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

326 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Mâlwa, inscriptions from 72, 79, 142, 149, 150
Mânadêva (Lichchhavi of Nêpâl), 182,
186, 188, 189, 191; — notice of his
inscription of the (Gupta) year 386,
. . 182; — examination of the date,
95;—notice of another inscription of
his time . . . . . . 182
Mânagṛiha, the palace of the Thâkurî
rulers of Nêpâl . 177, 178, 180, 181, 189, 190
Mânapura, an ancient town; perhaps the
modern Mânpur near the Sôn. . 136, 138
Mandâkinî, the river Ganges . . . 184
Mandâr, a hill in the Bhagalpur District;
the rock inscriptions of Âdityasêna . 211
Mandara, a mountain, used as the
churning-stick when the ocean was
churned by the gods and demons . . 206
Mandasôr, a town in Scindia's Dominions;
it is locally known as Dasôr, 79 n.; —
mentioned under the ancient Sanskrit
name of Daśapura, 79 n., 84, 86; — the
inscription of the Mâlava year 529, which
gives the date of the Mâlava year 493
for Kumâragupta and Bandhuvarman,
79; — the value of this record in prov-
ing that the Gupta era runs from an
epoch in or very close to A.D. 319-20,
. 65; — the pillar inscriptions of Yaśô-
dharman, 142, 149; — the ihscription of
Yaśôdharman and Vishṇuvardhana, of
the (Mâlava) year 589 . . . 150
Mândhâtṛi, an epic king . . . 147, 149
Maṅgalîśa (Early Chalukya); the value of
his Bâdâmi cave inscription, of Śaka-
Saṁvat 500 expired, in proving that the
historical starting-point of the Śaka era
is the commencement of the reign of
some particular king or kings of the
Śaka tribe . . . . 142, 143
Maṇinâga pêṭha, an ancient division,
partly in the territory of the Parivrâjaka
Mahârâjas, 116; — and partly in that of
the Mahârâjas of Uchchakalpa . . 138
Mankuwâr, a village in the Allahâbâd
District; the image inscription of Ku-
mâragupta, of the (Gupta) year 129 . 45
Manôratha, Mahâsâṁdhivigrahika, the
writer of the grants of Śarvanâtha of
the (Gupta or Kalachuri) years 193
and 197 . . . . 129, 134, 139
Maṇṭarâja of Kêrala, a king in Southern
India, conquered by Samudragupta . 13
Manu, the traditional author or compiler
of a code of law, 147, 168, 182; —
instance of a certain verse being allotted
to him, which is usually quoted as be-
ing written by Vyâsa in the Mahâ-
bhârata . . . . . 99 n.
Mârgaśîrsha, one of the Hindu lunar
months; a rare instance of its being
intercalary . . . . . 93
mâtaraḥ, the divine Mothers . 48 and n., 51, 78.
maṭha, a religious college . . . 208
Mathurâ, the chief town of the District of
the same name; the inscription of
Chandragupta II., 25; — the image in-
scription of the (Gupta) year 135, . .
262; — the image inscription of the
(Gupta) year 230 . . . . 273
Matila, a king in Northern India, con-
quered by Samudragupta . . . 13
Mâtrârya, a grantee . . . . 243
mâtrâs, the horizontal top strokes of
letters; early instances of their develop-
ment . . . . . . 43, 140
Mâtṛichêṭa, the builder of an ancient
temple of the Sun at Gwâlior . . 163
Mâtṛidâsa, a proper name, 38; — another
person of the same name . . . 163
Mâtṛiśarman, a grantee, 105; — another
of the same name . . . . 243
Mâtṛiśarmârya, a grantee, 243; — another
of the same name . . . . 243
Mâtṛiśiva, Uparika, the additional
Dûtaka of the grant of Śarvanâtha of
the (Gupta or Kalachuri) year 197 . 134
Mâtṛitula, a proper name . . . 163
Mâtṛivishṇu, Mahârâja, 90, 160; — in
conjunction with his younger brother,
Dhanyavishṇu, he caused the Êraṇ
pillar, with the inscription of Budha-
gupta of the (Gupta) year 165, to be
set up, 90; — the temple of Vishṇu,
in front of which is the boar with the
inscription of Tôramâṇa, was finished
by Dhanyavishṇu, for him, after his
death . . . . . . 161
Maukhari, a tribe, clan, or dynasty (see
also Mukhara), 14, 15, 206, 221, 223; —
the Maukharis were defeated by Damô-
daragupta, 206; — they had previously
defeated the Hûṇas, 206; — an instance
of the great antiquity of this tribe, 14;
— intermarriage of the Maukharis with
the Guptas of Magadha, 14, 187; — and
with the Thâkurî rulers of Nêpâl . 187
Mayûrâkshaka, a minister of Viśvavar-
man . . . . . . 78
Mêharaulî, or Mêmharaulî, a village in
the Dehli District; its name is a cor-
ruption of Mihirapurî, 12, 139 and n.;
— the posthumous pillar inscription of
Chandra . . . . . 139
Mêru (see also Sumêru), a mountain
which is supposed to form the central
point of the Hindu world . . 77, 163
Mêsha-Saṁkrânti (see also abdapa), 'the
entrance of the Sun into the sign
Aries;' this is the starting-point of
the year adopted by Prof. K. L.
Chhatre for his processes, 145 n.; —
and it is the commencement of the
Śaka year, taken as a solar year for
astronomical calculation, 101 n.; — the
figures for the abdapa, obtained by
Prof. K. L. Chhatre's Tables, are for
the apparent, not mean, Mêsha-Saṁ-
krânti, 145, 147; — so also those for