The Idea of Ancient India, page 57
Gupta empire, 102
harem, 314, 316, 319, 350, 362
Hamid, M., 5
Heesterman, J. C., xxi
Hinduism, xix, xx, 73, 82, 85, 95, 96, 237, 305, 386
Hindustan Times, 200
A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India, xxxix
Holy Relics Gallery, 244f
Horsfall, J. G., 170–173
hunting, 288, 290–292, 324–326, 359–360
Ideal king, qualities of, 352–356
Ikṣvākus, 51
Indian archaeology, 123
Indian Archaeology, with especial reference to the works of Babu Rajendralala Mitra, 159
Indian Buddhism, 191
Indian feudalism, 100
Indianization hypothesis, xxxiv
Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC), 246
Jātakastories, 62
Kālidāsa’s Raghuvamśa
empire and war, 356–359
flawed kingship, 359–361
ideal king, qualities of, 352–356
kingship, emotional landscape of, 348–351
poet, 344–346
poetic and political discourse, 346–348
political power, problems of, 361–362
Kāmandaka’s Nītisāra, 306–308
dangers to king and kingdom, 319–321
forest and hunt, 324–326
historicising, 332–334
king, 324–326
monarchical power, 312–319
political history, violence, 334–335
political violence, 321–323
problem of war, 327–330
tradition, 308–311
Vijigīṣu’s quest, 311–312
Kaniska, 87
Kautilya’s Arthaśāstra, xxxii, 275, 306–315, 317–320, 323, 325, 327, 331–335, 343, 348, 355, 362–363
kāvya, 348, 349, 352, 353
Kings, Brāhmaṇas and Temples in Orissa: An Epigraphic Study (ad 300–1147), xxi
kingship
emotional landscape of, 348–351
Konbaung dynast, 395, 404
Kuraishi, Muhammad Hamid, 192, 195
Kuṣāna period/kings, 27–28
Lahiri, Nayanjot, xv, xii, xiii
Lakṣmī, 312
larger Leiden plates, 381, 382, 387,
The Language of the Gods in the World of Men (Pollock), xxix
Longhurst, A. H., 192, 197
love, xxx, 161, 235, 314, 319, 348, 349, 350, 351, 359, 361
Mackenzie, Colonel Colin, xxv, 147–155, 158, 161, 164–165, 170
plan and section of tope at, 151f
Mahābhārata, 231, 305, 308, 312, 314
Mahâbodhi, xxiv, 126, 136–140
‘repairing’,400–408
Mahābodhi re-creations, 395–400
Maha Bodhi Society, 202, 206
Mahābodhi temple, 136, 138, 140, 245, 248, 378, 381, 395, 397, 399
Mahācaitya, 147, 194, 199f
Mahant’s maṭha, 421
Maisey, Lieutenant-Colonel, 157
Majumdar, N.G., 9, 24
Malwa region, 3
Marshall, John, 6, 195, 197, 203
note, 196f
‘Martyrs’ Memorial’, 260f
Mathura area
archaeological profile, 74–75
cultural sequence, 76t, 76t
Devakula, 92–93
goddesses, 77–78
Mat, 74, 92–93
Miniature tanks and shrines, 77–78
Nāgas and Nāgīs, 82–85
pantheons old and new, 85–90
political elites, 94–95
sites in, 75f
Sonkh, 90–92
Sonkh cultural sequence, 77t
Yakṣas and Yakṣīs, 78–82
Mithuna couple, 66f
Mitra, Rajendralala, 135, 139, 141, 145, 159
modern Parkham yakṣa, 96f
monks and nuns as donors, 15–18
Mulagandhakuti Vihara, 204, 207, 208f
multiple gifts, 26
nāga, 84, 91
Nāgapattinam, 381–385
Nagarjunakonda, 192, 193f, 195
circle of merit, 52–53
cosmopolitan Buddhist centre, 45–50
discoveries, 195–201
final plea, 213–215
heritage vs development, 209–213
iconography of convergence, 251–264
monastic life, 55–58
narrative reliefs, 58–67
