Gupta period, 208. Raṇadīpikā, 201. Rapson, on the martialling of the forces, 180. Rathādhyakṣa, Superintendent of chariots, 161-2. Rathis, 13. Ratnins, 220. Rāvaṇa, 144, 237, 249, 261, 262, 265, 283, 313; — abduction of Sītā by, 17; — embassy of Aṅgada to, from Rāma, 347-8;
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— flight of, with Sītā to Laṅkā in his aerial car, 280; — and Hanumān’s embassy, 343-6; — spies of, 353, 360; — Council of, on the eve of the war of Laṅkā, 156; — on the value of consultation, 202-4.
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Ṛg Veda (Saṃhitā), 34, 86, 103, 112, 113, 129, 245, 248, 337; — cavalry during the days of the, 174; — Daśarājya Yuddha in the, 236; — diplomacy from the days of the, 300; — equipment of the soldier during the days of the, 126; — image worship during the period of the, 146; — metals in the period of the, 129; — recognition of the importance of, in the period of the, 206; — reference to aerial navigation in the, 276; — reference to aṣṭapada board in the, 154; — reference to boats and ships in the, 284-5; — reference to the chariots in the, 157, 159; — reference to spies in the, 351-2; — reference to war-elephants in the, 167; — ships and boats known in the days of the, 186-9; — warfare during the period of the, 59ff.
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Roman Empire, character of the, 32.
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Rome, weapons of warfare used in ancient, 101.
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Rudrāmbā, Kākatīya queen, 295.
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Saciva, (Sandhi vigrahika) member of the war office, 222, 227-8, 231.
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Ṣaḍaṅga, 182-3 and 182n.
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Sadāśivarāya, and Ceylon, 296.
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Ṣāḍguṇyam, sixfold policy, 312-24.
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Sahasrānīka, a military officer, 228.
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Śaktis, 227.
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Śakuntalā, marriage of, 49.
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Śakuntalam, 97.
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Śalihotram, a treatise on horses, 177.
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Sālva Rāja, war of, with Bhīṣma, 124.
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Śalya, 178.
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Sāma, 299, 313, 324, 325-6, 329.
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Samapada, a position taken for the discharge of arrows, 99.
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Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra, a work of King Bhoja, 125, 254, 282; — on the principles of the construction of flying machines, 276-9.
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Sampuṭa, a position taken for the discharge of arrows, 100.
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Saṃśraya (friendship), 312, 321-322.
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Samudragupta, 34, 233; — the Allahabad Pillar Inscription of, 217-8, 289; — foreign relations of, 335; — ideal of the conquests of, 336; — treatment by, of the rulers of Dakṣiṇāpatha, 73-4.
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Sāñchī, sculptures at, 131, 132, 134.
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Sandhi, or the treaty system, 312, 314-6.
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Sandhivigraha (Mahāsandhivigraha), a military officer, 217, 230-31.
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Sandhivigrahaka, 227, 228.
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Sañijaya, 348, 349.
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Śaṅkarācārya, on moha, 114.
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Saṅkarṣaṇa, coat of mail of, 128.
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Santals, use of redhot arrows by, 102.
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Sārasaṅgraham, 364.
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Sargon I, 1.
