# History of India/Volume 1/Index

INDEX
A
Description of, in Rig- Veda, 34-35 First Hinduized, 37
Acts, in Nyaya philosophy, 263
Aditi, Vedic goddess, 69
Adultery, a criminal offence, 220
Agamas, sacred books of the Jains, 228
Agni, the god of fire, 71-72
Agnimitra, son of Pushpamitra, 321
Agnishtoma, Soma sacrifice, 163
Agnyadhana, ceremony, 163-166
Agrarian laws, 223, 224
Derivation of Sanskrit word for, 13
Ajatasatru, son of Rajagriha, 298
Ajivakas, a sect of ascetics, 328
Alara, teacher of Buddha, 290
Amrita, the immortal drink, 25
Ananda, convert to Buddhism, 293-295
Ancestor-worship among Hindus, 166
Andaroi (Andhras), Hindu nation, 205
ing of, 184
Andhras, described by Megasthenes, 205
Anga, kingdom of Ancient India, 284
Animal food, 22
Sacrifice of, 22, 160
Anukramanis, Vedic indexes, 193-194
A teacher who flourished in the fifth
century B. c., 202
General character of, 94
Of the Rig- Veda, 94
101 Skill of, 102
Wins the hand of Draupadi, 105
Recovers cattle stolen from Virata,
108
Discovery of, 108
Kills Bhishma, 109
Conflict of, with Karna, 110
Kills Karna, 110
Arrian, Greek historian, 213
Arsha marriage, 238
Derivation of, 8
Civilization, extension of, 36
Conquerors, internal strife among, 37
World, boundaries of, in 1000 B. c., 126.
128
Nation, formed of Brahmans, Kshatri-
yas, and Vaisyas, 137
People principally Vaisyas almost to
India, 2-3
A united community, 5
Domestic Economy of, 7
Nomadic life led by, 8
Expansion of, 30, 82, 128-130
Ancient compositions of, preserved tra-
ditionally by certain families, 78
Asia, spread of Buddhism throughout, 322
In the Rig-Veda, 156-167
Celebrated by Yudhishthira, 110
Asvapati, a monarch, 163
Asvayuga, 251
Late in gaining canonicity, 90-91
Division of, ,91
Character of, 91
Social life in, in the Brahmanic period,
B
danta philosophy, 270
Barbarians, revenge of, 36
Battle of the Ten Kings, 37, 38
Benares, a city, 126
Pandavas, 106
Bhaddiya, convert to Buddhism, 293
Bhagu, convert to Buddhism, 293
Bharadvaja, a hermitage, 120
101
Fights with Duryodhana, 102
Kills brother of Queen of Virata, 108
Santanu, 100
Bhujya, shipwreck of, 20
Birds, 17
Theme of the older Upanishads, 95
His part in creation, 167
True nature of, as taught in the Chhan-
dogya Upanishad, 174-176
Brahmana literature, 86
Duties of a, 86, 87
Worsted in learning by warrior caste,
114
Only, practise austerities in Krita Age,
136
Allowed to marry into other castes, in
Brahmanic and Epic periods, 164
Occupations of, 232, 233
Arrogance toward other castes, 233
Translation from Megasthenes concern-
General character of, 92
Of Rig-Veda, 92-93
Of Sama-Veda, 93
Of Yajur-Veda, 93
Justice officially administered in, 143
Municipal government in, 143
Students in, 144
Teachers in, 144
Ethical ideal in, 146-146
Metals in, 147
Food in, 147-149
Social life in, 149-154
Plan of towns in, 160
Manufactures in, 160
Child marriage unknown in, 164
Widow marriage not prohibited in, 164
Religion of, 253
Disapproval of caste by, 276
Beginning of teachings of, 276
Preaches his doctrines in the vernacu-
lar, 283 Marries Subhadhra, 286
Son born to, 286 Leaves home to study philosophy and
religion, 286, 289
Converts his former disciples, 291
Sends his sixty followers out to preach,
291
Wife of, a convert, 292
Residence in Veluvaua, 292
Guest of Bimbisara, 292
Son of, a convert, 293
Stepmother and wife admitted to order
of Buddhist nuns by, 296
Temptation of, 289-290
Work of, in the seventeenth, eighteenth,
and twentieth years of his ministry,
297
Still preaching at the age of eighty, 297,
298
Resides on Vulture's Peak, 298
Wanderings of, 296-300
Seized with fatal illness at Pava, 800
Death of, at Kusinagara, 280, 301-302
Cremation of, 302
