Religion, cardinal principle of, 179
Religion, explanation of, by Rig-Veda,
11
Villages, manage their own affairs, 160
Women, Sita model of, 125
World, Panchalas and Kurus centre of,
99
Hindus, Vedic, character of, 4
Vedic, settlement of, on Indus, 4
Agriculture among, 13
Separation of, from the Iranians, 24
Effect of climate of Ganges valley on,
83
Gradual enervation of, 83
Cremation among, 165
Ancestor-worship among, 166
Advance of civilization among, 133
Rules of, to regulate domestic and so-
cial duties, 143
Spread of civilization among, 198-200
As described by Megasthenes, 124-215
Food and clothing of, 216
Home, early Aryan, controversy concern-
ing, 6
Horatoi (Saurashtras), Hindu nation, 206
Horse, sacrifice of a, 22, 23, 24, 163
Sacrificial, captured by Rama's sons
and his subsequent recognition of
them, 125
Horses, 16
Hospitality, 145, 150, 241
Hotris, Vedic priests, duties of, 86, 88
Household worship, 50
Householders, students as, 145
Forty sacraments of, 242-243
Hymn to the rivers, historical significance
of, 49
Recounting Indra's slaying of Vritra,
66-67
Relating to the storm-myth of Indra,
69-70
Hymns, sung by professional priests, 5
Certain families proficient in compos-
ing, 77
Of the Vedas still repeated as texts in
Brahmanic and Epic times, 169
I
Idols, unknown in the Vedic period, 5, 52
India, oldest records of, 1
Political life, decadence of, 3
History, value of, 3-4
Early civilization centred in, 6
Buddhism state religion of, 319
Indian tribes, number one hundred and
eighteen, 215
Inido-Iranians in Asia, 9
Indra, 33-35
Hymn to, 32-33
First among Vedic gods, 63
Slays Vritra, 65
Storm-myth of, 67
An Aditya, 69
As leader, 69
Indrajit, son of Ravana, 122
Killed by Lakshmana and revived by a
powerful medicine, 122
Indraprastha, city in ancient India, 106
Indus, sacred river of the Panjab, 49, 126
Industries, 7
Inheritance, law of, 68, 227-229
Initiation into religious life, 239-241
Age of, varies in different castes, 247
Inscriptions on Jain statues, 326
Intellect, in Nyaya philosophy, 263
Interest, six forms of, according to Gau-
tama, 226-237
Internecine wars of the Kurus, 83
Wars of the Panchalas, 83
Invocation of the bright gods, 5
Iranians, separation of, from the Hindus,
24
Irrigation in the Panjab, 15
Reference to, in the tenth book of the
Rig-Veda, 17
In ancient India, 217
Isari, Hindu tribe, 205
Isa Upanishad, extract from, 176
J
Jabala, mother of Satyakama, 139-140
Jaimini, founder of the Purva Mimamsa
philosophy, 269
Outline of sutras of, 269
Jainism, a religion of India, 323
Coaeval with Buddhism, 325
Approximation to Buddhism, 326
Jains, division of, into two sects, 324
Refrain from killing animals, 327
Monastic order of, 327
Beliefs of, 333
Sacred books of, 333
Janaka, king of the Videhas, 114
In the Ramayana, 117
Quotation from Brihadaranyaka Upani-
shad relating to, 152
Janamejaya, son of Parikshit, 132
Japan, Buddhism in, in the sixth century
A. D., 280
Java, Buddhist missionaries visit, 321
Jnatrika Kshatriyas, Hindu clan, 323
Judicial procedure still crude in Brah-
manic and Epic periods, 166
Jumna, a river, 96, 126
Exploration of shores of, 97
Justice officially administered in the
Brahmanic period, 143