SCYTHIC INROADS INTO INDIA (126? B.C. TO 544 A.D.).

Early Scythic Migrations towards India; Tue-Chi Settlements, 174, 175

Pre-Buddhistic Scythic Influences; the Horse Sacrifice,

Was Buddha a Scythian? Tibetan Traditions,
Scythic Buddhism and Settlements in India,.

175, 176

. 176-178

. 178, 179

Scythian Elements in India; the Játs and Rájputs (?),

Indian Struggle against the Scythians, .

. 180-182

Indo-Scythic Settlements; Sen, Gupta, and Valabhi Dynasties, 181, 182

Pre-Aryan Kingdoms in Northern India,

Ghakkars, Bhars, Bhils, Kochs, Ahams, Gonds, etc.,
Scythic and Nágá Influences on Hinduism,

. 183, 184

Caste founded on 'Race,' 'Occupation,' and 'Locality,'

The Brahman Caste analysed,

Caste a System of Trade-Guilds; an Indian Strike,

Practical Working of Caste; no Poor Law; Rewards and

Punishments,

Religious Basis of Hinduism,

Buddhist Influences; Beast Hospitals; Monasteries,

A Japanese Temple and a Christian Church,

. 196, 197

197

197, 198

Shrines common to Different Faiths,

Serpent-Worship; Nágá Rites; Phallic Emblems,

Fetish-Worship in Hinduism; the Sálagrám,

Bráhman Founders of Hinduism; Low-Caste Apostles,

The Acta Sanctorum of Hinduism, the Bhakta-Málá,

Kumárila Bhatta; Sankara Acharya,

Growth of Siva-Worship; its Twofold Aspects,

Human Offerings; the Charak Pujá,

The Thirteen Sivaite Sects; their Gradations,

Siva and Vishnu compared, .

Friendly Vishnu; the Vishnu Purána, .

Bráhmanical and Popular Vishnuism,

Vishnuite Founders; Rámánuja, Rámánand,

Kabir; Chaitanya; Vallabha-Swámi,

Krishna-Worship; the Chief Vishnuite Sects,

The Brahmanical and Buddhist Origin of Jagannath,

Christian Calumnies against Jagannath,

Modern Fate of the Hindu Triad,

CHAPTER IX.

CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA (CIRCA 100 TO 1881 A.D.).

St. Thomas the Apostle, Thomas the Manichæan, Thomas the

The Nestorian Church in Asia; its Wide Diffusion,

235, 236

Madras,

Extinction of the Nestorian Church,

'Thomas Christians' of Persia and of India,

Mixed Worship at the alleged Shrine of St. Thomas near

Troubles of the Ancient Indian Church,

First Portuguese Missionaries, 1500 A.D.; the Syrian Rite,

Xavier and the Jesuits; Work done by,

244, 245

246, 250, 253

237

238

240

241, 242, 243

243-245

The Jesuit Malabar Mission in the 17th and 18th Centuries,. 251, 252
The Portuguese Inquisition at Goa,

.

253, 254

• 255, 256

The Jesuits suppressed (1759-1773); re-established (1814), . 254, 255

Organization of Roman Catholic Missions,

Distribution of Roman Catholics in India,

First Protestant Missionaries, 1705; Danish Lutherans,

Schwartz; Kiernander; the Serampur Missionaries,

Bishopric of Calcutta ; Indian Sees,

Statistics of Protestant Missions, and their Progress,

General Statistics of Christian Population in India,

The Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment,

CHAPTER X.

257, 259

259, 260

260

261

261

261, 263, 265

EARLY MUHAMMADAN RULERS (711 TO 1526 A.D.).

264

. 266, 267

Early Arab Expeditions to Bombay and Sind,

268

India on the Eve of the Muhammadan Conquest, .

268, 269

Hindu Kingdoms (1000 A.D.),

269

The Muhammadan Conquests only short-lived and temporary,

Table of Muhammadan Dynasties (1001 to 1857 a.d.), .

First Túrki Invasions; Subuktigín (977 A.D.),

Mahmud of Ghazni; his 17 Invasions; Somnáth, .