Body of, said to have been divided into
eight portions, 302-303
Partial resemblance to Sankhya philos-
ophy, 263
Opposed by Mimamsa philosophies, 270
Prevailing faith of Asia, 276
Spread of, to Tibet, in seventh century
A. D., 280
Spread of, to Japan, in sixth century
A. D., 280
Becomes state religion in China in
fourth century A. D., 280, 322
Divided into two sects, 280
Essentially a system of self-culture and
self-restraint, 304
Distinguishing features of, 313
Ten prohibitory rules for monks, 312-
313
The precepts of benevolence and love,
313
State religion of India, 319
Early missionary activity of, 319-320
In Ceylon, 320
Introduced into Burma about 460 A. D.,
321
Spread of, throughout Asia, 322
Introduced into Siain about 638 A. D.,
century, 322
Law, seven jewels of, 306-307
Monastic system, antiquity of, 311
Missionaries visit Java about 638 A. D.,
166
Customs in the White Yajur-Veda, 165
Hymn on, 60
Practised by the ancient Hindus, 165
Building, art of, 28
C
Cakes, preparation of, from grain, 21
Canons, Jain, codification of, 326
Carpentry, 26
Hindus, 6, 60
Unknown in Rig- Veda, 51-52, 143
No priestly, in Vedic period, 76
Brahmanic, rise of the, 83-84
Kshatriya, rise of the, 84, 186
Vaisya, rise of the, 84
Sudra, rise of the, 84
Aborigines formed the Sudra, 84
Reaction against, 84
Among priests, 134
System, beginning of, 186
Brahmanic, 136
Vaisya, 136
Sudra, 136
Not distinguished in the Brahmanic
age, 138, 141-142
Developed in Brahmanic and Epic
times, 143
Brahmans allowed to marry outside
their own, in Brahmanic period, 164
Vaisya, undivided in Philosophic
period, 154
Translation from Vasishtha concerning,
233
Vaisya, translation from Megasthenes
concerning, 236-237
Kshatriya, translation from Megas-
thenes concerning, 236
Buddha's teaching on, 309
No distinction of, recognized by Bud-
dhism, 310
Laws varied in severity according to,
220-221
Theoretic origin of, according to Va-
150
Stolen from Virata by princes of Has-
Believed to have been invaded by the
Pandavas, 106
A resort of Hindu traders, 185
Known to Megasthenes and .Mian, 207
Converted to Buddhism, 320
Twice conquered by the Dravidians,
Chandalas explained as a caste, 231
of Northern India, 204
Chaturmasya, a sacrifice, 162
Chera, Hindu kingdom, 185, 203
Chhandogya, extracts from, 174-175
Name of, 246
First feeding of, with solid food, 246-
247
Marriage unknown in Brahmanic and
Epic periods, 164
Marriage not prevalent in Philosophic
Children, desire for, 166
fourth century A. D., 280 Buddhist books in, about the second
Chola, Hindu kingdom, 185, 203
Chullavagga, translation from, 283
Chumbala, a river, 129
Churning of the ocean of milk, 26
Aryan, higher state of, 7
Extension of, 36
Development of, in Brahmanic period,
99
Advance of, among Hindus, 133
Commerce in the Eig-Veda, 18
of river systems of Northern India,
Corn, preparation of, 8
Ceremony described in the Aitareya
Brahmana, 131-132
Ceremony described in the White Ta-
Cosyri, a Hindu tribe, 206
Second Buddhist, at Vaisali, 281
Third Buddhist, at Patna, 281
Of Rajagriha, 318
At Vaisali, 318-319
Legends of, 167-168
Extracts from the Upanishads con-
cerning, 176-178
Extracts in the Aitareya Aranyaka
{{Cremation, hymn on, 60
Among the Hindus, 165
Of Buddha, 302 }}
Cultivation in Ancient India, 216
D
Dadhikra, a deified war-horse, 29
Daiva marriage, 238
Dandaka, a forest, 120
on the first day after the full and new
Reference in Rig-Veda to habitation of,
Deccan, 126
Devadatta, convert to Buddhism, 293, 295
Dyu, primitive sky-god, 63
Digambaras, Jain sect, 323-324
Dirghatamas, a Brahman . 132
Dissensions, domestic, 67
Entry of the Panchalas into the, 83
Chooses Arjuna as her husband, 105
