The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c23.104.2

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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;