Subhadrangi (mother of Ashoka), 188, 373, 374
Subuthi, Venerable, xvii
Sufism, 31–2
Sumano (Sanghamitta’s son), 148, 149
Susa (Persian capital), 55–6, 368
Sushima, Prince (also Sumana, Bindusara’s son), 101, 145, 189–90, 200, 373, 374, 375, 377
synchronology, 44–5, 63–8, 143, 144, 178–9, 259–61, 365, 366–7
Syrian Wars, 62
Takht-i-bahi monastic complex, 234
Tamil Tigers, 97
Taranatha, History of Buddhism in India (1608), 197–200, 373, 382, 391
Tartary, 76
Tata, Sir Ratan, 324
Tavernier, Jean Baptiste, 20, 21
Taxila, 212–13, 243, 260–2, 306, 336, 354, 377, 396; Ashoka and, 189, 191, 262, 375–6; Brahman Chanakya and, 363, 365; King Omphis of, 46, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55; Kunala as governor, 193, 298, 392, 395
Taylor, Colonel Henry, 106
Thapar, Romila, 358
Tharu people, 292
Tibet, xiii, 22, 23, 127, 182, 186, 197, 228, 373, 382; language, 128–9, 138–9, 162, 197
Tiefenthaler, Joseph, 23–4
Timur of Khorasan, Amir (Tamberlaine), 15–16
Tipu Sultan, overthrow of, 72, 82
Tishyarakshita (Ashoka’s queen), 192, 193–4, 296–7, 298, 344, 390, 392; execution of, 194, 298, 392, 395
Tissa (brother of Ashoka), 145, 146, 373, 378, 386
Tod, Major James, 111–12, 113, 114, 131–2, 133, 158, 177
topes see stupas (brick and plaster structures)
Turnour, George, 97, 98, 102–4, 123, 131, 168–9, 181, 183, 310; translation of Great Dynastic Chronicle, 103–4, 105, 141–4, 151, 152, 164–5, 168, 186, 229
Ujjain, 101, 144, 296, 351, 376, 395, 396
Upagupta, 187, 188, 191–2, 194, 197, 359, 382–3, 387
Vaishali (Bakhra), 85, 151, 215, 343
Varanasi (Benares), 1, 28, 42, 120, 125, 336; Anglicisation of by EICo, 43–4; Buddhism and, 43, 44, 215; in Mughal period, 19–22, 43–4, 125; see also Sarnath complex of ruins
Vasiliev, Vasili, 197, 200
Veda Vyasa, 76
Ventura, General (Italian mercenary), 129, 131
Vidyasagar, Ishwar Chandra, 121
Vigatashoka, King (Ashoka’s grandson), 199
Virasena (Ashoka’s great-grandson), 199–200
Vishakhadatta, Mudrarakshasa (or ‘The Minister’s Signet Ring’), 66–7, 84, 101, 366, 369
Vitashoka (Ashoka’s brother), 194, 373, 378, 386
Vithalla shrine at Pandharpur, xiv
Waddell, Dr L.A., 317–24, 326, 386
Waskaduwe, Venerable, xvii
Wellesley, Arthur (Duke of Wellington), 72
Wellesley, Lord, 71–3, 98, 114, 121
Wells, H.G., 346–7
West Jumna Canal, 9
Whig politics, 25
Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayan Ta), 203, 219
Wilkins, Charles, 32–3, 99, 113
Williams, Monier, 249
Wilson, Dr Horace Hayman, 74–7, 141–3, 154, 221, 223, 224, 229, 230, 249; as Asiatic Society Secretary, 74–5, 77–8, 110–13, 119, 124, 127, 128–30, 138; narrow-mindedness of, 110–11, 128, 129, 138
Wilson, Reverend Dr John, 158
Xandrames or Aggrames, King, 54, 59
Xuanzang (Chinese Buddhist), 210–20, 294, 328, 330, 338, 359, 390–1, 392, 393–4; in Chinese novel Xi You Ji, 202, 220; Cunningham and, 221, 253–7, 260, 296, 302; Da Tang Xiyo Ti, 219, 220; monumental pillars and, 213–14, 215, 216, 226, 253, 255, 312–13, 334; Stanislas Julien’s translation of, 201, 253; studies at Buddhist monasteries, 218–19, 360; Waddell and, 317, 318, 319
yakshinis (female fertility figures), 270–1, 271, 318–19, 322–4, 342, 385
Yashah, 191, 194, 197, 198, 382
* The terms ‘CE’ and ‘BCE’, standing for ‘of the common era’ and ‘before the common era’, have superseded AD and BC.
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