Marries the five Pandava princes, 105
Publicly insulted by Duryodhaua, 107
Slave of Duryodhana, 107
Conquers Drupada, 103
Kills Drupada, 109
King of the Panchalas, 104
Alliance of, with the five Pandava
princes, 105
Duhshanta, father of Bharata, 132
Durga, goddess, 76
Duhsasana killed by Bhima, 109
Fights with Bhima, 102
Publicly insults Draupadi, 107
Flight of, from Bhima, and subsequent
E
Eightfold path, Buddhist, 304-305
Evil, true nature of, 216
F
False evidence, 222
Famine unknown in India, 217
Sacred, kept burning in every house-
hold, 52, 150
Sacrificial, 76
Ordeal of, criminals tried by, 155-156
Five Pandava princes, 100-101
Flood, Hindu tradition of, 166-167
Animal, 22
Foreigners explained as castes, 232
Fourfold wisdom, Buddhist, 304-306
Future life, hymn on, 59-60
G
Gambling match of Yudhishthira, 107
Gandharva marriage, 238
Valley of, reached by the Hindus, 82
Buddha, 3
Haridrumata, a Vedic teacher, 139-141
Gayatri, the, 70
Geometry, 192, 194
Godavari, a river of ancient India, 120
Gosala, founder of sect of Ajivakas, 328
Government, 9
Grammar, science of, in India, 193
Grain, names of, in Rig- Veda, 21
domestic rites, 190
Value of, for knowledge of Hindu life,
Gujarat, Hinduized, 203
H
non-Aryan army, 121
Haoma, Iranian name for Soma, 24
Ruins of, said to be near Delhi, 100
Social life of, in the Brahmanic period,
Harvests, two annually in India, 218
Hercules, identified with Krishna, 207
Hermits, rules for, 241, 242
Hetairism, 7
Age, 136
Civilization, age of, 1
Civilization, expansion of, 112
Literature, ancient, 2
Pantheon adopted and modified by
Religion, cardinal principle of, 179
Religion, explanation of, by Rig-Veda,
11
Villages, manage their own affairs, 160
Women, Sita model of, 125
World, Panchalas and Kurus centre of,
Vedic, settlement of, on Indus, 4
Agriculture among, 13
Separation of, from the Iranians, 24
Effect of climate of Ganges valley on,
83
Gradual enervation of, 83
Cremation among, 165
Ancestor-worship among, 166
Advance of civilization among, 133
Rules of, to regulate domestic and so-
cial duties, 143
Spread of civilization among, 198-200
As described by Megasthenes, 124-215
Horatoi (Saurashtras), Hindu nation, 206
Sacrificial, captured by Rama's sons
and his subsequent recognition of
Horses, 16
Hospitality, 145, 150, 241
Hotris, Vedic priests, duties of, 86, 88
Household worship, 50
of, 49
Recounting Indra's slaying of Vritra,
66-67
Relating to the storm-myth of Indra,
Certain families proficient in compos-
ing, 77
Of the Vedas still repeated as texts in
I
Idols, unknown in the Vedic period, 5, 52
Political life, decadence of, 3
History, value of, 3-4
Early civilization centred in, 6
Inido-Iranians in Asia, 9
Hymn to, 32-33
First among Vedic gods, 63
Slays Vritra, 65
Storm-myth of, 67
An Aditya, 69
Killed by Lakshmana and revived by a
Indraprastha, city in ancient India, 106
Indus, sacred river of the Panjab, 49, 126
Industries, 7
Inheritance, law of, 68, 227-229
Inscriptions on Jain statues, 326
Intellect, in Nyaya philosophy, 263
Invocation of the bright gods, 5
Reference to, in the tenth book of the
Rig-Veda, 17
Isari, Hindu tribe, 205
Isa Upanishad, extract from, 176
J
Jabala, mother of Satyakama, 139-140
philosophy, 269
Coaeval with Buddhism, 325
Refrain from killing animals, 327
Monastic order of, 327
Beliefs of, 333
In the Ramayana, 117
Quotation from Brihadaranyaka Upani-
Janamejaya, son of Parikshit, 132
Java, Buddhist missionaries visit, 321
Jnatrika Kshatriyas, Hindu clan, 323
K
Kaikeyi, queen of Dasaratba, 119
Kali, goddess, 76
Kalidasa, poetry of, 8
Kalingoi, army of, 206
Kalpa sutra, 191
Social life in, in the Brahmanic period,
Kanchi, capital of the Cholas, 186
Extent of territory of, 321
