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Maha Rahula Sutta, preached, 827

Mahinda, son of Asoka, 320

Malwa, Hindu kingdom, 126

Man, as protector and head of the family, 7

Mara, an evil spirit, 289

Maruts, storm gods, legend of, 72

Matriarchy, no trace of, in India, 7

Matter, in Hindu philosophy, 267

Meat, eating of, 8, 60

Metre, science of, 192

Mitra, an Aditya, 69

Moggali, father of Tissa, 319

Moggallana, convert to Buddhism, 292

Monastery, Indian, at Mihintale, 320

Money, in the Rig-Veda, 19-20

Morning hymn to the sun, 70

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Nachiketas, story of, 181-183

Nakula, one of the Pandava princes, 102

Narada, 132

Nearchos, a Greek historian, 216

Nomadic life among the Aryans, 8

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Occult power, gained by Yoga, 260

Ocean, churning of, 25

Order of Buddhist nuns founded, 296

Orissa, Hinduized, 203

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Paisacha marriage, 239

Palace, description of, in the sutras, 208

Pauchala kingdom, the, in 1400 B. c., 99