Penal law, 99.
Persecutions, 62 n.
Persepolitan capitals, 136, 141.
Persia, influence of, 100, 140, 141, 143.
Phaedra, legend of, 263 n.
Philippos, satrap, 12, 72.
Piety, Law of, see Dharma, 30.
Pillar edicts and miscellaneous inscriptions, 198-230.
Pillars, at Patna, 108, 109, 115; of Asoka numerous, 117, 123; inscribed, 123, 146; undiscovered, 124.
Pingala Vatsâjîva, ascetic, 248.
Pitonika. (Pitinikaf, tribe, 42, 168, 186.
Piyadasi, title of Asoka, 21; meaning of, 22.
Pôres, king, 12, 72, 138.
Prâdesika. = district officers, 163.
Prâkrit, language, 144.
Prasii, nation, 138.
Pravarapura, 76.
Priyadarśin=Piyadasi, q. v.
Proxenos, Indian parallel to, 87.
Ptolemy Philadelphos, king of Egypt, 19, 43, 72, 74, 186.
Pulinda, tribe, 42, 186.
Punarmsu, day, 205.
Pundra vardhana, in Bengal, 255.
Purâṇas, 17 n., 18n.
Pûrnavarman, Râjâ, 71.
Pushpsmitra. (Pushya-), king, 71, 74, 268.
Pushyadharma, king, 268.
Queen ant, 204.
Queen's Edict, 54, 71 n., 220.
Queens, of Asoka, 21 1, 215.
Râdhagupta, minister, 249.
Radhiah = Lanṛiyâ-Araâj, q. v., 146.
Râhula, address to, 154.
Railings, of stûpas, 114.
Bâjagriha, 247, 256.
Râjâkas (Rajjâkas) = Governors, 94, 163, 203.
Rakkhita, missionary, 44.
Bal-pa-chan, king of Tibet, 51.
Râmpurwâ, pillars at, 119, 147, 229.
Rantideva, king, 160.
Rashṭrika, tribe, 43, 168, 170.
Rebirth, theory of, 61.
Reflection, value of, 65.
Register, of births and deaths, 87.
Respite of three days to condemned men, 202.
Revenue, land, 95, 222.
Reverence, duty of, 58.
Ṛishipattana = Sârnâth, q.v, 253.
Roads, 91. 120.
Rock Edicts, distribution of, 126; versions of, 149-97.
Rudradâman, inscription of, 80, 93 n. 95, 130.
Rummindeî, inscribed pillar at, 39, 40, 77, 124, 148, 221.
Rûpnāth, rock inscription at, 132, 133, 150, 152, 227.
Sahālin, king, 247.
Sahasrâm, rock inscription at, 132, 133, 152.
Śakra, god, lord of the Devas, 241.
Śakti, goddesses, 70.
Sâkyas, sage of the, a title of Buddha, 222.
Samâja, meaning of, 159.
Samâpâ, town, 191, 193.
Samataṭa = Gangctic delta, 79.
Saṁbodḣi, meaning of, 177.
Suṁgha (Church), 218, 219.
Samprati (sampadi), grandson of Asoka, 71, 74, 226, 265, 268.
Saṁraṇa, building, 217.
Samudra, ascetic, 250 n.
Sânchî, stûpas at, 45, 110-12; edict, 219.
Sanghhamitrâ, legend of, 48, 52, 236
Sanskrit, language, 144.
Sâriputra, disciple of Buddha, 254.
Sârnâth, visited by Asoka, 40, 41 n.; edict, 54, 55, 92, 215; pillar at, 124, 147; lion capital at, 136, 140.
