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Authors: Charles R. Allen
Gorkhas of Nepal,
106
Gosala, Maskarin,
225
Greek mercenaries in India,
189
,
272
,
377
Gupta era (
330
–
550
CE),
136
,
137
,
160
,
205
,
209
,
246
,
294
,
306
,
324
,
333
,
385
Harrington, John,
37
,
38
–
40
,
41
,
42
,
169
Harris, Lieutenant J.,
106
Harsha the Great,
209
–
10
,
214
,
218
,
390
–
1
,
399
Hastings, Warren,
29
,
30
,
31
,
33
,
43
,
114
,
115
,
332
Heber, Reverend Reginald,
22
Hemachandra, Acharya,
83
Hinduism:
Bhagavad Gita
,
19
,
33
; Buddha in texts of,
37
,
41
–
2
; Dharma concept and,
xviii
–
xix
,
358
; female infanticide and,
43
–
4
,
115
; Hindu-Muslim violence in Varanasi (1805),
21
–
2
; Indian nationalism and,
xiii
,
348
,
357
–
8
;
Mahabharat
,
7
,
31
–
2
; Maratha warlords,
21
,
72
,
105
; Muslim iconoclasm and,
xv
,
7
,
9
,
19
–
20
,
21
; in Nepal,
22
;
Ramayana
,
31
–
2
,
354
,
356
; Sanskrit and,
23
–
4
,
32
–
3
,
348
;
sati
(immolation of widows),
115
; Shaivite,
19
,
21
,
228
,
254
,
396
; Staff of Shiva at Varanasi,
19
–
20
,
21
,
22
; temples,
xiii
–
xiv
,
xv
,
9
,
19
–
21
,
28
,
109
–
10
,
126
,
216
,
228
,
255
,
318
–
19
,
322
,
359
;
see also
Brahmanism; caste system;
Puranas
Hindutva movement,
xiii
,
357
,
358
Hoare, Captain James,
71
,
139
,
140
Hodgson, Brian Houghton,
123
,
125
–
8
,
131
,
138
–
9
,
140
,
183
,
184
–
5
,
185
; Csoma de Koros and,
128
–
9
; gifts to French scholarship,
128
,
184
,
185
,
186
; Nepal and,
123
,
125
–
6
,
184
Hultzsch, Dr Eugen (Ernst),
309
–
10
Hunter, Sir William,
184
India Act (1813),
115
Indian Antiquary
(journal),
282
,
304
Indian Civil Service (ICS),
37
,
73
,
282
,
286
Indian Mutiny (1857-8),
252
Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH),
29
,
122
–
3
Indian scholars, native,
286
–
91
Indraprastha,
7
Ipsus, battle of (301
BCE
),
368
Islam,
xvi
,
31
–
2
,
33
; conquests of India,
xii
–
xiii
,
1
–
5
,
7
,
234
; ‘Mosque of the Staff’ in Varanasi,
19
–
20
,
21
,
125
; religious intolerance/iconoclasm,
xv
,
xvi
,
9
,
19
–
20
,
298
;
see also
mosques
Jaffna, old fortress,
97
Jagannath temple at Puri (Orissa),
xiii
,
9
Jaggayyapeta monument (’Hill of Wealth’),
92
,
93
,
305
Jainism,
51
,
108
,
109
,
125
,
177
,
271
,
290
,
363
,
391
,
396
; Chandragupta and,
84
,
372
,
374
; Dharma concept and,
xviii
–
xix
,
358
; Mackenzie and,
82
,
83
,
84
,
85
,
86
; Mahavira,
84
,
225
,
366
–
7
;
Parisishtaparvan (The Lives of the Jain Elders)
,
83
–
5
,
366
–
7
,
395
; sculpture,
298
,
336
; temples,
7
,
111
Jalauka, King (son of Ashoka),
77
,
228
,
396
Jambudwipa (’Blackberry Island’, Indian subcontinent),
34
,
100
,
101
,
143
,
144
,
151
,
198
,
203
,
208
,
248
Jaugada,
279
–
80
,
281
,
281
–
2
,
284
–
5
,
352
Jesuit order,
23
Jetavana monastery at Sravasti,
151
,
214
,
274
Johnston, Alexander,
98
–
100
,
113
–
14
Jones, Sir William,
24
–
7
,
26
,
29
–
38
,
40
–
3
,
369
