The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c23.104

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Maitràvaruṇa, 51. Majumdar, R. C., on political facts after Harṣa's death, 386. Mâlatimâdhava, 388. Mâlavikâgnimitra, 312-13. Mânava Dharma Sûtra, 75, 239. Maṇḍala, 319, 389, 462; doctrine of in Mahâbhârata, 100, as administrative division, 417; as sphere of diplomacy, 453. Maṇḍapikâ, 412. Mansabdârs, 479. Mânsingh, as feudatory and imperial officer, 479. Mantrin, 112, 269, 462. See also Minister. Manu (Râjâ), 329, 330. Manu (Smṛiti writer), 53, 58, 75, 114, 248, 249, 252 n, 254, 259, 277, 322, 323, 324, 325, 396, 404, 414, 491; caste in, 238-40; compared with Kauṭalya, 258; court in, 247, dates of, 236-37; importance of, 239; judicial administration in, 246-48; law and its sources in, 240-41; law, civil and criminal, in, 244-46; local government in, 242-43; number of councillors in, 268; on salary of village headman, 302; place of, 237; revenue in, 243-44; spies in, 248; state and its duties in, 241-42; writings and views of, 239-48. Manusmṛiti, 237, 239, 471. See Manu. Marâṭhâs, 222; administrative system of the, 471 sqq.; nature of their empire, 473; temperament of the, 10. Mârkandeya Purâṇa, 329; date of, 334 n, society and government, etc., in, 334-35. Marut (king), 49. Marutta Âviksita, 53. Matisaciva, 227. Mâṭrivisnu, 293. Mâtsya-Nyâya, 403. Matsya Purâṇa, 281, 329 n; history of man, kingship, etc., in, 335-36. Mauryan, administration, Chap. VIII; Empire, nature of, 501-502; Empire, a stage in development of Hindu polity, 492; end of the M. Empire, 385;

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era, founded, 178, 178 n.; institutions, after M. empire, 215; pre-M. administration, Chap VII (see Greek accounts, oligarchic kingdoms). Mauryas, 500; later, 215-216; political condition in the interregnum between M. and Guptas, 259; spies under the, 189. Max Müller, on dates of Jâtaka, 117; on dates of Vedic hymns, 18; on Ṛita, 506-507. Maya, 91. Mayûrâksa, 293. Medhâtithi, on Âcâra, 238; on non-Kṣatriya kingship, 404; on Śreṇî, 414. Median Empire, local government in, 495. Megasthenes, 167 n.; on administration, 184; on administration of justice, 187; on agriculture and r e v e n u e, 190-91; on Indiar. cities, 173; on Kalinga force, 218; on means of communication, 188-89; on protectorates, 192; on seven castes of India, 178—81; on spies, under the Mauryas, 189; on town administration, 209. Meghadûta, 312. Meghavâhana, 421, 422, 426. Menander (or Milinda), 224-25. Merutuṅgâcârya, and his works, 458-59. Meruvarman, 436. Messengers, and their classes in Chambâ, 439. See Ambassadors. Meteorological department, in Kauṭalya, 263. Mihirakula, 291, 308. Milinda, see Menander. Mîmâṁsâ, 238, 249. Mîmâṁsâ Sûtras of Jaimini, 238. Minister(s), and their classes in Râmâyaṇa, 111-12; and, their qualifications, in Kauṭalya, 268—70; as judges of king’s ruling capacity, in Jâtakas, 128-29; as usurpers, 385, 396; caste and number, etc., of, in Somadeva, 397; in Bhâsa, 318, 319; in Chambâ, 438; in Dandin, 339-40; in Jâtakas, 142-43; in Kashmîr, 430, 431; in Manu, 241-42;

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in Merutuṅgâcârya, 458; in Purusaparîkṣâ, 460; in Râjputânâ, 471; in seventh century, 365; in Somadeva, 459; in Tiruvalluvar, 278; in Upapurâṇas, 338; of feudatories at suzerain’s court, in 7th century, 351; of feudatories under the Guptas, 303; position of, in Mahâbhârata, 93; relations of, with king, in Mudrârâkṣasa, 390-91; status, etc., of, in Ancient India, 510-11. See also Officers and Mantrin. Mîr-Adls, 484. Mîr Muhammad Mâsûm, 400. Missionaries of Aśoka, 201-202. Mitâkṣarâ, 404. Mithilâ, 136; Sanskrit Judgment from, 484—86. Mitra, 19, 26, 27, 28, 40. Mitramiśra, on Smṛiti-writers, 227. Mitrâmitra, 255. Mitraprakṛiti, 255. Mitrârtha, 334. Mlecchas, rule of, in Kathâsaritsâgara, 460. Moga (or Moa or Mauos), 225. Mohammad Ghorî, 441, 447, 477. Moksaparisad, 345, 347, 348, 351, 359, 377. Monarch; character of his rule, in Jâtakas, 126—28; in Greek accounts, 168; in Râmâyaṇa, 113; in the south, 235; plains ruled by, 161. See also King, etc. Monarchy, as a dominant type in Ancient India, 8; in Ancient India, 503—505; in later Vedic literature, 38 sqq., 43; in Persia and India, 493. See also Kingship, etc. Monopoly, state, in Kauṭalya, 263. Mṛcchakaṭikā, 284, 299, 315—17, 318. Mudrārākṣasa, 284; political conditions in, 390-91. Mughal, administration, 480; Empire, continuing old traditions, 481—83. See also Muslim. Mughals, as patronising learning, etc., 481-82; as regulating education and social life, 480-82; court of, compared to Harṣa's court, 356-57;

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impact of, rousing Marāṭhā energies, 471. See also Muslim. Muhammad-bin-Qāsim, 399. Muppâl (or Kural), 278. Murundarāja, 233. Musalmân, see Muslim. Muslim, administration, influenced by Hindu administration, 479 sqq., influenced by Quîân, Ḥadîs, and examples of Baghdâd, Cairo, and Persia, 480, introducing a profound change, 488 sqq.; historians of 11th-12th centuries 446-47; invaders, 441-42, 502; rule, establishment of, and relation of with Hindu polity, 469. See also Mughal.