Fights with Arjuna, 110
Kashmir, 321
brothers named, 291
Kausalya, queen of Dasaratha, 119
Kena Upanishad, extract from, 175-176
Kimbila, a convert to Buddhism, 293
in the Rig- Veda, 41-42
Performing religious rites, 77
Invested by priests at the coronation
ceremony, 132
Palaces of, centre of life in the Brah-
inanic and Epic times, 160
Rules for, regarding subjects, 208-209
Koliyans, Hindu clan, 285
A nation of ancient India, 112
Chief of the Yadavas of Gujarat, 106
Entirely human in the Upanishads, 170
Dvaipayaua Vyasa, reputed author of
Krita age, 135, 136
Kshatriya caste, 136
Religious speculations of, 85, 114
Kuru country divided, 106-106
Kurukshetra, battle of, 109
nation, 84, 100
Entry into the Doab, 83
Provenience of, a mooted question, 98
And Panchalas centre of the Hindu
Kusa, son of Sita and Rama, 123
Kusinagara, place of Buddha's death, 301
Kutsa, a warrior, 33
L
Accompanies his half-brother Rama
Lakshmi, 76
Lanka besieged by a non-Aryan army, 122
Lava, son of Sita and Rama, 123
Upanishad, 155
Of property, 225
Of inheritance, 227-229
Varied in severity according to castes,
220, 221
Agrarian, passage from Apastamba on,
223
Agrarian, passage from Gautama on,
223-224
Lichchhavis, nation of ancient India, 284
Lord of the Field, hymn to, 13-14
Lunar asterisms, enumerated, 167
M
Madhava, legend of king, 113
Kingdom of, 284
Magadhas, explained as a caste, 231
Description of Kuru-Panchala war in, 98
Maha Rahula Sutta, preached, 827
grama, 323
Founder of Jainism, 323, 324
Entered the Holy Order at the age of
twenty-eight, 324
Mahinda, son of Asoka, 320
Malwa, Hindu kingdom, 126
Man, as protector and head of the family, 7
Allusions to, in Rig- Veda, 26-27
In Brahmanic and Epic periods, 150
Of ancient India known to the Greeks,
Mara, an evil spirit, 289
54
Vedic ceremony of, 55-57
Of students, 145
Among blood relations prohibited, 164
Eight varieties of, 238-239
Among kinsfolk prohibited by Vasish-
tha and Apastamba, 239
Among kinsfolk permitted by Baudha-
yana, 239
Of widows, 239
Maruts, storm gods, legend of, 72
Matriarchy, no trace of, in India, 7
Matter, in Hindu philosophy, 267
Meat, eating of, 8, 60
207, 210-212, 214, 219, 234, 235
Takes up residence in India, 204
Subdivides the philosophers into Brah-
In the Rig-Veda, 26
Metre, science of, 192
Mitra, an Aditya, 69
Moggali, father of Tissa, 319
Moggallana, convert to Buddhism, 292
Monastery, Indian, at Mihintale, 320
Money, in the Rig-Veda, 19-20
Morning hymn to the sun, 70
N
Nachiketas, story of, 181-183
Nakula, one of the Pandava princes, 102
Narada, 132
Nearchos, a Greek historian, 216
phy, 267
Meaning of, 307-308
Nomadic life among the Aryans, 8
in Nepal and Tibet, China, and Japan,
O
Occult power, gained by Yoga, 260
Ocean, churning of, 25
Order of Buddhist nuns founded, 296
Orissa, Hinduized, 203
P
Paisacha marriage, 239
Palace, description of, in the sutras, 208
Pauchala kingdom, the, in 1400 B. c., 99
Provenience of, a mooted question, 98
Entry into the Doab, 83
Settlement of, near the modern Kanouj,
98
And Kurus, centre of the Hindu world,
Princes, exhibition of skill in the use of
arms, 104
Princes, the five, wed Draupadi, 109
First exile of, 103
House of the, burnt, 104
Alliance of, with Drupada, 106
Military campaigns of, 106
Believed to have invaded Bengal and
Ceylon, 110
Second exile of, 107
In thirteenth year of exile take service
under the king of Virata, 108
Send an envoy to Hastinapura to claim
back their kingdom, 109
Pandoi (Pandyas), Hindu nation, 206
Pandu, grandson of Santanu, 100
Pandya, a Hindu kingdom, 203
History of, 206-207
Irrigation by means of wells in, 15
Seven rivers of the, 49
Parasurama, legend of, 117
Parikshit, father of Janamejaya, 132
