War in Ancient India c17.2

c17.2

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.