The History and Culture of the Indian People: The age of imperial unity

According Ajātaśatru Alexander ancient Andhra Arthaśāstra Aśoka Avanti Bactria Bhāsa Bimbisāra Brāhmaṇa Brahmanical Buddha Buddhist Calcutta called canon capital Ceylon chaitya Chandragupta Chinese coins death Dharma District drama dynasty early emperor empire epic epigraphic Eucratides evidence fourth century Gandhāra Greek Gupta Hindu India inscription Jain Jātaka Kabul Kadphises Kālidāsa Kalinga Kanishka Kautilya king kingdom known Kosala Kshatrapa Kshatriya Kushāņa large number later legends Lichchhavis literature Magadha Mahā Mahābhārata Mahākshatrapa Mahārāja Mahāvīra Mālavas Manu Mathura Maurya Megasthenes mentioned monks Nāga Nanda origin Pāli Pāṇini Parthian period Prakrit prince probably Punjab Purāņas Pushyamitra Rāmāyaṇa refers regarded region reign religion religious royal ruled rulers Śaka Sakas Sanskrit Sātavāhana satrap scholars Scythian second century A.D. sects seems Sindhu Śiva Smritis story stūpa successors Śūdra Sunga Sūtra Sutta Tamil Taxila texts third century A.D. tion tradition Vasudeva Vedic Vikramaditya Vishnu western writers Yaudheyas Yavana Yueh-chi