69-88. For details, see Table of
Contents.

Abu, Mount, in Rájputána, sacred to the
Jains, 156.

Adil Shahí, Muhammadan dynasty in
Southern India (1490-1636), 232.
Administration of India (British), 328-
369. For details, see Table of Con-

tents.

Afghánistán, History of, under the
Duránís (1747 1826), 308; early
British dealings with, 308, 309;
dynastic quarrels, 308; installation of
Shah Shujá and occupation of Kábul
by a British force, 309; rising of the
Afghán people, murder of the British
Envoy and Political Envoy, and
massacre of the British army on its
retreat to India, 309, 310; the army
of retribution, 310; Lord Ellen-
borough's proclamation, 310; second
Afghan war (1878-81), 326, 327; mur-
der of Sir L. Cavagnari, the British
Resident, 327; occupation of Kábul,
327; Sir F. Roberts' march from
Kábul to Kandahár, and defeat of
Ayub Khán, 327.

Agra, East India Company's Agency at
(in 1620), 276.
Agra Canal, 422.

Agricultural stock, 411-413, 414.
Agriculture and products, 380-431. For
details, see Table of Contents.
Ahams, tribe in Assam, formerly the
ruling race in the Province, 175.
Ahmednagar, Muhammadan kingdom of
Southern India (1490-1636), 232.
Akás, an aboriginal hill tribe in Assam,
73.
Akbar the Great, founder of the Mughal

Empire (1556-60 A.D.), 235-242;
chief events of his reign, 239; con-
ciliatory policy towards the Hindus,
236; reduction of Rájput chiefs, and

extension and consolidation of the
Empire, 237-239; his religious faith,
239; army, judicial, and police reforms,
239, 240; his revenue survey of India,
240, 241; revenues of his kingdom,

241, 242.

Alá-ud-din, the second king of the Khiljí

dynasty (1295-1315 A.D.), 225, 227;
his invasion and conquest of Southern
India, 225, 226; massacre of Mughal
settlers, 226.
Albuquerque, second Viceroy of Portu-
guese India (1509), 267; capture of
Goa, and death there, 267, 268.
Alexander the Great, his expedition to
India, and campaigns in the Punjab
and Sind (327-325 B.C.), 158-161.
Alí Vardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal
(1740-56), 284.

Aligarh, Battle of, 300.
Alíwál, Battle of, 312.

Almeida, Francisco de, first Viceroy of
Portuguese India, 267.

Altamsh, the third monarch of the Slave
dynasty (1211-1236 A.D.): invasion by
Mughals, 223.

Ambála darbár, The, 325.
Amboyna, Massacre of, 276.

first

Amherst, Lord, Governor-General of
India (1823-28), 304-306;
Burmese war (1824-26), 305; capture
of Bhartpur, 306.

Andaman islanders, The, 70, 71.
Antimony, 493.

Arab expeditions to Bombay and Sind
(636-828 A.D.), 213.

Architecture, Ancient Indian, 120, 121.
Arcot, Capture and defence of, by Clive
(1751), 282.

Argaum, Battle of, 300.

Armagaon, East India Company's factory
established at (in 1625-26), 276.
Army of India, its constitution, 361;
the armies of the three Presidencies,
361, 362; strength, 362; health and
vital statistics, 535-541.

For

For

Arts and manufactures, 469-485.
details, see Table of Contents.
Aryan races of India, 89-136.
details, see Table of Contents.
Asoka, Buddhist King of Magadha or
Behar (257 B.C.), his rock edicts,
144-147.

Assaye, Battle of, 264, 300.
Astronomy, Bráhmanical system of, 113-
115.

Aswamedha or Great Horse Sacrifice of

Ancient India, 166.
Atharva-Veda, The, 98.

