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Astynomi, officers, 186. Asuras, 25, 27, 107. See Rākṣasa. Aśvaghoṣa, and his writings, 233-34; Ārya Śūra identified with, 281 n.; on founding of city and city-states, 491. Āśvalāyana Śrauta Sūtra, 59, 77. Aśvamedha (sacrifice), 49, 59, 60, 90, 222, 283, 283 n., 289, 306, 348. Aśvin, 21. Āṭavika(s) (officer), 271. Atharvaveda, nature of, 33; on Sabhā and Samiti, 31 n.; speaking of Itihāsa-Purāṇa, 328. See also Veda and Vedic Literature. Athenian type of republics in India, 499. Atibala, 393. Atri, 17 n. Atri, (Smṛiti writer), 326, 327-28. Aṭṭapatibhāga, 434. Aṭṭhakathā, 158, 160. Aurangzeb, conquest of, in South India, 470; Mughal Empire and death of, 489. Autonomy, and principles of Hindu government, 504, 505; and Smṛitis, 238-39; in Baudhāyana, 69-70; in Manu, 240-41; in Muslim age, 471, 474, 475, 479, 485; in third and fourth centuries, 232; in seventh century, 346; under Āndhras, 222; under Aśoka, 194; under Greek satraps, 174; under Guptas, 286, 287; under Mauryas, 197;