Amir Khan, Nawab, 66 n., 130. 
Ammonites, 121. 
Angels, Muhammadan beliefs about, 40. 
Angora, battle of, 531 n. 
Anupshahr, 605. 
Anurshirvan (Naushirvan), 135 n.
Apis dorsata, bee, 4 n. 
Arboriculture, 451 n. 
Archaeological Survey, 520 n. 
Architecture in India, 456. 
Aristotle, 341,524. 
Arjumand Bano Begam, 315 n., 325. 
Armenian tombs, 335 n. 
Arms, license to carry, 246 n. 
Army, value of native Indian, 632. 
Arrian quoted, 285. 
Arsenic, poisoning by, 86 n. 
Art in India, 379. 
Asaf Khan (1), Akbar’s general, 191 n.; (2) brother of Nur Jahan,
328, 329, 332, 334. 
Asaf-ud-daula, of Oudh, 641. 
Ascetics, 592 n. 
Asirgarh, 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.