Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c19.47

c19.47

Raikva, 43, 52 Rājagaha, see Rājagṛha, Rājagṛha, 200, 206 rajakas (washermen), 307 rājanya, 34, 49, 53, 56-8, 61, 78, 82-3, 219, 279, 308, 333; see also kṣatriya rājanyabandhu, 72 Rajshahi district, 343 Rajasthan 334 Rajghat (Banaras), 197 rājuka, 183 Rākṣasas, 14, 17, 27 Rāma, 301 Rāma Mārgaveya (priest), 65 Rāmāyaṇa, 301 Rammohan Roy, 2 rathakāras (wheelwright), 31, 55, 57, 61, 76-9, 82-3, 85, 88, 132; their position in society, 142, 145 176; comparison with other castes, 185, 263, 290 'red' polished Kuṣāṇa ware, 198 Ṛg Veda, 10, 13, 15-6, 18-9, 23-7, 30-36, 39, 44, 47, 75, 78, 81, 87, 314 Ṛg Vedic Āryan society, 30 Ṛg Vedic tribes, 78 Rhys Davids (Mrs), 155 Rhys Davids, T. W., 95, 142 Roman empire, 236, 340 Roman gold coins, 195 Roman kings, 22 Romans, 92, 183, 185 Rome, 100, 116-7, 164, 200, 241, 321-2, 320 Roth, R., 9 Rudra, 82, 331 Rudradāman, 241, 330 Rudraloka, 309 Rudra Paśupati, 77, 81-2