Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor (64 page)
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Authors: Charles R. Allen
China,
78
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186
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201
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203
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210
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211
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219
; Buddhist pilgrims to India,
201
,
203
–
9
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210
–
19
,
235
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253
,
317
,
318
(see also
Faxian; Xuanzang); Cultural Revolution,
203
Chola tribes,
175
Christianity: Capuchin mission (from 1707),
22
–
3
; English Puritanism, xv; evangelical Anglicisation of India,
114
–
15
,
154
; William Jones and,
37
; Tibet-Hindustan Mission of the Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith in Rome,
23
Claphamite Sect,
114
coinage,
111
,
113
,
131
–
2
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135
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221
,
238
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276
–
7
,
289
; Bactrian,
133
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134
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163
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229
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234
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262
; Cunningham and,
134
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201
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234
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261
–
2
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276
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302
; Hellenistic,
46
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60
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113
,
133
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163
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234
,
262
,
276
,
336
; Mackenzie and,
83
,
110
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133
; Prinsep and,
129
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133
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4
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135
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137
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161
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163
,
201
; punch-marked coins,
133
–
4
,
135
,
261
–
2
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285
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314
,
371
–
2
Colebrooke, Henry,
42
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70
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71
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73
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74
,
75
,
113
–
14
,
137
Collège de France,
184
constitution, Indian (November 1949),
357
Cook, Captain James,
25
Cornwallis Permanent Settlement (1789),
37
Court, General Claude Auguste (French mercenary),
131
,
132
,
229
,
260
,
261
Cowell, Edward,
310
cricket,
7
Cunningham, General Sir Alexander: archaeology and,
136
–
7
,
235
–
6
,
237
–
40
,
243
,
244
,
245
,
246
–
9
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261
,
270
–
6
,
295
,
304
; on Asiatic Society of Bengal,
285
–
6
; Bharhut excavation site,
xvii
,
269
–
78
,
319
,
377
; classical Gandharan art and,
338
; coinage and,
134
,
201
,
234
,
261
–
2
,
276
,
302
; Director of the Archaeological Survey of India,
252
–
63
; Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India,
xvii
,
236
,
263
–
78
,
291
,
294
–
302
,
304
,
305
,
312
,
318
–
19
;
Inscriptions of Asoka
(1877),
295
–
7
; military career,
134
,
137
,
221
–
2
,
228
,
235
,
252
,
252
–
3
; public indifference to discoveries of,
249
–
50
; rivalry with Kittoe,
221
–
2
,
224
,
225
–
6
; at Sanchi,
236
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41
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243
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244
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245
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246
–
9
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274
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334
,
335
,
382
,
387
; at Sankisa,
206
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220
–
1
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255
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7
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255
–
7
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256
; at Sarnath,
136
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7
,
226
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237
,
333
; Shahbazgarhi inscription and,
228
,
230
,
231
–
2
,
233
; shrine of Rupnath and,
264
–
6
,
266
,
268
Cunningham, Joseph,
