rgarh, 163 n.
Asoka, monolith pillars of, 493 n.
Assaye, battle of, 600.
Assassins, sect of, 491 n.
Attar of roses, 216.
Auchmuty, Sir Samuel, 619 n.
Auckland, Lord, 291 n., 347 n., 563 n., 571.
Aurangzeb, emperor, 273-6, 314, 335, 513.
Austin de Bordeaux, 319, 516.
_Avatar_, 10, 45.
Avicenna, 339, 524.
Ayesha, story of, 198.
Azam, Prince, 274 n.
Azim-ash-Shan, Prince, 275 n.
Aziz Koka, 504 n.

Babur, 527.
Babylon, history of, 452.
Badarpur, in Old Delhi, 486 n., 487 n.
Bagree dacoits, xxxiii.
Bahadur Shah (I), 275 n.; (II), 309 n., 501 n.
Bahmani dynasty, 458 n.
_Baid_, defined, 107 n.
Baijnath shrine, 590.
Bairagis, 300, 370, 591, 592 n.
Baird, Sir David, 634, 640 n.
Baitanti river, 209.
Baiza Bai, 303,466.
Bajazet (Bayazid), Greek emperor, 531.
Baji Rao, I and II, Peshwas, 381 n.
Bajpai family, xxxii.
Bajranggarh, Raja of, 293.
_Bakshi_, or paymaster, 211.
Bala Bai, 563.
Balban, Sultan, 420 n., 488 n., 502.
Baldeo (Baladeva), (1) brother of Krishna, 379; (2) Singh, defender
of Bharatpur, 360.
Bali Raja, a demon, 2, 33.
Ballabhgarh, 475.
Ballot Act, 399 n.
Bamboos, 311.
Bamhauri, in Orchha State, 124, 172.
_Bana-linga_, 122 n., 141 n.
Banda, town, 78.
_Baniya_, defined, 295 n.
Banjara tribe, 100.
Bankers, Indian private, 409 n.
Banks, Presidency, 424 n.
Banyan tree, 385, 566 n.
_Baoli_, defined, 442, 446.
Barber, as match-maker, 16.
Barlow, Sir George, 271 n.
Barnes, Sir B., C.-in-C-., 618 n., 619 n.
Baroda, Gaikwar of, 286.
Barrackpore, mutiny at, 2.
Barwa Sagar, 207.
Basalt, 96-8, 113, 261, 268.
_Basant_ festival, 501.
Basrah (Bussorah), 199.
Batavia, capture of, 691 n.
Bathing, religions merit of, l.
Bawarias of Muzaffarnagar, 235 n.
Beef, eating of, 194, 203.
Bees, at Marble Rocks, 4.
Begam Sarai at Delhi, 510 n.
Belemnites, fossil, 121.
Benares, city, 25, 103 n.; province, 434 n.
Bengal, permanent settlement of, 64 n.; Islam in, 424 n.;
territories, defined, 553 n.; river thuggee in, 652.
Bentinck, Lord William, 109, 321 n., 341 n., 445, 547, 548, 571, 614,
618, 619 n., 632 n.
Berar, kingdom, 156 n., 458 n.
Bernier, (1) Francois, on suttee, 26 n., 47 n.; historical work of,
273 n.; (2) Major, 606.
Betel leaf, 216 n.
Betiya (Bettia), Christian colony at. 11, 13 n.
_Bhagavata Purana_, 10 n.
_Bhagvan_ = Vishnu = God, 2.
Bharat, brother of Rama, 374, 382.
Bharatpur (Bhurtpore), sieges of, 116, 355, 359-62, 377, 562 n.
Bheraghat (-garh), 1, 6, 18, 54.
Bhil tribes, 295.
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