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ancient name was Dadhipadraka, not DhAhadda ..............
............. 193n. Dôm, a Gipsy tribe of the North-West
Provinces 73f.; - the same as Romani...... 73 Dom Mirasi musicians are Dôms .............. 73 Domâng, a division of the Hill Dôms ......... Dômkatêr is a military Brahman ............... Dômrâ see Dôm ............ Dôsåd, a Gipsy tribe of the North-West
Provinces, 74; -- the same as Chandal...... Dost Muhammad of Kabul and Ranjit Singh.. 81 Dulêrê see Dholêrå Dam see Dôm Mirasi, 73; - is not Dôm ...... Domni is not Dôm ........... Durgarèsvara, a king conquered by SAhilla. dêva, 8, 11:4his country is perhaps the
modern Dågrå ............ Durjaya (Kaurava).......... ............. 231, 235 Durlabha of Multån, an astronomer quoted
by Albêráni; his method for converting Lokakala dates into Saka dates shews that the Lôkakala reckoning was introduced, at
Multân, in A.D. 926 .............. ................ 214 Dasad see Dôsåd............ ............... 74, 75 Dúta, used for the office of Dataka of a
charter................................................... 13 dvalića, or ddvalida, a word requiring explanation ............
............ 183n.
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9
Dethli, a village in Gujarat; mentioned under
the ancient name of Dahithali .............. 184 Dêv, a small river in the Ahmadnagar Dis.
trict, mentioned under the ancient name of
Dêranadi .................................... Dêvanadi, ancient name of the river Dêv ... 118 Divdnanpiye, 'dear to the Devas,' an epithet
of Asoka-............ ................. 305, 307 Dôvapkla, a king mentioned in the Ghôsråwå
inscription ............... ..................... 309, 311 Dêvarâja, prime minister of J&jalladova, Ratnadeva, and Pșithvideva .............
***.............. 137 Dêvasimha, of the R&jamála family ............ 137 Dêvfchand, Diwan, at Multân, 19; - appoint
ed Governor of Kaśmir ......................... 21 dh, bh, in Indo-Germanic=h in Sansksit ...323f. Dhadiyappa (Yadava of Sêuņadesa) ............ 118 Dh&hadda, ancient name of the modern Dhawat ............
..............193 and n. Dhåhilla (Kaurava)........................228, 231, 235 Dhályaka, apparently an ancient village in Chamba ...............
...............9, 12 Dhanvantari, the physician of the gods ...... 311 Dharasôna II. (of Valabht); remarks on his
spurious grant of Saka-Samvat 400... 186, 188 Dharasêna IV. (of Valabhi); he was the first
paramount sovereign in the Valabhi family, and his power was perhaps more extensive
than that of his successors...................... 368n. Dharkår, a division of the Dôms ................ 74 Dharwad District, an inscription from the, noticed
.................. 142 Dhâtusêna, a king of Ceylon, A.D. 459 to 477. 125 Dhaullēka, apparently an ancient locality in
Chamba ............................. ..................9, 12 Dhawat, a village in Gujarat; mentioned
under the ancient name of Dhahadda 193 and n. Dhiyår, a division of the Hill Dôms ............. 74 Dholêra, a Gipsy tribe of the North-West Provinces ...........
.................... 74 Dhruvasêna II. of Valabhi, identified with
Tu-u-ho-po-tu ........................... 196 and n. Dhyan Singh, appointed wasir by Ranjit
Singh, 83; - supporta Sher Singh, 85; -
killed by the Sindh&nwâliâs .................. 85 di (see under ba), an abbreviation denoting
the civil day and the tithi ending on it: instances of its use alone, 336, 337;with ba or va, 202, 216, 217;--and with su
10, 211, 216, 217, 218, 328 diamond, miraculous, in folktales, opens a
passage into water..............................53, 105 Dip, a village near Bhopal ; notes on its name 352 Dipawamba, remarks on and extracts from the
101, 102, 103, 125, 128 disguises in folktales ........... .......... 104, 130, 204 Dohad, a town in the Pañch-MahAls; its
eclipses; Prof. Jacobi's method of calculating
them, 154 f.;- remarks on the question whether, if they are to be celebrated, they should be visible, or not, 190 and n.;eclipses mentioned in recorded dates :lunar ..............
.................. 220 solar...... 119, 141, 142, 183, 184, 211, 219,
250, 266 epoch; a word used as the most convenient
term for the year 0 of an era, as required for comparison and calculation and as contrasted with its commencement or first
current year ....................................passim Eran, a village in the Sagar District; the
value of the pillar inscription of Budhagupta, of the Gupta year 165, in connection
with the question of the Gupta era ......210, 359 elephant in folktales elects the king ............. 78 Epithalamia in Southern India, 254; - speci. mens of
........258f. eras, the various, used in recorded dates :
Gupta........................ 210, 211, 332, 335, 336 Kalachuri or Chêdi......... 136, 215 to 220, 225 Kaliyuga ..............264, 265, 266, 298, 299, 300 Néwår......
..................247 to 252 Saka ..........23, 119, 141, 142, 183, 219, 240, 241 Vikrama 23, 61, 64, 201, 202, 228, 230, 234, 328