Auckland, Lord, Governor-General of
India (1836-42), 308, 310; Afghán
affairs and our early dealings with
Kábul, 308, 309; Dost Muhammad
and dynastic wars, 309; installation
of Shah Shujá and occupation of Kábul
by a British force, 309; rising of the
Afghán people and massacre of the
British army in its retreat to India,
309, 310.
Aurangzeb, sixth Mughal Emperor of
India (1658-1707 A.D.), 248-254; chief
events of his reign, 248, 249; murder
of his brothers, 249; conquests in
Southern India, 249, 250; rise of the
Marhattá power, 250; Aurangzeb's
'Grand Army,' and twenty years'
guerilla war with the Marhattás, 250,
251; his despair and death, 251; un-
successful expedition to Assam, 251;
his bigotry and persecution of the
Hindus, 251, 252; revolt of Rájputs,
252; revenues of the Empire, 253;
Aurangzeb's character, 254.

Bábar, first Mughal Emperor of Delhi
(1526-1530 A.D.), early life, defeat and
overthrow of Ibráhím Lodi at Delhi,
234.
Bahmaní,

Muhammadan dynasty in
Southern India (1347-1525 A.D.), 231;
subjugation by the Mughals, 232.
Bájí Ráo, second Marhattá Peshwá
(1720-40), 261; conquest of the
Deccan and Málwá, and capture of
Bassein from the Portuguese, 261.
Bájí Ráo II., seventh and last Marhattá
Peshwá (1795-1818), 264; second and
third Marhattá wars, and annexation
of the Peshwa's territories, 264.
Bálají Bají Ráo, third Marhattá Peshwá
(1740-61), 261; expeditions to Bengal
and to the Punjab, 261, 262; defeat
of, by Ahmad Shah Durání at the
third battle of Pánípat, 262.
Bálají Vishwanath, first Marhattá Peshwá
(1718-20), extorts chauth from the
Delhi sovereign for the Deccan, 261.
Balance of trade (India's), 441, 442.

Balasor, East India Company's factory
started at (in 1642), 277.

Balban, the last king but one of the
Slave dynasty (1265-87), his cruelties
to the Hindus, 224; Rájput revolts
and Mughal inroads, 224, 225; his
fifteen royal pensioners, 225.
Bari Doab Canal, 421.

Barid Sháhí, Muhammadan dynasty of
Southern India (1492-1657), 232.
Barlow, Sir George, ad interim Governor-
General (1805-1807), 301; mutiny of
Vellore, 301.

Baroda, Marhattá State in Western
India, 263; deposition of the late
Gáekwár for an attempt to poison the
British Resident at his Court, 263.
Bassein, Capture of, from the Portuguese
by the Marhattás, 261; treaty of, at
the conclusion of our second Marhattá
war, 264.

Bears, Different varieties of, 518, 519.
Beast stories and fables, 134-

Bells, Manufacture of, 478.
Bengal, Early English settlements in,
276-279.

Bentinck, Lord William, Governor-
General of India (1828-35), 306,
307; his reforms, 306; abolition of
sati, 306; suppression of thagi, 307;
renewal of Company's charter, 307;
Mysore taken under British admini-
stration, and Coorg annexed, 307.
Bhakta-Mála, the Hindu Acta Sanctorum,
193, 194.

Bhars, The, aboriginal tribe in Oudh,
174.

Bhartpur, Repulse of Lord Lake before,
300; capture of, by Lord Combermere,
306.

Bhils, aboriginal tribe of Khandesh and
Rájputána, 87, 88.

Bhonslá, family name of the Marhattá
State of Nagpur, lapsed to the British
for want of heirs in 1853, 263, 316.
Bhutan war (1864-65), 324.
Bidar, Muhammadan

of

kingdom
Southern India (1492-1657 A.D.), 232.
Bijápur, Muhammadan kingdom of
Southern India (1489-1688 A.D.), 232.
'Black Hole,' The tragedy of the,
284.

Bolán, mountain pass into Afghán-
istán, 29.

Bombay ceded to the East India Com-
pany (1661 A.D.), 277, 278.
Bor-Ghát, mountain pass in the Western
Gháts, 55.

Bore, The, or tidal wave in the Húgli
and Meghna, 49, 50.
Botany of India, 526-528.
Boundaries of India, 25, 26.

