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THE GROWTH OF LAW AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
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By Professor E. WASHBURN HOPKINS
The chiefs codes-Manu, Vishņu, Yājňavalkya, and Nārada
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Growth of the distinction between religious precepts and law
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Growth of the distinction between civil and criminal law, and the first enumera-
tion of legal titles
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Ordeals
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Dharna
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Punishments
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Development of civil law
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Interest ; wages ; property
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The kings as ruler in peace and war
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The king as judge
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Hereditary traditional law and custom
260
Infant marriage ; the levirate ; the status of women
260
The law-books and the Arthacăstra
262-3
CHAPTER XIII
THE PURĀŅAS
By Professor E. J. RAPSON
The classical definition of a Purāņa
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Kshatriya literature
265,270
Scriptures of the later Hinduism
266
Critical study of the Purāņas
267
The Purāṇas and Upapurāņas
267
Their chronological and geographical conceptions
270
Genealogies partly legendary and partly historical
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Common traditional elements in Vedic literature and the Purāņas
Traditional period of the great war between Kurus and Pāņdus
The Pūrus
The Ikshvākus
Kings or suzerains of Magadha
Brihadrathas
Pradyotas, originally kings of Avanti
Çiçunāgas
Nandas
Contemporary dynasties in Northern and Central India
Later kings of Magadha and suzerains of N. India :
The later Nandas, Mauryas, Çungas, Kanvas and Andhras
CHAPTER XIV
THE PERSIAN DOMINIONS IN NORTHERN INDIA DOWN
TO THE TIME OF ALEXANDER'S INVASION
By A. V. WILLIAMS JACKSON, Ph. D. , LL. D. , Professor of
Indo-Irānian Languages in Columbia University
Prehistoric connexions between Persia and India
Common Indo-Irānian domains
Evidence of the Veda and the Avesta
Avestan, Old Persian, Greek, and modern designations of Persian provinces
south of the Hindu Kush
Early commerce between India and Babylon
The eastern campaigns of Cyrus
Cambyses
Darius
Xerxes
Decadence of the Achaemenian empire
The conquest of Persia by Alexander
Extent of Persian influence in India
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ANCIENT PERSIAN COINS IN INDIA
By Dr. GEORGE MACDONALD
The rarity of Persian gold coins in India explained by the low ratio of gold to
silver
Tho attribution of punch-marked Persian silver coins to India doubtful
CHAPTER XV
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
By E. R. BEVAN, M. A. , Hon. Fellow of New College, Oxford
The Kābu) valley and the Punjab in the fourth century B. C.
Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire ; settlements in Seistān, Kandahār,
and the upper Kābul valley ; invasion of Bactria
The rāja of Takshaçilā and the Paurava king (Porus)
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Invasion of India from the upper Kābul valley
Hill tribes beyond the N. W. frontier
Occupation of the lower Kābul valley
Siege and capture of Aornus
The crossing of the Indus
Reception at Taksha çilā
The Paurava king
The battle of the Hydaspes
Foundation of Nicaea and Bucephala
Fight of the second Paurava king, and occupation of his kingdom
Capture of Sangala
Saubhūti (Sophytes)
The Hyphasis, the eastern limit of Alexander's conquests
Return to the Hydaspes ; expedition to the Indus delta . . .
Defeat of the Mālavas
Musicanus
Return of Craterus through Kandahār and Seistān
Pattala . . .
Return of Alexander through Gedrosia
Return of Nearchus by sea
Alexander's Indian satrapies
Consequences of the invasion
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Ancient Greek Coins in India
By Dr GEORGE MACDONALD
Athenian and Macedonian types
Sophytes
Coins attributed to Alexander
Double darics . . .
CHAPTER XVI
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INDIA IN EARLY GREEK AND LATIN LITERATURE
By E. R. BEVAN, M. A.
The early sources of information
Scylax of Caryanda ; Hecataeus of Miletus; Herodotus : Ctesias of
Cnidus
Nearchus; Onesicritus ; Clitarchus
Magasthenes ; Daimachus ; Patrocles
Geography and physical phenomena
The mineral, vegetable and animal world
Ethnology and mythology
Social divisions according to Megasthenes
His description of Pāțaliputra
Manners and customs ; laws
Marriage ; suttee ; disposal of the dead ; slavery
The king ; royal festivals ; government officials
Industries
Brāhmans; ascetics ; philosophers
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Deities
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Fabulous creatures
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Pearls ; Southern India and Ceylon
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Later sources of information-Apollodorus of Arternita ; Erastosthenes ;
Alexander Polyhistor ; Strabo ; Pliny ; Arrian ; Aelian
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Greek merchantmen
382
CHAPTER XVII
THE HELLENIC KINGDOMS OF SYRIA, BACTRIA,
AND PARTHIA
By GEORGE MACDONALD, C. B. , LL. D. , F. B. A. , First Assistant
Secretary Scottish Education Department, formerly Scholar
of Balliol College, Oxford
Greek and native rulers of the Kābul valley and N. W. India after Alexander 384
Chandragupta
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The Indian expedition of Seleucus
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Relations of Syria with the Maurya empiro
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Foundation of the kingdoms of Bactria and Parthia
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Diodotus
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Arsaces
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Euthydemus
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Invasion of India by Antiochus III
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Sophagasenus
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Demetrius
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Eucratides
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Euthydemus II ; Demetrius II ; Agathocles ; Pantaleon ; Antimachus
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Heliocles and Laodice . . .
