INDEXLodis (dynasty) 167–8, 185
Lok Dal (Party) 307, 310
Lok Sabha (House of Commons) 299,
301–2, 305, 307, 309, 316, 320
Lokanath (god) 149
Longowal, Sant Harchand 310
Lothal (prehistoric site) 3, 18–19, 24–7, 29,
31
Louis XIV (king of France) 205
Lucknow 216; siege of 238
Lytton, Lord (viceroy) 239, 260
Macaulay, Lord 234–5, 240, 242
Madhav Rao (peshwa) 216–17
Madhuban 121
Madhya Pradesh 83, 95, 112, 127
Madras (now called Chennai) 9, 13, 74,
101
freedom movement and 258, 264, 277
in republic 301, 313
under British 205;
Presidency 245–6, 275, 301
Madurai 9
in early middle ages 94, 98, 106, 136
in late middle ages 160, 165–6, 176, 178
Magadha 5, 7–8, 10–11, 119, 121; in ancient
empires 50, 53–60, 64, 67, 69, 81
Magadhi language 78
Magas of Cyrene (Greek ruler) 64
magic 42–3, 46, 52, 112
Mahabalipuram, sculptures and temples at
113–14
Mahabharata (text) 92, 133, 138, 142, 172;
Aryan settlement and 43–5
Mahadeva (god) 129, 138, 140
Mahadaji Scindia (raja of Gwalior) 219–20,
222
mahajanapadas (tribal kingdoms) 43, 49
Mahakshatrapas (provincial governors) 73
Mahalanobis, Professor 298
Mahamalla see Narasimhavarman I
mahamatras (officials) 65, 96
Mahanadi (river) 124–6, 172, 175
Mahanta, Prafulla 310
Mahapadma (king of Magadha) 56–7
Maharashtra 261, 301
mahasamantas 121–4, 126
Mahasanghika Buddhism 53
Mahatmyas (texts) 134–6, 138, 142
Mahavihara monastery 150
Mahavira (founder of Jainism) 52
Mahayana Buddhism 53, 76, 112–14, 132,
141, 147, 149–50
Mahendra (king of Dakshina Koshala) 82
Mahendra (king of Pishtapura) 82
Mahendragiri (mountain) 125
Mahendrapala (king of Gurjara Pratiharas)
108
Mahendravarman (king of Pallavas) 105,
114, 132
Mahinda (son of Ashoka) 64
Mahipala (king of Palas) 124, 127
Mahisha (demon) 88
Mahmud Gawan (general) 171
Mahmud of Ghazni (Muslim conqueror)
109, 153–6, 156
Mahmud Shah (Bahmani sultan) 171
Majumdar, R.C. 143
Maka (king of Cyrene) 64
Malabar coast 100–2, 118, 208, 246
Malacca 116, 151, 199
Malavas (people) 58
Malaya 109, 115, 117, 151
Malayalam language 246, 301
Maldive island 115, 116, 330–1
Maldives 330, 331
Malik Kafur (general) 160, 165
Malikarjuna (king of Vijayanagar) 178
Malindi 199
Malkhed 106, 170
Malloi (people) 58
Malthus, Thomas 236
Malwa 76, 78, 90, 167, 170, 172
Malwa Plateau 4, 9
Malwan 18
Malwas (people) 83
managing agencies 233, 243
Mandal Commission 312
Mandala 34, 108, 126, 175
Mandu 159
Mangalore, peace treaty of 220
Manigramam guild 118
Manikkavasagar (saint) 132, 134
Mansehra 66
Mansura 153
Mantra (text) 33–4
Manu, Code of 81, 164
Manyakheta 9, 170
Mao Tse Tung 321
Marathas (people) 130
in Mughal empire 193–6, 210, 215, 218–23
under British 233, 247
Marathi language 15, 142, 172, 247, 258
Markandeya Purana (text) 88
‘martial races’ 249–50
Martin, François 206
Marwaris (people) 270
Marx, Karl 252
Matharas (dynasty) 124, 126
Mathava (prince) 48
Mathura 44
in ancient empires 49, 68, 72, 74–7, 81
in early middle ages 136, 140
in late middle ages 154
Maues (king of Shakas) 72
Maukharis (dynasty) 121