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Sarma, the cognomen of a Brahman, 46. Sarvasainyādhikāri minister of peace and war, 228. Sarvasenāpati, see Senāpati, 225. Śastra Yajña, before the Mahābhārata war, 64. Śataghni, 123, 125, 251, 252. Śatānīka, brother of Virāṭa, 128. — a military officer, 228. Sati, 54. Śatrujit, king, 174, 279, 304. Sātyaki, 270. Śaurya, an ethical principle of war, 58. Sculpture, evidence of, on arms and armour, 130-37; — representation of elephants in, 167. Seleukos, Niketor, 233; — Megasthenes, the ambassador of, 129; — relations of, with Candragupta, 335. Senāmukha, a military officer, 229. Senāni, military general in the Ṛg Vedic period, 220, 227. Senāpati, (Pradhān Senāpati, Sarvasenāpati, Mahā Senāpati) commander-in-chief, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 229, 238. Senāprenatara, a military officer, 221, 230. Śenguṭṭuvan, 382; — elephant force of, 174; — establishment of dūtas of, 350; — expedition of, to North India, 28-29, 34; — fleet of, 190, 291; — liberation of Kanaka and Vijaya by, 73; — performance of vedic sacrifice, 35; — prayers of, on the eve of his march, 63-4; — sending of envoys by, to North India, 347; — spies of, 360. — spoken disparagingly by the Pāṇḍya and Cōḻa monarchs, 71; — Śūra, waging of the war of the Ganges by, 14; — worship of God by, after victory, 76. Ships in ancient India, 187-8. Siegfried line, 264n. Siddhāntaśekhara, 247n. Śilappadikāram, the, a Tamil classic, 2, 14, 15, 41, 70, 337, 350, 381. Simhaviṣṇu, defeat of the Ceylonese King by, 291. Śiruttoṇḍar, victory of, against Pulakeśin II, 194. Sītā, 145, 281; — abduction of, by Rāvaṇa, 17; — marriage of, with Rāma, 51. Śiva, icon of, 148. Sivaji, commissariat under, 186. Śivatatvaratnākara, 224, 317, 326; — on the method of hostilities, 317; — on six kinds of bheda, 329; — on sixteen kinds of dāna, 327; — on the use and construction of fortress, 255; — on the site for the battle-field, 243-4; — on the importance of war elephants, 172; — on the measurement of a bow, 96. Skanda, 148; — wars of, 146. Skandāvāra (Kandācāra), 241 and n. Smith, V. A., 130;
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— on the creation of the admiralty department, 186; — on the Mauryan military organisation, 232n. Ṣoḍaśāyudhastotra, a work of Vedānta Deśika, 147n. Ṣoḷakulavalli Paṭṭinam, (Nagapatam), 295. Solomon, 290. Somadeva, author of the Nītivākyāmṛta, 80. South India, trade and culture contacts of, with foreign countries, 290ff. Śrīdaṇḍanāthā, a military officer of Lalitā, 227. Śrīmantrināthā, a military officer of Lalitā, 227. Śrī Māra, Pāṇḍyan King, 292. Śrī Vijaya, and the Cholas, 385; — King of, and Kulottunga I, 295; Strabo, 131. Strategic considerations, 237-41. Strategy and tactics in War, 235-71. Subhadra, 128. Succession to the throne, question of the, 51-52. Śūdras, and the army, 193. Śukra, a political thinker, 61, 155, 204, 269; — conception of a State, 212; — on Asura Yuddha, 89; — on the disposal of the wealth seized in war, 78; — on a handsome pay to the soldiers, 210-11; — on Kūṭayuddha, 88; — views of, on maṇḍala, 308-9; — on the nālikas, 107-8: — on the pināka, 113: — on the qualifications of a Senāpati, 223; — on the strategical position of the army, 244;
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— use of the word Śataghni by, 105; Śukranīti (sāra) 95, 105, 181, 225, 228, 256; — on an ambassador, 340; — on armour, 127; — on the asi, 118; — on the composition of a good army, 192-3; — on military expenditure, 209-10; — on the Paṭṭisa, 114; — on two kinds of nālikas, 104; Sumantra, the charioteer of Daśaratha, 161. Śumbha, 347; — encounter of, with Durgā, 281. Sundara Choḷa, 293. Sun God, Conception of the, 147-8. Śungas, age of the, 51. Śūra Asura, 287. Śūras, the Knights of ancient India, 13. Śuṣarma, fight of, with the King of Virāṭa, 127-8. Sūta, charioteer, 160-1. Svadharma, concept of, 9-10. Svastika, a position taken for the discharge of arrows, 100. Svastika type of fortresses, 254. Śvetaketu, legend of, 47. Tāḍpatri, sculptures in the temples at, 142, 144; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, 158. Taittirīya Saṃhitā, the, 337, 352. Talaikkol, 165. Tāṭakā, 97. Tenasserim and Vijayanagar, 296. Ten Kings, battle of the, 245-6. Thomas Wolsey, 318. Timoja, 296. Tirukkuṛal, see Kural, 360. Tiruvaḷḷuvar, a follower of the Kauṭalīya school, 357.
