[496] Ritter, "Geographie," 4, 2, 519-542. Lassen, "Ind. Alterth." 1. 377. These are, no doubt, the Padæans and Calatians of Herodotus (3, 98, ff.). Lassen explains this name by padya, bad, and kala, black.
[497] Strabo, p. 72, 690.
[498] Arrian, "Ind." 8; Plin. "Hist. Nat." 6, 24.
[499] Burnouf, "Introduction," p. 351, 372. Köppen, "Religion des Buddha," s. 117. On the forms of the Sanskrit in which the old sutras were written, Burnouf, loc. cit. p. 106 ff. Lassen, loc. cit. 22, 493.
[500] Burnouf, loc. cit. p. 217, 232. Lassen, loc. cit. 2, 79, 80. Köppen, loc. cit. s. 143.
[501] Lassen, loc. cit. 22, 93. Köppen, loc. cit. s. 149.
[502] Lassen, loc. cit. 22, 90.
[503] According to the Mahavança, Kalaçoka is succeeded by his ten sons, who are followed by the nine Nandas. But as the commentary only allows twelve rulers between Kalaçoka and Açoka it will suffice to mention the eldest son, and the two last in the list of the brothers, whose names are given by the scholia of the Mahavança, as these correspond to Nandivardhana and Mahanandi among the Brahmans. "Vishnu-Purana," ed. Wilson, p. 466; cf. Von Gutschmid, "Beiträge," s. 71, 77 ff.
[504] Lassen, "Ind, Alterth." 22, 97. Von Gutschmid, loc. cit.
[505] Diod. 17, 93. Plut. "Alex." 62. Curt. 9, 2.