War in Ancient India c17.19

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c17.19

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;