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

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54, 257; — applied also to Vijayarâja
(Chalukya of Gujarât) . . . . 14 n.
Chaturvêdin, 'a Brâhmaṇ acquainted
with the four Vêdas' . . . 71, 190, 242
chaura-varjam, a fiscal term which is
explained by chôra-daṇḍa-varjyam . 109
Chaurôddharaṇika, an official title . 218 and n.
Chêdi era; see Kalachuri or Chêdi era . 8, 9, 10
Chhagalaga, Mahârâja (Sanakânika) . 25
Chhandâpallikâ, an ancient village in the
Nâgadêya santaka . . . . 120
chhâtra, 'an umbrella bearer,' in compo-
sition with bhaṭa, 242, 249; — used
alone . . . . . . . 241, 248
Chhatre, the late Prof. Kero Lakshman;
a method of calculating the week-days,
ending-times, and English dates, of
Hindu tithis, with his Tables, explained
by Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit, Appendix II.,
145 to 159; — the results thus obtain-
ed, may sometimes differ from those
obtained from the Sûrya-Siddhânta and
other Hindu works; but the difference
will not amount to more than 5 or 6
ghaṭîs . . . . . . . 155
Chhôḍugômika, a grantee . . . . 132
Chhôḍugômin, a proper name . . . 116
Chirbira, the Dûtaka of the Mâliyâ grant
of Dharasêna II. of the (Gupta-Valabhî)
year 252 . . . . . . 171
Chitrakûṭasvâmin, the god Vishṇu, as
'the lord of Chitrakûṭa' . . 268 and n.
Chitravarman, a Sênâpati of Pravarasêna
II. . . . . . . . . 243
chôra-daṇḍa-varjyam, a fiscal term . 98 n., 124
chôra-drôhaka-varjyam, a fiscal term which
is explained by the preceding . . . 116
chôra-varjam (see also chaura-varjam),
an elliptical expression for chôra-
daṇḍa-varjyam . . . . 98 and n.
chôra-varjita, a fiscal expression which
is explained by the same word . 120, 138
coins; remarks on coins of the Early
Guptas, 36 n., 12 ns., 14 ns., 15 n., 25 n.,
27 n., 28 ns., 46 n.; — of Samudra-
gupta, 12 ns., 14 ns., 15 n., 27 n., 28
ns.; — of Skandagupta, 25 n., 46 n.;
— of the Hindu kings of Kâbul, 57 to
60; — of the Kshatrapas or Mahâ-
kshatrapas of Saurâshtra, 36 n.; — and
of Tôramâṇa . . . . . II, 12
copper-plate charters are usually denoted
by the terms śâsana, 99 n., 194, 199,
218, 240, 242, 247, 249, 296; — and
tâmra-śâsana, 99 n., 109, 116, 128,
132, 138, 195, 199; — an exceptional
instance, in which such a charter is
denoted by the term praśasti, 87 n.; —
an illustration of functions connected
with a copper-plate charter, 99 n.; — the
edges of copper-plates are sometimes
left smooth, 68, 101, 106, 112, 121, 191,
196, 235, 243, 254, 292; — sometimes
fashioned thicker, to serve as rims to
protect the writing, 68 n., 117, 125, 170,

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133, 135, 172; — and sometimes beaten
up, to make raised rims for the same
purpose . . . . . . 68 n., 164
cows spoken of as 'the daughters of the
sun,' 195 and n., 200, 299; — cow-and-
calf-sculpture, with a tree, on an
inscription stone . . . . 274 and n.
cremation of widows, an epigraphical
instance of . . . . . 92 and n., 93
Cunningham, Gen. Sir A.; the views ex-
pressed by him on the Gupta era and
connected matters, with the result that
he finally selected the epoch of A.D.
166-67 . . . 32, 33, 38, 45, 48, 51, 53, 61
current and expired years (see also ex-
pired years); the proper method of the
interpretation of the years in recorded
dates, irrespective of the question of
the application of the years for calcu-
lation, 22 n.; — current years can come
to be ordinarily superseded by expired
years, only in the case of eras that are
actually applied by astronomers for as-
tronomical purposes, 143; — a distinct
instance of the use of a current year,
after the quotation of the preceding
expired year, 129, 22 n.; — instances of
the use of regnal years, which are na-
turally to be interpreted as current
years, 24 n., 159, 161, 192, 197, 236, 244,
287, 293; — instances of the use of
years, of eras, which, not being specified
as expired, are naturally to be interpre-
ted as current, 80, 85, 91, 93, 95, 104, 110,
114, 117, 22, 30, 37, 41, 43, 46, 57, 58,
66, 70, 89, 92, 95, 102, 107, 113, 118,
121, 126, 133, 135, 165, 173, 209, 255,
261, 263, 266, 268, 273, 274; — in-
stances of the use of years, of eras,
which apparently are to be interpreted
as current, but which have to be ap-
plied as expired for calculation, 80 n.,
85, 107 n.; — instances of the use of both
current and expired years of the Kali-
yuga, Vikrama, and Śaka eras, in Hindu
almanacs . . . . . . 138 to 141

ḍ, lingual; a special and unique form of
it, from which the modern Dêvanâgarî
form is derived . . . . 72 and Plate
Ḍabhâlâ, or possibly Ḍahâlâ, the name
of the hereditary kingdom of Hastin,
the modern Bundêlkhaṇḍ . . 113, 114, 116
Dacca (Ḍâkâ), a Division, District, and
town in the Bengal Presidency; per-
haps mentioned under the ancient
name of Ḍavâka . . . . 9 n. 14
Dâdâbhâî, author of the Kiraṇâvali, a
commentary on the Sûrya-Siddhânta;
his quotation of Brihaspati in support
of the heliacal-rising system of the
Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter, 170; —
his comments on a verse of the Sûrya-
Siddhânta in the same connection . 171 n.