Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c19.35

c19.35

Makkhali Gosāla, 155 Mālavas (Mālavyas), 218 mallas (wrestlers), 227, 333 Malwa, 91, 268, 334, 341 Māmateya, 23 māṇisakas (mixed caste), 227, 289 Mandasor, 265, 341 Manu, 93, 133, 176, 191-5, 199, 202-33, 236-40, 242-46, 248, 253-4, 257, 266, 270, 272, 277, 281, 284, 291, 296-7, 307, 316, 318-9, 331-7, 340 Manu Smṛti, 113, 247, 326f. Manu Vaivasvata, 286 Manyu (God of Wrath), 16 mārgava (despised caste), 226-7, 336 Marici (lawgiver), 300 Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, 246, 258, 291, 296 Maruts, 15, 49, 60, 81 Marutta Āvikṣita (Ayogava king), 60 Maskarin (commentator), 118, 133 Mātaṅga (son of a caṇḍāla), 147 Mātaṅgas (untouchables), 292 Mathurā, 200, 203 Matsya Purāṇa, 234, 246 Matsyas (people), 194 Mauryas, 318 Mauṣṭikas (despised caste), 227 medas (despised caste), 227, 326, 336 Medhātithi (commentator), 69, 194 Megasthenes, 157, 159-60, 165, 167, 173-5, 181 Mehrauli iron pillar, 262 Mesopotamia, 27 Middle Kingdom (of Egypt), 276, 286, 313 Mid-India, 278 Milindapañha, see Questions of Milinda Mill, J., 1 Mīmāmsā Sūtra, 97 Mitanni (people), 27 Mithilā, 41, 245, 310 Mleccha (tribes & rulers), 235, 237, 239, 268, 273, 281, 290 Moriya clan, 172 Mousikanos (Mousikanoi), 182 Mṛcchakaṭika, 283, 285, 288, 293-4 mrtapas, 229 Muir, J., 2, 4, 18-9 Mujavants, 36 mūrdhāvaṣikta (mixed caste), 97 Mutibas (people), 72