Entry of the Panchalas into the, 83
Colonization of the, 98
Domestic ceremonies, value of, for knowl-
edge of Hindu life, 244
Draupadi, svayamvara of, 104
Chooses Arjuna as her husband, 105
Marries the five Pandava princes, 105
Publicly insulted by Duryodhaua, 107
Slave of Duryodhana, 107
The Queen of Virata's handmaid, 108
Dravidiaus, 184
Conquer Ceylon twice, 321
Drona, a warrior, 101
Conquers Drupada, 103
Kills Drupada, 109
Killed by Drupada' s son, 109
Drupada conquered by Drona, 103
King of the Panchalas, 104
Alliance of, with the five Pandava
princes, 105
Killed by Drona, 109
Duhshanta, father of Bharata, 132
Durga, goddess, 76
Duhsasana killed by Bhima, 109
Duryodhana, son of Dhritarashtra, 102
Fights with Bhima, 102
Publicly insults Draupadi, 107
Flight of, from Bhima, and subsequent
return to him, 110
E
Eightfold path, Buddhist, 304-305
Emancipation, final, according to Ve-
dauta philosophy, 272
Epic period, municipal government in,
143
Equality, legal, unknown in ancient
India, 220
Ethical ideal in Brahmanic period, 145-
146
Evidence, kinds of, recognized by San-
khya philosophy, 255
Evil, true nature of, 216
Exile of Rama, 120
Of Pandava princes, 103, 107
F
False evidence, 222
Famine unknown in India, 217
Fire, various offerings to, 5
Sacred, kept burning in every house-
hold, 52, 150
Sacrificial, 76
Ordeal of, criminals tried by, 155-156
Names of, 170
Five Pandava princes, 100-101
Flood, Hindu tradition of, 166-167
Food, vegetable, 21
Animal, 22
In Brahmanic period, 147-148
Foreigners explained as castes, 232
Forest hermits in the Brahmanic period,
144
Fourfold wisdom, Buddhist, 304-306
Future life, hymn on, 59-60
G
Gambling match of Yudhishthira, 107
Gandharva marriage, 238
Ganges, river, 97, 126
Valley of, reached by the Hindus, 82
Exploration of shores of, 97
Gautama, see also Buddha
Buddha, 3
Haridrumata, a Vedic teacher, 139-141
Founder of the Nyaya philosophy, 262
Gayatri, the, 70
Genus, in Buddhism, 266
In Vaisesika philosophy, 266
Geometry, 192, 194
Godavari, a river of ancient India, 120
Gods of the Rig- Veda still worshipped in
Brahmanic and Epic times, 169
Gosala, founder of sect of Ajivakas, 328
Government, 9
Grammar, science of, in India, 193
Greek knowledge of India, 197-198, 204-
207
Grain, names of, in Rig- Veda, 21
Grihya Sutras, regulations concerning
domestic rites, 190
Value of, for knowledge of Hindu life,
191, 244
Gujarat, Hinduized, 203
H
Hanuman, commander-in-chief of the
non-Aryan army, 121
Restores Sita to Rama, 121
Haoma, Iranian name for Soma, 24
Hastinapura, capital of the Kurus, 100
Ruins of, said to be near Delhi, 100
Social life of, in the Brahmanic period,
149
Harvests, two annually in India, 218
Hercules, identified with Krishna, 207
Hermit life, in the Brahmanic period, 85,
86
Hermits, rules for, 241, 242
Hetairism, 7
Hindu Aryans, a united body in the Vedic
Age, 136
Civilization, age of, 1
Civilization, expansion of, 112
Literature, ancient, 2
Pantheon adopted and modified by
Buddha, 308-309