236
Curtius (Quintus Curtius Rufus),
45
,
49
,
50
,
51
,
54
Curzon, Lord,
332
Cyrus the Great,
363
Dalit underclass, Indian,
357
Damodara, King,
77
Darius (last Achaemenid emperor),
47
,
56
Dasharatha, King,
36
,
169
,
225
,
378
,
395
,
396
Dayan Ta
(’Wild Goose Pagoda’, China),
203
,
219
de Joinville, Joseph,
98
Delhi,
7
–
15
; Timurid sacking of,
15
–
16
;
see also
Lat of Firoz Shah (Delhi)
della Tomba, Father Marco,
23
,
38
,
138
Deorkothar monastic complex,
358
–
9
,
397
Devanamapiyatissa, King,
147
–
8
,
149
–
50
,
151
,
164
–
8
,
390
Devi (wife of Ashoka),
144
,
148
,
152
,
248
,
376
,
379
Dhammika, Venerable Shravasti,
171
–
2
,
405
Dharma, concept of,
xviii
–
xix
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335
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339
,
355
–
6
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369
,
380
,
383
,
384
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385
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386
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387
; Hindu and Jain ethics and,
xviii
–
xix
,
358
; mahamatras (special religious officers),
283
,
383
,
389
; in Pillar or Rock Edicts,
xix
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165
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167
,
171
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5
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176
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8
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179
–
80
,
358
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383
,
389
; Sakyamuni Buddha and,
xix
,
78
,
165
,
335
,
386
,
387
Dharmekh stupa at Sarnath
see
Sarnath complex of ruins
du Perron, Abraham Anquetil,
24
Duncan, Jonathan,
43
–
4
,
85
,
136
,
225
,
286
Dutch East India Company,
97
East India Company (EICo),
17
,
24
,
25
,
29
,
37
,
71
–
4
,
110
–
11
,
184
; Anglicisation of India and,
43
–
4
,
115
,
250
; archaeological enquirers,
221
,
224
; army campaigns (early nineteenth-century),
71
–
2
,
105
–
8
; end of rule of,
252
; Mints,
74
,
120
,
124
–
5
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129
,
130
; Mughal dynasty and,
21
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32
; surveying and,
64
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65
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73
,
78
–
81
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82
,
85
,
292
; wars (1845-9),
228
Elliot, Walter,
88
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280
–
2
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285
,
304
Elphinstone College (Bombay),
286
,
288
Enlightenment, European,
24
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26
–
7
epigraphy,
111
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166
,
200
,
236
,
286
,
288
,
295
,
315
,
327
–
8
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350
;
Epigraphia Carnatica
(Lewis Rice),
305
Eudemos (Macedonian general),
54
,
55
,
57
,
59
,
68
,
366
Falconer, Dr Hugh,
131
Fateh Khan,
15
Faxian (Chinese Buddhist),
203
–
9
,
211
,
212
,
225
,
253
,
260
,
296
,
302
,
312
,
317
;
Foguo-ji
(’A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms’),
200
–
1
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204
,
206
,
220
–
1
,
224
; King Wuyou and,
205
,
206
–
9
,
210
,
212
,
213
,
216
Fell, Captain Edward,
140
Feroz Shah Kotla stadium (Delhi),
7
Firdusi (Persian poet),
24
Firishta (Persian historian),
33
Firoz Shah Tughluq, Sultan,
6
,
7
,
8
–
14
,
15
–
16
,
20
,
24
,
296
; hunting lodge (North of Delhi),
13
,
20
;
see also
Lat of Firoz Shah (Delhi)
Fleet, Dr John,
286
Fort William College (Calcutta),
73
,
74
,
121
,
130
Foucher, Dr Alfred,
337
–
8
,
339
,
343
,
344
,
346
,
348
;
The Monuments of Sanchi
(with John Marshall),
339
–
46
Fox, Reverend William Buckly,
99
–
100
,
101
,
104
,
105
,
141
,
168
–
9
;
Dictionary of the Ceylon–Portuguese, Singalese and English Languages
(1819),
99
France,
24
,
72
,
98
,
114
,
200
–
1
,
220
,
337
–
8
,
339
; Hodgson and,
128
,
184
,
185
,
186
Franklin, Major William,
107
–
8
,
108
,
340
Führer, Dr Anton,
303
,
310
–
14
,
311
,
322
,
326
,
327
,
328
Gallé (Buddhist priest),
103
,
104
Gandhara,
132
,
209
,
243
,
273
,
328
,
338
,
339
,
399
; Alexander the Great and,
48
,
49
,
54
,
55
,
57
,
59
; Faxian and Xuanzang in,
204
–
5
,
211
–
12
; Macedonian rule,
54
,
55
,
57
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59
,
60
,
131
–
2
,
133
,
262
,
367
; Seleukos’s surrender of,
60
,
367
Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq,
8
Ghulam Qadir,
40
Girnar edict rock,
112
,
230
,
231
,
232
,
257
,
266
,
279
,
282
; dating of,
178
,
260
,
268
; Prinsep’s reading of inscription,
163
,
170
,
171
,
175
,
176
,
177
–
8
; REs
1
–
14
on,
170
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171
,
174
,
175
,
177
,
357
,
380
; Rudradaman inscription,
288
–
9
; Tod’s discovery of,
111
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12
,
114
,
133
,
158
,
177
