Common names are printed in Italics. Many proper names which in the usual orthography begin with C, will be found under K.

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] The Introduction and Commentary embody the main substance of Müller’s Prolegomena and Notes to the Periplûs, and of Vincent’s Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients so far as it relates specially to that work. The most recent authorities accessible have, however, been also consulted, and the result of their inquiries noted. I may mention particularly Bishop Caldwell’s Dravidian Grammar, to which I am indebted for the identification of places on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts.

[2] The enumeration is Vincent’s, altered and abridged.

[3] The numerals indicate the sections of the Periplûs in which the articles are mentioned.

[4] Bhagvânlâl Indraji Pâṇḍit points out that the colour is called alaktaka, Prakrit alito: it is used by women for dying the nails and feet,—also as a dye. The gulalî or pill-like balls used by women are made with arrowroot coloured with alito, and cotton dipped in it is sold in the bazars under the name of pothi, and used for the same purposes. He has also contributed many of the Sanskṛit names, and some notes.

[5] Sans. Guggula, Guj. Gûgal, used as a tonic and for skin and urinary diseases.—B. I. P.

[6] Mahuwâ oil (Guj. doliuṅ, Sans. madhuka) is much exported from Bharoch.—B. I. P.