War in Ancient India c17.15

c17.15

— 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;