Brahma, the Creator, the first person in
the Hindu triad, 108.
Brahmanas, The, sacred Sanskrit writings
explanatory of the sacrifices and duties
of the priests, etc., 99.
Brahmans, the priestly caste of Ancient
India, 101; struggle between the
priestly and warrior castes, and ulti-
mate supremacy of the Bráhmans, 102,
104; the four stages of a Brahman's
life, 105, 106; Brahman theology, the
post-Vedic gods, 107, 108; the six
darsanas or Bráhman schools of philo-
sophy, 109, 110; Sanskrit grammar
and speech, 110, III; manuscript
and dictionaries, 111-113; Brahman
astronomy, 113-115; mathematics,
115-118; war, 118, 119; music, 120;
architecture, 120, 121; painting, 121;
law, 121-125; secular literature, the
Epics, 125-131; poetry and the drama,
131-133; novels, beast stories and
fables, 133, 134; the Puránas, 135;
attacks on Bráhmanism from the 6th
century B.C. to the 19th century A.D.,
135, 136; the Brahman caste analyzed,
179, 180.

Brahmaputra, one of the great rivers of
India, 34-36; its course and confluents,
34, 35; silt islands, 35, 36; changes
in course, 36; traffic, 36.
Brass and copper work, 477, 478.
Breweries, 485.

British administration of India, 328-
369. For details, see Table of Con-

Burnes, Sir Alexander, Assassination of,
in Kabul (1841), 309.

Cabral's expedition to India (1500 A.D.),
267.

Calcutta founded (1686), 277; capture
the
of, by Siráj-ud-Daulá -
'Black
Hole,' 284; recapture by Clive, 284.
Camels, 411.

Campbell, Sir Colin (Lord Clyde), Re-
lief of Lucknow by, 321; campaign in
Oudh, 322.

Canning, Earl, Governor-General of
India (1856-62), 317; the Mutiny of
1857-58, 318-322; downfall of the Com-
pany, 322, 323; India transferred to
the Crown, and the Queen's proclama-

Caste system, The, its religious and
social aspects, 178-186.

Catholic Missions, 372-376; origin of
Christianity in India-St. Thomas,
372; Nestorianism, 372; first Catholic
mission (1500 A.D.), 372; Xavier and
the Jesuits, 372, 373; Syrian rite, 373;
Nestorian remnants, 373; early Jesuit
priests, their literary work, 373, 374;
Jesuits suppressed (1759-73), 374;
re-establishment (1814), 374; organ-
ization of Roman Catholic missions,
375; Archbishopric of Goa, 375; dis-
tribution of Roman Catholics, 375;
Verapoly vicariate, 375; Pondicherri
Mission, 376; Catholic colleges, 376;
finances, 376.

Cattle, Breeds of, 411.

Cawnpore, The Mutiny at, 320; massacre
of the garrison, with women and chil-
dren, 320, 321.

Chain armour, Manufacture of, 477.
Chaitanya, Hindu religious reformer
(1485-1527 A.D.), his life and teach-
ings, 204-206.

Chait Sinh, Rájá of Benares, Exactions
of Warren Hastings from, 293.
Chandra Gupta, King of Magadha (316
B.C.), 160, 161.

Changes of river-beds and deserted river
capitals, 49.

Character of the non-Aryan tribes, their
fidelity as soldiers, 86, 87.
Charak-puja or hook-swinging festival,
198, 199.

Chera, ancient Hindu dynasty in Southern
India, 214, 230, 231.
Cherra-Punjí, Rainfall at, 29, 30.
Chilianwala, Battle of, 313.

Chola, ancient Hindu dynasty in Southern
India, 214, 230, 231.

Christianity in India, 370-379. For
details, see Table of Contents.
Chronological table of Muhammadan
conquerors and dynasties (1001-1857
A.D.), 216.

Cinchona cultivation, 402, 403; intro-
duction of the plant, 402; the planta-
tions in Southern India and Dárjíling,
402, 403; statistics of out-turn and
financial results, 403.

:

Clive struggle with Dupleix in the Kar-
natic, 281; defence of Arcot, 282;
recapture of Calcutta, 284; battle
of Plassey. 285; Clive's jágír, 286;