Parishads, schools, 144
Parthalis, capital of the Kalingoi, 205
Parvata, 132
Pasturage in Early India, 17
for nearly a thousand years, 299
Capital of the Prachyas, 204
Paulkasas, explained as a caste, 231
Philosophic period, summary of, 273
caste, 85
Six schools of Hindu, 194-195
Mimamsa, 268
Purva Mimamsa, 268-270
Uttara Mimamsa, 268-269
Nyaya, 262-264
Sankhya, 254-267, 268, 271
Vaisesika 264-266, 271
Vedanta, 195, 268-273
Phonetics, science of, 192
ancestors, 162
281-282
Date of, 281
Said to have been reduced to writing
Plants of ancient India, 217
Political life, decadence of, in India, 3
Allowed among kings and rich people
Polyandry unknown in ancient India, 164
the fourth century B. c., 204
Prajapati, his part in creation, 167-168
Prajapatya marriage, 239
Pratisakhyas, 192
Pregnancy, rites of, 246
Priestly caste, rise of the, 83-84
Studied nature, 78
Divisions of, 86-87
Sacrificial duties, 86
And kings become separate castes in
the Epic Age, 136
And soldiers mingle and intermarry
Prisni, the storm cloud, 72
Problems, in Nyaya philosophy, 263
Proof, in Nyaya philosophy, 262-263
Purusha, 176
Hymn to, 17-18
Pushpamitra, king of Kashmir, 321
Q
R
Son of Buddha, admitted to the order,
Rajagriha, Council of, 318
An incarnation of Vishnu, 116
A recrudescence of Indra, 116
Wins Sita at a svayamvara, 119
Husband of Sita, 116
Goes into exile, 120
Preparations of, for the recovery of
Sita, 121
Alliance of, with non-Aryan tribes, 121
Kills Vali, 121
Exiles Sita, 123
Return to Ayodhya and ascends the
throne, 123
Celebrates the Asvamedha sacrifice, 124
Sons of, capture the sacrificial horse,
126
83, 116
Value of, 116
Decline in warlike spirit in, 117
Characters of heroes of, 118
A means of moral education to the
Hindus, 126
Steals Sita, 121
Rig- Veda, 11
Of the Rig- Veda, 62-81
Kshatriyas speculate on, 85
Vedic, decline of, 86
Epic times, 144
Revealed literature, 86
Composition of, 10
Composers of, 11
Divisions of, 11
Tenth book of, 12
Wells in, 16
Commerce in, 18
Voyages in, 20
Money in, 20
Grains named in, 21
Metals in, 26
Allusions to aborigines in, 81
Weapons in, 39, 41, 42
Coronation customs in, 41-42
Religion of, 62, 81
Preservation of, by youths of priestly
houses, 78
Monotheism in, 80-81
Brahmanas of, 92-93
Aranyakas of, 94
Astronomy in, 166-167
Translations from, 13-14, 15, 17-18, 19,
20, 26, 29, 31, 32-35, 38-42, 44-46,
62-63, 56-67, 58, 59-60, 61, 63, 64,
Not a separate class, 60-51
Rivers, hymns to, in the Rig-Veda, 44-46
Hindu Triad, 11, 72
Development of, as a deity, 169
Not yet identified with Siva in the
S
Sacred books of the Jains, 327
Sacred fire in the household, 62, 160
Sacraments inferior to virtue, 244
Importance of, in Brahmanic and Epic
periods, 169
Human, no reference to, in Rig-Veda,
160-161
Human, in ancillary Vedic literature,
161-162
manic and Epic periods, 159
Rites regulated by the position of the
moon, 157
Sadanira, a river, 113
Sakyas, a clan, 285
Sale-transaction, a verse on, 19
Duplicate verses found in the Rig- Veda,
89
Selections from Rig- Veda set to music,
89
Saranyu, the dawn, 73
97
Sariputra, a convert to Buddhism, 292
Satapatha Brahmana, various strata in, 93
Satrughna, son of Sumitra, 119
Satyakama, story of, 139-140
Savitri, a sun-god, 69-71
Schopenhauer, on Upanishads, 183
Self-defence, right of, 222
Settlements, Aryan, in the Panjab, 4
Settlers, Aryan, earliest home of, 50
Siam, Buddhism in, about 638 A. D., 321
Siddhartha, see Buddha
Sisupala of Chedi, killed by Krishna, 107
116
Originally a goddess of the furrow, 116
Won by Rama at a svayainvara, 119
Accompanies Rama into exile, 120
Stolen by Havana, 121
Proof of purity required of, 123
Exiled by Rama, 123
