गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)

302 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Âkhaṇḍalamitra, a grantee . . . . 190
Akshapaṭalâdhikrita, an official title
190 n., 257 and n.
akshaya-nîvî, 'a perpetual endowment'
182 n., 33 n., 52, 262
Alarka, an epic king . . . . 147, 149
Albêrûnî, the Arabic historian; his state-
ments regarding the Gupta and other
eras, as rendered by M. Reinaud, 23; —
by Prof. Sachau, 24; — and by Prof.
Wright, 27; — his statements regarding
the Lôkakâla of Kaśmîr and other
parts of the country . . . . 26 n.
Alînâ or Aliṇâ, a village in the Kaira
District; the grant of Śîlâditya VII. of
the (Gupta-Valabhî) year 447 . . 171
Allâhâbâd, mentioned under the ancient
name of Prayâga, 206; — the posthumous
pillar inscription of Samudragupta . 1
Allâhâbâd District, inscriptions from the
1, 36, 39, 40, 45, 264, 266, 267, 271
alphabets used in this series of records: —
of the northern class . 3, 26, 34, 37,
39, 41, 43, 46, 48, 53, 66, 69, 88, 91,
94, 101, 106, 110, 112, 117, 121, 125,
130, 133, 135, 140, 145, 149, 151, 159,
161, 201, 209, 211, 214, 219, 222,
224, 226, 228, 231, 250, 251, 253,
255, 258, 263, 264, 266, 267, 269,
271, 272, 273, 274, 278, 280, 281,
282, 283, 284, 287
of the southern class . 18, 22, 30, 57,
72, 80, 164, 172, 192, 196, 233, 236,
244, 260, 279, 292
of the so-called Kuṭila type 201, 209, 211, 214
of the 'box-headed' type . . 19, 192,
196, 233, 236, 244, 292
of the 'nail-headed' type . . 19, 22, 106
Amânta, the technical name for the
scheme of the lunar months in South-
ern India, according to which arrange-
ment the months end with the new-
moon day, and the bright fortnights
precede the dark, 70; — in astronomical
works, it is always this arrangement
that is actually taken for calculations,
148 n.; — even in Southern India, this
arrangement was not applied to the
Śaka years, for the civil reckoning, till
between A.D. 804 and 866, 79 n.; — on
the other hand, even in Northern India,
this arrangement was used in Nêpâl
with the years of the Nêwâr era, 75,
76; — but it was abandoned there, when
the Nêwâr era was followed by the
Vikrama era in its northern variety . 76
Amâtya, an official title 100 and n., 120, 124, 190
Amblôda, apparently the ancient name of
Bhumara . . . . 110, 111
Amôghavarsha I. (Râshṭrakûṭa); examin-
ation of the date of his Sirûr inscription
of the Śaka year 788, which proves
that the Amânta arrangement of the
lunar fortnights was applied to the Śaka
years, in Southern India, between A.D.
804 and 866 . . . . 79 n.
Âmradvîpa, an ancient name of Ceylon
275, 278, 279
Amrakârdava, or Âmrakârdava, apparently
an officer of Chandragupta II. . . 32
Amrarâta, or Âmrarâta, a proper name . 33
Amśuvarman, Mahâsâmanta, and after-
wards king (Ṭhâkurî of Nêpâl), 134 n.,
177, 178, 179, 180, 188, 190, 191; — men-
tioned with the feudatory title, 177, 178,
179; — with the paramount title, 180; —
as king, by Hiuen Tsiang, 96, 184; —
and by Ma-twan-lin, 190; — mention of
his sister Bhôgadêvî, his brother-in-law
Sûrasêna or Śûrasêna, his nephew
Bhôgavarman, and his niece Bhâgya-
dêvî, 180; — his dates, 189; — the value
of his dates, in the Harsha era, in prov-
ing the use of the Gupta era in Nêpâl,
96, 184; — notice of his inscription of
the (Harsha) year 34, .. 178; — of an-
other of the same year, 179; — of an-
other, of the year 39, .. 179; — and of
another, of the year 44 or 45 . . 180
Âmuka, apparently an ancient village or
district in Bâghêlkhaṇḍ . . 125
Ânand, a town in the Kaira District;
mentioned under the ancient name of
Ânandapura . . . . 173, 180, 190
Ânandapura, ancient name of the modern
Ânand . . . . 173, 180, 190
Ananta, an abbreviation of the name of
Anantavarman . . . 226, 228
Anantagupta, or Anantaguptâ, a proper
name . . . . . 265
Anantasêna, a proper name . . 51
Anantasvâmin, the god Vishṇu as 'the
eternal lord,' or as 'the lord of the
serpent Ananta or Śêsha' . . 268
Anantavarman (see also Ananta), a
Maukhari chief, 223, 225, 226, 228; —
his inscriptions in the Barâbar and
Nâgârjunî Hill caves . . 221, 223, 226
Andhaka, an epic family or tribe . 156
Andhra, a tribe or dynasty; mentioned as
defeated by a Maukhari king and taking
refuge in the Vindhya mountains . 230
Animuktakakôṇaka, apparently an ancient
village or district in Baghelkhaṇḍ . 105
Antaka, the god Yama, as 'the dealer of
death' . . 14, 21, 28, 44, 51, 54, 257
Antaratrâ, an ancient village in
Kâṭhiâwâḍ . . . . 170
Antarvêdî, the country between the
Ganges and the Jamnâ; mentioned as
part of the dominions of Skandagupta
69 and n., 71
Anu, an epic king . . . 224 and n., 225
Aphsaḍ, or Aphsaṇḍ, a village in the Gayâ
District; the inscription of Âdityasêna 200
aptôryâma, a particular sacrifice 241 and n., 248
Ârâ (Shâhâbâd) District, an inscription
from the . . . . . 283