; as Asiatic Society President,
30
,
41
,
67
–
8
,
70
–
1
,
77
; death of (27 April 1795),
70
;
Digest of Hindu and Muslim Law
,
70
; Lat or pillar inscriptions and,
38
,
40
–
1
,
137
; Macedonian invasions of India and,
45
,
48
,
51
,
63
; Sanskrit and,
32
,
33
,
65
,
75
,
101
; synchronology and,
44
–
5
,
63
–
8
,
178
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal JASB)
,
119
,
130
–
1
,
132
–
3
,
138
,
140
,
141
,
230
,
235
Justin (Marcus Junianus Justinus),
49
,
57
,
58
Jwalamukhi temple in Kangra,
276
Kalhana,
Rajatarangini
or ‘River of Kings’,
76
–
7
,
141
,
228
Kalinga,
9
,
360
,
373
,
383
,
397
; conquest of,
176
–
7
,
179
,
187
,
282
–
4
,
285
,
298
,
361
,
380
; omission of REs
11
–
13
in,
170
,
177
,
282
–
3
,
348
,
416
–
18
; Separate Rock Edicts (SREs 1 and 2),
170
,
282
–
4
,
348
,
352
,
416
–
18
Kalsi,
257
–
9
,
258
,
260
,
266
,
268
,
282
,
380
Kandahar,
xix
,
47
,
151
,
338
,
339
,
352
,
367
Kapilavastu,
19
,
191
,
214
,
312
,
313
,
317
,
322
,
326
,
327
,
329
,
330
Kashmir,
141
,
151
,
189
,
197
,
366
,
396
; Buddhism and,
76
–
7
,
213
,
228
Kasia, statue of the Buddha at,
294
Keay, John,
India Discovered
(1981), xv
Kendriya Vidyalaya Government School (Kolkata),
121
Keralaputra tribes,
175
Kern, Johann Hendrik,
297
Khosrau (Chosroes), King,
209
Kipling, Rudyard,
29
Kittoe, Markham,
112
,
155
–
8
,
169
–
70
,
201
,
221
–
2
,
224
–
6
,
254
,
280
,
360
Kolkata
see
Calcutta (now Kolkata)
Konarak, temple of Surya at,
xiv
kotla of Firoz Shah (Delhi),
6
,
13
,
15
–
16
Kukkutarama (Cock) monastery
see
Ashokarama monastic complex (Kukkutarama, ‘Cock’ monastery)
Kumrahar village (Patna),
319
–
24
,
321
,
325
Kunala (Ashoka’s son),
36
,
192
–
4
,
298
,
391
,
394
,
396
; blinding of,
193
–
4
,
198
–
9
,
213
,
298
,
392
,
395
; as governor of Taxila,
193
,
298
,
392
,
395
Kushans,
134
,
204
,
205
,
285
,
294
,
298
,
300
,
328
,
330
,
385
Kyd, Colonel,
71
Laidley, J.W.,
224
Lal Kot (Red Fort) (Delhi),
7
,
40
Lalat Indra Kesari, Raja,
108
languages and scripts/alphabets: Aramaic,
133
,
229
,
262
,
338
,
339
,
363
,
370
; Ashokan Brahmi,
xi
,
163
,
299
,
314
; Bengali,
32
; Devanagri,
38
;
Grammar of the Bengali Language
(Nathaniel Halhed),
32
; Kharosthi,
xviii
,
133
,
230
,
273
,
306
,
353
–
4
,
370
,
381
; Pali,
xvii
,
xviii
,
xix
,
42
,
99
–
100
,
103
,
128
,
142
,
161
,
185
,
187
,
286
,
310
,
348
; Persian,
10
,
24
,
31
,
133
,
376
; Prakrit,
xviii
,
xix
,
42
,
142
,
162
–
3
,
187
,
230
,
315
,
329
,
351
,
354
,
363
,
371
,
381
; Sinhalese (today Sinhala),
99
,
103
; Tibetan,
128
–
9
,
138
–
9
,
162
,
197
;
see also
Brahmi No. 1 script
(Brahmi Lipi);
Sanskrit
Lanka
see
Ceylon
Lat of Firoz Shah (Delhi),
6
,
11
–
16
,
40
–
1
,
85
,
90
,
109
,
129
,
133
,
152
,
170
–
1
; eye-copies/rubbings of inscriptions,
24
,
40
,
71
,
139
; PE 7 on,
353
,
388
; Prinsep’s translation of inscription,
137
,
139
–
40
,
162
,
163
–
8