Abstract. Let R = k[|t a , t b , t c |] be a complete intersection numerical semigroup ring over an infinite field k, where a, b, c ∈ N. The generalized Loewy length, which is Auslander's index in this case, is computed in terms of the minimal generators of the semigroup: a, b and c. Examples provided show that the left hand side of Ding's inequality mult(R) − index(R) − codim(R) + 1 ≥ 0 can be made arbitrarily large for rings R with edim(R) = 3 . The index of a complete intersection numerical semigroup ring with embedding dimension greater than three is also computed.