War in Ancient India c17.5

c17.5

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;