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Plato
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Parthian invasion of Bactria
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Scythian invasion of Bactria
412
Heliocles
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Key to Plates 1-IV
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CHANDRAGUPTA, THE FOUNDER OF THE MAURYA EMPIRE
By F. W. THOMAS, M. A. , Ph. D. , Librarian of the India Office,
formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
Characteristics of the Maurya period and authorities for its history
N. W. India before and after Alexander
Agrammos, Xandrames, or Dhana-Nanda
Nanda and Chandragupta
Date of the overthrow of Nanda
Plot of the Mudrārākshasa
Chandragupta and Seleucus
Megasthenes
Rule of Chandragupta and extent of his dominions
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POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION
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The land . . .
Towns and fortifications
The imperial capital
The people
Trade
State of society
Literature
Language
Religion
Law
Government and administration :
Civil administration founded on village autonomy
The army . . .
Foreign policy
Tribal oligarchies
Monarchies
CHAPTER XX
A ÇOKA, THE IMPERIAL PATRON OF BUDDHISM
By Dr. F. W. THOMAS
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Events and principal enactments in Açoka's reign
Religious and other foundations
Buddhist Council of Pāțaliputra and religious missions
Duration of AÇoka's reign and his family history
Chronology
Açoka's principles and personal action
His admonitions
His ordinances and institutions
The personality of Açoka as revealed in his edicts
His successors
Probable division of the empire after the reign of Samprati
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OF THE MAURYA EMPIRE
By Professor E. J. RAPSON
The peoples of India in the inseriptions of Açoka
Internal strife and foreign invasions the result of the downfall of imperial rule
Routes connecting Pāțaliputra with the north-western and western frontiers
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Kingdoms on the central route
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The Cungas
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Feudatories of the Çungas
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Kosala and Magadha
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Indep:ndent states
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Rise of the Andhras
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Conquest of Ujjain
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Conquest of Vidică
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The Kalingas
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Key to Plate V
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CHAPTER XXII
THE SUCCESSOR OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
By Professor E. J. RAPSON
The Yavana invasions
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Extension of Yavana power along the routes from Kābul
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Stages on the route leading to Pāļaliputra
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Yavana invasion of the Midland Country
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Bactrian and Indian coins
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The houso of Euthydemus :
Demetrius ; Pantaleon and Agathocles ; Antimachus
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Apollodotus; Menander
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The kingdom of Çakala
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Dominions of this house after the conquests of Eucratides and Heliocles 498
The families of Menander and Apollodotus . . .
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The Çaka conquests completed in the reign of Azes I
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The house of Eucratides :
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The kingdom of Kāpiça
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Heliocles
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His successors at (Pushkalāvati)
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Antialcidas
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Archebius his successor at Takshacilā
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Çaka conquest of pushkalāvati and Takshaçilā in the reign of Maues 505
Successors of Eucratides in the upper Kabul valley
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Hermaeus the last Yavana king
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Pahlava conquest of the upper Kābul valley
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CHAPTER XXIII
THE SCYTHIAN AND PARTHIAN INVADERS
By Professor E. J. RAPSON
The Çaka invaders came from Seistān and Kandahār in the country of the lower
Indus
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Çakas in the inscriptions of Darius
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Migration of the Yueh-chi
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Bactria overwhelmed and Parthia invaded by Cakas
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Being checked by Parthia the Cakas invaded India
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The title “Great King of Kings'
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The date of Maues, the conqueror of Pushkalāvati and Takshaçilā
Extension of his conquests by Azes I, who may be the founder of the Vikrama
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The family of Vonones
Çaka satraps
The strategoi
Gondopharnes
Pacores
The transition from Pahlava to Kushāņa rule in Takshaç
V’ima Kadphises
The date of Kanishka
Summary of numismatic evidence for the history of the Yavana Çaka, and
Pahlava invaders of India
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THE EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHERN INDIA
By L. D. BARNETT, M. A. Litt. D. , Keeper of the Department of
Oriental Printed Books and MSS, in the British Museum, formerly
Scholar of Trinity College. Cambridge
The Dravidian peoples
The Tamil kingdoms
The Andhras or Telugus
The Kaliň gas,
Mahārāshtra etc.
CHAPTER XXVI
THE EARLY HISTORY OF CEYLON
By Dr. L. D. BARNETT
Sources of history
The Vaddas
Other races in Ceylon
Earliest colonisation
History from Vijaya to the advent of Buddhism
From Devānampiya Tissa to Kuțakaņņa Tissa
CHAPTER XXV
THE MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT INDIA
By Sir J. H. MARSHALL, K. C. I. E. , Litt D. , Director General
of Archaeology in India, formerly Scholar of King's College,
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The age of iron
The mounds at Lauriyā Nandangarh ; the walls of the old city of Rājagriha
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Contrast between Indian and foreign workmanship also seen in the minor arts
Development of art in the Çunga period
Bhārhut
Besnagar
More advanced style in the railing at Buddh Gayā
Sānchi
Interpretation of the reliefs
varieties of style
The pre-Kushāņa sculptures at Mathurā
Decadence of art
Chaityas
Bhājā; Kondāne; Pitalkhorā ; A janta ; Bedsă ; Nāsik ; Kārli
Vihāras
The caves of Orissa
Sculptures in the caves
Painting of the Early Indian school
Terracottas
Foreign influence in Indian art
Coins
Architectures
Minor arts
The Gandhāra School
Greek and Indian ideals
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
CHRONOLOGY
INDEX
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