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Tolkāppiyam, 47, 382, 388; — on spies, 360; — reference to dūtas in the, 350. Traiyambaka Dhanurveda, 98n. Trisandhi, 27. Tūṣṇīm Yuddha (silent warfare), 86. Ubhaya vetanas, 356. Udiyan Ceral, 31. Upekṣā, 324, 330-1. Uttararāmacarita, 125; — reference to aerial cars in the, 282. Vāhinipati, a military officer, 230. Vaidyakatantra, 98n. Vairocana, wife of Bali, sons of, 53. Vaiśākha, a position taken for the discharge of arrows, 99. Vaiśampāyana, 116, 123, 155; — description of the tomara by, 107; — on the amukta weapons, 110; — on the Parigha, 115; — on the prāsa, 113; — on some minor weapons of war, 122. Vaiśyas, and the army, 190ff. Vāli, 17, 313. Vardha Purāṇa, 147, 187; Varma, a cognomen of a Kṣatriya, 46. Varthema, on Indian ships, 298. Varuṇa, equipment of, 126. Vascoda Gāma, 297. Vasiṣṭha, administration by, after Daśaratha's death, 52; — on the nārāca, 98-9n; — use of the word Śataghni, by 105. Vāsiṣṭha Dhanurveda, 105. Vāsudeva, 159, 160. Vātāpi, captured by Śiruṭṭoṇḍar, 194.
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Vātavyādhi, on the basis of the sixfold policy, 312. Vatsarāja, freed from captivity 354. Vāyu Purāṇa, 51, 169n. Vēlaikkāra troops under the Chōḷas, 197. Vibhīṣaṇa, 156, 261-2, 263, 273, 280, 313; — on the punishment of Hanumān, 345. Victory, celebration of, 75-8. Vigraha, war, 312, 316-18. Vijaya, a king conquered by Śenguṭṭuvan, 29; — taken prisoner and later liberated, 73; — conquest of Ceylon by, painted at Ajanta, 138-9; — occupation of Ceylon by, 291. Vijayanagar, 239, 241; — army of, 183n; — army expenditure in, 212; — art of, 142-3; — Brahmans and the army under, 194-5; — military officers in, 228; — navy under, 190, 295-7; — war council in, 206; — vyūhas during the days of 266n; Vikaṭa, a position taken for the discharge of arrows, 100. Vikramāditya VI, 292. Vikramaurvaśīya, reference to aerial car in the, 281-2. Vinayāditya, 293. Virabhadra, a manifestation of Śiva, 149-50. Viracintāmaṇi, 364. Viracintāmaṇi Dhanurveda, the, 98, 105n. Virag(k)als, memorial stones, 142, 143, 383, 384.
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Viramitrodaya Lakṣaṇaprakāśa, 364. Virarājendra, embassy of, to the Cālukya King, 350-1. Vīras, the knights of ancient India, 13. Virasena, Saciva of Candragupta II, 227. Virāṭa, fight between the king of, and Suśarma, 127-8. Virūpākṣa, conquest of Ceylon by, 295. Viṣṇu, weapons of, 146-7. — law-giver, book of, 360; — on the disposal of the wealth seized in war, 78. Viṣṇudharmottara, the, 98n, 166n, 167. Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa, 214, Viṣṇu Purāṇa, the, 280, 346. Viṣṭi (commissariat), transport and navy, 157. Viśvatantra Jātaka, 137. Viśvāmitra, taking of Rāma by, 43; — the Dhanurveda attributed to, 122. Vrātyas, 6-7 fn. Vṛtra, 97, 110. Vyāsa, a member of Duryodhana's War Council, 205. Vyūhas in war, 266-72. War, kinds of, 59ff, 235, 265; — aerial, 275-84; — naval, 284-98; — causes for the waging of, 317; — curiosities of, 381-8; — espionage in, 351-61; — ethics of the, 58-75; — Manuscripts and books on, 365-6; — miscellaneous regulations relating to, 78-80; — nature of, in ancient India, 38-9; — prayers to Gods, before the commencement of, 63; — psychological factors of, 7ff; — rules observed on the