Mythical character of, 126
Ideal Hindu woman, 125
Skepticism, Hindu, 171
Juice, 24, 76
As a deity, 24
Celebrated in an entire book of the Rig-
Veda, 24
Mixed with milk, 25
Iranian name of, 24
Hymn to, 26
Indra's fondness for, 69
Hymn to, containing an allusion to the
264-256
Souls, transmigration of, 308
South Behar, 126
Translation from Megasthenes concern-
Srautra Sutras, extant, 188
Sravasti, new capital of the Kosalas, 284
Student life, termination of, 241, 247
In Brahmanic period, 144
Marriage of, 146
Subhadhra, wife of Buddha, 285, 302
Rise of the, 84
Formed of aborigines, 138
Religious knowledge forbidden to, 234
Wins Vali's kingdom and widow, 121
Suicides, 222
Sumitra, queen of Dasaratha, 119
Sunita, story of, 309-310
khya philosophy, 256
Being, in Yoga philosophy, 266
Being, in Nyaya philosophy, 263
Being, according to Vedanta philoso-
phy, 271, 272-273
Surya, a sun-god, 69
Human compositions, 186
Schools of, 186
Suttee, supposed Vedic basis for, 61
Svayamvara, of Draupadi, 104
Svetaketu, story of, 174
Syllogism, in Hindu philosophy, 264, 270
T
Taprobane, Greek name of Ceylon, 207
307
Theft, punishment of, 221
Tissa, son of Moggali, 319
Tonsure, ceremony of, 247
Plan of, in Brahmanic and Epic peri-
Doctrine of, 179
Extract concerning, in the Brihadaran-
yaka Upanishad, 179-180
According to Sankhya philosophy, 256-
267
In Nyaya philosophy, 263-264
Treta age, 136
Triad of the Buddhists, 299
Five, of the Panjab, 50
Indian, number of, one hundred and
Trisaa, mother of Mahavira, 323
Tura, son of Kavasha, 132
Twice-born men, caste of, 136-137
U
Udgatris, Vedic priests, duties of, 87
Upali, convert to Buddhism, 293-295
Compilation of, 85
Number and enumeration of principal,
96
Contain religious speculations of the
warrior caste, 114
Doctrines of, 172
Pantheism in, 173
Passage of Schopenhauer on, 183
Continued by Vedanta philosophy, 271
Uttara Kurus, 98
V
Rise of the, 84
Undivided in Philosophic period, 232
Brother of Sugriva, 121
of the Svetambaras in writing about
yana, 120
The sky-god, 63
Three hymns to, 63-65
Dharmasastra of, translation from,
Puraua, describes the beginnings of the
Vedangas, 192-193
Vedanta philosophy, 270-273
Period, 4
Religion, decline of, 86, 274
Age, Hindu Aryans a united body in,
136
Vegetable food, 21
Vibhishana, brother of Ravana, 122
Most prominent kingdom of Northern
India, 114
Vijaya, conquers Ceylon, 207
An Aditya, 69
Developed into a supreme deity, 70-71
Visvavara, woman of the Vedic period, 54
Vivasvat, the rising sun, 73
Vratyas, 171
Vrijjians, a Turanian tribe, 298
Vritra slain by Indra, 66
W
With the aborigines, 30
Kuru-Panchala, 83, 100
Not stopped by advance of civilization,
100
Equipment, account of, by Arrian,
213-214
Warrior caste, rise of the, 84
Warriors, Vedic, 42-43
Wealth, in Brahmanic period, 146-150
Weaving, 25
Not prohibited in Brahmanic and Epic
Wives and husbands in Vedic sacrifices, 52
62
Freedom of, in Vedic India, 53-55
Influence of, in ancient India, 100
Absolute seclusion of, unknown in an-
cient India, 150, 151
Privileges accorded to, 151
Hold honoured place in ancient India,
Worship, household, 50
Y
Yadavas, a Hindu nation, 206-207
Brahmanas of, 93
Aranyakas of, 94, 96
Account of coronation ceremony in,
132-133
Verse from, descriptive of kingly duty,
133
68
God of the dead, 73
In the Puranas, 73
Stanzas concerning older conception
Yasodhara, wife of Buddha, 292
Yavanas (Greeks) explained as a caste, 230
Obstacles to, 268-259
Yudhamsraushti, son of Ugrasena, 132
prmces, 101
Appointed crown prince, 103
Coronation ceremony of, 106
Gambling match of, 106
Becomes king, 110
Celebrates the Asvamedha ceremony,
110
Said to have subdued every monarch in
Yueh-chi, conquer Kashmir, 321