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INDEX.
abdapa, a simplified Table for calculating
the ..................................................... 268ff. Abhidhdnappadipikå, a Pali dictionary, was
compiled in the reign of Paråkramabahu... 126 Abhidharmapitaka; Kâsyapa VI. caused it
to be engraved on golden plates ................ 125 Abhijit, the name of a muhúrta, 210 ;- also
of an additional nakshatra, in excess of the usual number of twenty-seven, the space of which is taken partly from Uttara-Ashadha
and partly from Sravana........................ 5, 6 acacia, derivation of the word .................. 143 Achilles; points of resemblance between him and Indra...........................
... 302 ddvalida or dvalida, a word requiring explana. tion ............
.............. 183n. Agasêyi, an ancient village in Central India 235 Aguri, a division of the Hill Döms ............ 74. Ahadapada, an ancient village in Central
India ................................................... 225 Ahalya, wife of Gautama; the popular story,
302; -varieties of her name in Jain legende, 302; - Prof. Weber's identification of her
with Aurora ....................................... 802 dhara, a territorial term; in Buddhistie litera
ture, sdhdrar is explained by sajanapadan 183n. dhdrddoalika, a territorial term requiring explanation ...........
............... 183 Aharya, a Gipay tribe of the North-West Provinces ......
............ 69 Ahir, a Clipay tribe of the North-West Pro
vinces, 69, 70; - akin to Ghôi ............... 75 Ahl-i Haqq, an account of the sect ............. 353f. 'Ahl-i-Ilahi, see 'Ahl-i Haqq ..................... 353f. Ahmadnagar District, an inscription from
the, edited ..............................******.. 17 Ajávsisha, see J&vpisha ......... .................61, 63 Ajit Singh Sindhanwalia kills Dhyan Singh... 85 Akroreśvara or Akulêkvara, ancient name of
the modern Aükleshwar, the chief town of
a vishaya ................... ... ...................... 193 Akulêávara, see Akrárèsvara ...................... 193 Alberunf, the Arabic historian; his state
ments regarding the Gupta and other eras, as rendered by Prof. Wright, 943 ff.;-the application of them, 359; his statements regarding the Lôkakala of Kaśmir and
other parts of the country ................... 213f. Alexander, myth of; a Hebrew version.......... 353 Alhañadovi (Kalachuri); examination of the
date in her Bhêra-Ghat inscription of Kala- churi-Samvat 907......
.......... 216f.
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'All Adil Shah of Bijapur, story of his death 221ff. Aliwal, battle of ......................................... 98 Allard, General of the Sikhs ..................... 23 Alloraka, ancient name of the modern Aluri 198 Aluri, a village in Gujarat mentioned under
the ancient name of Allúraka. .................... 198 Alva, a village in Gujarat; mentioned under
the ancient name of Aralua ................. 193n. andnta, the technical name for the scheme
of the lunar months in Southern India, according to which arrangement the months end with the new-moon day, and the bright fortnights precede the dark; in astronomi. cal works it is always this arrangement that is actually taken for calculations, 316 n.; - even in Southern India, this arrangement was not applied to the Saka years, for the civil reckoning, till between A.D. 804 and 866,.. 141 ff.; - on the other hand, even in Northern India, this arrangement was used in Nepal with the years of the Nêwêr era, 246, 253;- but, in Central 'India, it was not used with the years of the Kalachuri era .............
............. 221 Amir Faqir 'Azizu'ddin, envoy of the Sikhs
to the English .................... ............. Amôghavarsha I. (Rashtrakata); examination
of the date of his Sirûr inscription of the Saka year 788, which proves that the amunta arrangement of the lunar fortnights was applied to the Saka years, in Southern
India, between A.D. 804 and 866 .......... 142f. Ambuvarman of Nepal; the value of his
dates, in the Harsha era, in proving the use
of the Gupta era in Nepal.................. 210, 360 Ananta of Kasmir; he conquered SAlavA.
hanadeva of Champa ............................ 8, 9 Anaurata, a Burmese king of Pagan, in A. D. 1080 ...........................
............... 126 Andhra, or Andhra-Khimidi, a mandala tri.
butary to Jâjalladêva .........................138, 139 Anhilwad, a king of, referred to in the Bag. umrå grant of Dhruva III....
198 animals in folktales, speaking ...... Ankleshwar, a town in Gujarat ; mentioned
under the ancient names of Akrürêsvara
and Akulêsvara ..................................... 193 antelope in folktales, type of male constancy. 131 A pam-napat, the son of the waters, the swift
horsed god, on Indo-Scythian coins ......... 91 Arabe mentioned under the name of the Tajikas.........
............. 198
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