battlefield, 67-73; — tactics in, 264-74; — treatment of the wounded in, 74-5. War Council, 201-06; — of Duryodhana, 221. War Finance, 206-14. War Loans, 212-14. War music, 377-9. War Relief, to the relatives of the deceased, 212. War of Relics, sculpture of the, at Sāñchī, 134. Warrior's code, the, 41-57. Weapons of war:— — Āgneya-astra (fire-arm), in ancient India, 101-106; — agni-bāṇa, 102; — agnicūrṇa, composition of the, 104-5; — Amukta, (not thrown) a kind of weapon of war, 93. — Amukta weapons, 110-119; — arrow, methods in the discharge of, 99-100; — Asi (sword), 116-9 and 118n. — Asidhenu, (Asiyaṣṭi?) a small dagger, 111, 119; — astra, a weapon of war, 95n, 112; — Aurva, a fire-arm, 104; — ayah, 104; — ayoguḍa, (bullet of iron), 104; — bhindipāla, 106, 108; — bhusuṇḍi, a weapon of war, 109n; — Cakra, 109; — crow-bow, 97;
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— daṇḍasāra, a kind of arrow, 98; — dantakaṇṭa, 109; — durghaṇa, 106, 107, 114; — druna, making of the, 96; — fire-arms, popular in India ever before the advent of the Portuguese, 105-6; — gadā, a heavy rod of iron, 113, 115, 123, — gāṇḍīva, of Arjuna, 96; — Gośiras, a spear, 111. — halāyudha, 110; — iṣu hand sword? arrow? 93ff, 110-11. — Kanapa (Kuṇapa), 104. — Kārmuka, same as bow, 93; — making of the, 96. — Kāśāstra, 110; — Kodaṇḍa, making of the, 96; — Kṣepyo-agni-yoga, fire-arm, 102; — Kunta, a lance, 112, 125. — Lavitra, a sickle, 112; — madantagara, a kind of sword, 119. — mauṣṭika, fist-sword, 114-115; — mayūkhi, a staff with a hilt, 115; — minor and mystical weapons, 119-125; — mudgara, 106, 113-14; — muktāmukta, weapons of war mentioned in the division, 119ff; — musala, 109; — musala, a weapon of Balarāma, 114; — musuṇḍi, a weapon of war, 109; — nālika, 104, 105, 107-08; — nārāca, 98 and 98n, 104, 105; — nistriṃśa, a kind of sword, 119; — paraśu, battle-axe, 111; — parigha, 115; — pāśa, a noose, 108-9;
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— pattiśa, a kind of spear, 110, 114; — pināka, (trident), the śūla of Śiva, 113; — śankha, 96 — prāsa, 113; — śakti (spear), 106 and n, 148. — śara, a kind of arrow, 98; — origin of the name, 97-8; — śataghna(i), a fire-arm, 105, 115; — śalākā, a kind of arrow, 98; — śārṅga, same as bow, 93; — śīra, a ploughshare, 114; — sthūṇa, (an anvil), 112-3; — śūla, 114; — sūrmi, 103; — tomara, 107; — tulā guḍa, 104; — Vajra, (thunderbolt), of Indra, 93, 110, 133, 134, 140; — Valaitadi, same as astra, 112; — Varuṇa-Prakāśas, 109; — Veṇu, a kind of arrow, 98; — Viśvāsaghāti-agni-yoga, a fire-arm, 102. Yajñaśri, coins of, 288. Yājñavalkya smṛti on maṇḍala, 310. Yajur Veda Saṃhitā, 167; — use of iron in the period of the, 129. Yāna (preparedness for attack), 312, 320-21. Yantramukta, a kind of weapon of war, 93. Yaugandharāyaṇa, minister of Udayana, 327. Yayāti, 52; — a Rathi, 13. Yuktikalpataru, a work of Bhoja, 22, 176n, 289. Yule, on Rajput ships, 190.
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p1 Cont: Chap 1: The Psychological background of war p41 Chap 2: The laws of war p93 Chap 3: Weapons of war p153 Chap 4: Army and army divisions p201 Chap 5: Departments of the army p235 Chap 6: Strategy and tactics of war p275 Chap 7: Aerial and naval warfare p299 Chap 8: Diplomacy and war p337 Chap 9: Diplomatic agents p398 Index