House of Ghor (1001-1030 A.D.); Muhammad of Ghor's

Invasions,

Hindu Kingdoms; Rájput Dissensions (1184 A.D.),

Muhammadan Conquest of Bengal,

Slave Dynasty (1206–1290 A.D.); Altamsh; the Empress Raziyá,

Mughal Irruptions into Northern India, and Rájput Revolts,.

Balban's Cruelties and his Royal Pensioners; End of Slave

House of Khiljí; Alá-ud-dín's Conquest of Southern India, 280, 282
Mughal Mercenaries for the Suppression of Hindu Revolts, . 282, 283
House of Tughlak (1320-1414 A.D.); Muhammad Tughlak's

His Forced Currency, Revenue Exactions; and Revolts against

Firuz Shah Tughlak's Canals (1351-1388 A.D.),

PAG

2

286, 287, 2

Timur (Tamerlane), 1398 A.D.; Sayyid and Lodi Dynasties, . 285, 2

Hindu Kingdoms of the Deccan; Vijayanagar,

Five Muhammadan States of the Deccan; Báhmani Kings,

Independent Náyaks and Pálegárs of Southern India,

State of India on the Eve of the Mughal Conquest,

CHAPTER XI.

THE MUGHAL EMPIRE (1526 TO 1761 A.D.).

Bábar's Early Life; his Invasion of India; Battle of Pánipat

(1526),.

Humayun; Sher Sháh the Afghán,

Akbar the Great; his Work in India (1560-1605),

His Conciliation of the Hindus; Intermarriages,

Akbar's Hindu Military and Revenue Officers,

Reform of Hindu Customs; Change of Capital to Agra,

Akbar's Subjugation of Khandesh; his Death,

Akbar's Religious Principles; his New Faith,

Akbar's Organization of the Empire; Military and Judicial

Reforms,

Akbar's Financial System; Table of his Revenues,

Revenues of the Mughal Empire (1593-1761),

287, 2

2

288, 2

20

290, 20

.

. 291-29

302

Jahangir, Emperor (1605-1627); the Empress Nur Jahán,

Sir Thomas Roe, Ambassador; Drinking Bouts at Court,

Jahángír's Personal Character; his Justice and Religion,

Shah Jahan, Emperor (1628-1658); his Deccan Conquests, 302-304

Shah Jahan's Architectural Works; Taj Mahal and Moti

Masjid,

The Great Mosque and Imperial Palace at Delhi, .

Conquests in Southern India; Rise of the Maráthás,

Aurangzeb's twenty years' Maráthá War; his Despair and

Death,

Aurangzeb's Oppression of Hindus; Rájput Revolts,

307

307, 308

313

312, 313

314

• 314, 315

315, 316

Six Puppet Successors of Aurangzeb,

Decline and Fall of the Mughal Empire (1707-1858),

Independence of the Deccan, Oudh, and Rájput States,

Invasions of Nadir Sháh the Persian, and Ahmad Shah the

Afghán (1739-1761),

Last Battle of Pánipat (1761) and Fall of the Mughal

Empire,

CHAPTER XII.

THE MARATHA POWER (1634 TO 1818 A.D.).

India won, not from the Mughals, but from the Hindus,

Rise of the Maráthás; Sháhjí Bhonsla (1634),

The Hindu Party in Southern India,

Sivají the Great (1627-1680),

His Guerilla Warfare with the Mughals,

Sambhaji (1680–1689); Sahu (1707), .

Rise of the Peshwás; Balají Viswanáth,

Growth of the Maráthá Confederacy,

Maráthá Raids to Deccan, Bengal, and the Punjab; Chauth, 320, 321

Defeat of the Maráthás at Pánipat (1761),

The Five Great Maráthá Houses; Decline of the Peshwás,

British Wars with the Maráthás (1779-1781, 1803-1804, and
1817-1818),.

321

321-323

323-324

The Dravidian Family of Languages; its Place in Philology, 327, 328

Pre-Aryan Dravidian Civilisation,

Brahmanic Influence on the Dravidians,

Dravidian Languages; Tamil,

Aryan Languages of Northern India; Sanskrit,

VOL. VI.

328

329

330-333

334, 335

b