politics of relics, 201–204
power and patronage, 50–51
relics and rituals, 53–55
Upāsikā Bodhisiri, 51–52
Nagarjunasagar dam, 257f
Nagarjunasagar Power Station, 262f
nāgī, 82–85
Nālandā, 216, 242, 373–375
native place, 19–20
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 192
Nehruvian socialism, 192
neo-Buddhists, 226–230
19th century Burmese Buddhapāda, 424
Northcote, Stafford, 157
northern black polishedware (NBP) levels, 79f
occupational background of donors, 13–15, 15t
Olivelle, Patrick, xxix
Pagan/Bagan, 375, 376, 377, 378, 384, 386
Page, J. H., 203
pan-Buddhist internationalism, 206
Parkham yakṣa, 81f
place names, identification of, 20–24
places outside central India, 24–25
poet, 344–346
poetic and political discourse, 346–348
political ideas and practice, xxix–xxxiv
political power, problems of, 361–362
political violence, 321-323
Pollock, Sheldon, xxix
Purāṇas
Ramachandran, T. N., 44, 192, 212, 252
Rāmāyana, 312, 321, 343, 345, 346
royal hunt, 288, 323, 324, 334
religion and region, xvi–xxii
religious toleration, xx
‘repairing’ Mahâbodhi, 400–408
Rethinking Early Medieval India, xxii
Sahni, Daya Ram, 206
Śailendra king, 373–375
Sanchi
Aśokan edict, 8
court connections, 25–26
early medieval period (6th–9th centuries ad), 32
gateway inscriptions, 26–27, 27t
gender and kinship, 11–13
gender and patronage, 10–11, 11t
goṭhis, gifts made by, 18–19
Gupta period, 4th–6th centuries ad, 28–32
inscriptions between the 2nd century bc and the 1st century bc/1st century ad, 4, 5, 7, 11
Kuṣāna period, 27–28
monks and nuns as donors, 15–18
multiple gifts, 26
native place, 19–20
occupational background of donors, 13–15, 15t
place names, identification of, 20–24
places outside central India, 24–25
weapons and other paraphernalia, 133f
Yavana donors, 18
Sanchi capitals, line drawing of, 130f
Sanchi, sketch of relief, 131f
Saraswati, A. R., xxvii, 44, 192, 200, 252
Schopen, Gregory, 49
sculptures’ removal, Madras museum, 182–184
Sewell, Robert, 163–170
Sewell’s Report on the Amaravati Tope, 154
Siddhārtha’s
departure, 64f
horoscope, 63f
Śiva/Śaiva, 85, 93, 95, 106, 110, 249, 380, 384
Śivaliṅga, 87f
smaller Leiden plates, 381–384
Sonkh cultural sequence, 77t
sovereignty, ocean in Indian ideas of, 387
Sri Lanka, 6, 37, 46, 132, 243, 245, 247
Śrīvijaya, 197, 383
Stûpa of Bharhut (Cunningham, Alexander), xxiv, 132–136
Subrahmanyam, R., 184, 212, 252
Tibetan Buddhism, 235–237
trans-regional endowments, 385–387
Tree and Serpent Worship (Fergusson, James), 154, 157, 158
Udayagiri, weapons and other paraphernalia, 133f
varṇa, 353
Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa, xx, 86–88
Vidisha, 7, 22
Vijayapurī, 43, 45, 50, 51, 52, 56, 67, 192, 210, 259
Vijayanagara empire, 197
violence, 284, 285, 289, 292–293
Viṣṇu/Vaiṣṇava, 106, 110
Vogel, J. Ph., 200
war, 274, 285, 287, 292, 321, 323, 324, 326, 327
weapons and paraphernalia, 133f
yakṣa, 82, 83
Yavana donors, 18
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* f denotes figures and t denotes tables.
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