War in Ancient India c17.16

c17.16

— 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.