2 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. {Jannary, 1906, 
the artistic and other evidences, and also from the writings of 
Strabo, Pliny and others, it is clear that there were intimate 
relations between Rome and India for nearly five hundred years, 
i.e., between 29 B.C, and A.D. 450. The art, aS 2 mythology, 
TIoRROBLY science, etc., of India during this period were more or 
less influeuced by the culture of Rome.! The elements in the 
of the Gandhara or Peshwar School have been examined in deta 
and the general aspect of the figure sculptures and neihitectaels 
decorations of that school has been perceived to be’ distinctly 
man. The designs of the sculptures at Amaravati in Southern 
India have also been considered of Roman origin, It has even been 
affirmed that the Kusana copper coins and the Indian coins of the 
signifying a coin, occurs not only in the Indian inscriptions of 
the early Gupta kings, but also in such classical Sanskrit works 
as the A gp gs eg of Kalhana and Daga-Kumara-Carita of 
Dandi, and even in the earliest known Sanskrit lexicon called 
Amarakoga,? ‘compiled by Amarasimha, who was one of the nine 
gems of the court of Vikramaditya at Ujjaini. 
Evidences might be multiplied to illustrate the manifold 
influence cient by Rome on the ancient civilization of India 
Seoing t e Roman influence was once so keenly felt by India, 
it is no oie of surprise that the name Rome should have been 
known to the Hindus in the ancient days. In fact, it occurs in 
several of the very important Sanskrit and Pali work ‘he 
me by which Rome has been designated in ancient Sanskrit and 
suffix ka having been euphoniously added toit. The latest authori- 
tative mention of Romaka is to be found in the Siddhanta- 
Siromoni of the great Hindu astronomer gem i who 
_1 Vincent A. Smith’s article on “Graco-Roman Influence on the Civili- 
zation of India,” in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Part [., 
No. 3, 1889. 
> stattsfa a facet seat | (Amarakosa, Nanirthavarga.) 
* aR HAY saat fer: 
aim Urea waa Z| 
wunaq: fasux aa: 
asy A asqATy | 29 | 
BPMCIRY Fetes: aa 
aat feats raattenata | 
meat PAS eAIe: 
| TS TAR UfSeet ae | as | 
(Siddhinta-Siromani, Golidhyiy ee p : : 
Sastri, Benares, 1866.) yaya; pp. 263, 259, “edited by Bapudeva 
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