A work of later ages, 136
Maha Rahula Sutta, preached, 827
Mahavira, son of Siddhartha of Kunda-
grama, 323
Founder of Jainism, 323, 324
Entered the Holy Order at the age of
twenty-eight, 324
Death of, 324
Mahinda, son of Asoka, 320
Maitreyi, discussion of, with Yajnavalkya,
151-162
Malwa, Hindu kingdom, 126
Man, as protector and head of the family, 7
Manu, legend of, in Satapatha Brahmana,
166-167
Manufactures, commencement of, 7
Allusions to, in Rig- Veda, 26-27
In Brahmanic and Epic periods, 150
Of ancient India known to the Greeks,
218
Mara, an evil spirit, 289
Maritime travel not forbidden in ancient
India, 50
Marriage, not compulsory in Vedic India,
54
Vedic ceremony of, 55-57
Of students, 145
Among blood relations prohibited, 164
Eight varieties of, 238-239
Among kinsfolk prohibited by Vasish-
tha and Apastamba, 239
Among kinsfolk permitted by Baudha-
yana, 239
Of widows, 239
Ritual of, 244-246
Maruts, storm gods, legend of, 72
Mathura (Madura), capital of the Pan-
dyas, 207
Matriarchy, no trace of, in India, 7
Matter, in Hindu philosophy, 267
Meat, eating of, 8, 60
Megasthenes' account of India, 204, 205-
207, 210-212, 214, 219, 234, 235
Takes up residence in India, 204
Subdivides the philosophers into Brah-
inans and Sramans, 236
Metals, in ancient India, 9, 218
In the Rig-Veda, 26
Knowledge of, in Brahmanic times, 147
Metre, science of, 192
Mihintale, seat of an Indian monastery,
320
Mind, according to Sankhya philosophy,
264-265
Mithila, social life in, in Brahmanic pe-
riod, 149
Mitra, an Aditya, 69
Modo-Galingoi (Madhya-Kalingas), Hindu
tribe, 205
Moggali, father of Tissa, 319
Moggallana, convert to Buddhism, 292
Monastery, Indian, at Mihintale, 320
Money, in the Rig-Veda, 19-20
Monotheism, 172-173
In the Rig- Veda, 80-81
Moon, regulation of sacrificial rites by
position of, 157
Morning hymn to the sun, 70
Municipal government in the Brahmanic
and Epic periods, 141
N
Nachiketas, story of, 181-183
Nagasena, a renowned Buddhist teacher,
321
Nakula, one of the Pandava princes, 102
Narada, 132
Nature, according to Sankhya philosophy,
254
Nearchos, a Greek historian, 216
Nirvana, parallel to, in Sankhya philoso-
phy, 267
Meaning of, 307-308
Gained by breaking the ten fetters, 308
Nomadic life among the Aryans, 8
Non-existence, category of, in Vaisesika
philosophy, 266
Northern Buddhism, the form prevailing
in Nepal and Tibet, China, and Japan,
280, 319
O
Occult power, gained by Yoga, 260
Ocean, churning of, 25
Order of Buddhist nuns founded, 296
Orissa, Hinduized, 203
P
Paisacha marriage, 239
Palace, description of, in the sutras, 208
Pauchala kingdom, the, in 1400 B. c., 99
Panchalas, a nation of ancient India, 82
Provenience of, a mooted question, 98
Entry into the Doab, 83
Settlement of, near the modern Kanouj,
98
And Kurus, centre of the Hindu world,
99
Pandava princes, five, 104-105
Princes, exhibition of skill in the use of
arms, 104
Princes, the five, wed Draupadi, 109
Princes, slaves of Duryodhana, 107
Pandavas, refuse to fight with Kama, 103
First exile of, 103
House of the, burnt, 104
Disguised as Brahmans, 104