Chiefs’ colleges, 256 n. 
China, land tenure in, 423; Timur’s designs on, 533. 
Chingiz Khan, 535.
Chital, spotted deer, 244 n. 
Chitor, towers at, 493 n. 
Chitragupta, secretary to Yamaraja, 9. 
Chitrakot, 95. 
Cholera, beliefs about, 163, 232. 
Christians, 11-13, 335, 424. 
Chuhari, Christian colony at, 13 n.
Cicer arietinum, gram, 150 n. 
Cis-Sutlaj States, 476 n. 
Cities, growth of, 455. 
Civil Service of India, 426 n., 649. 
Clerk, Sir George, 90 n. 
Coal, 230, 231 n. 
Codes, 65 n., 66 n. 
Coins, of Nurjahan, 333 n.; of Sikhs, 477 n.; largesse, 479 n. 
Colebrooke, Sir B., 461. 
Combermere, Lord, 355 n., 359, 618. 
Concan, see Konkan. 
Conquered Provinces, 434 n. 
Corn laws, 574. 
Cornwallis, Lord, second administration of, 460 n. 
Corporal punishment, see Flogging. 
Corruption, official, 403. 
Cotton, soil, black, 94 n., 149 n., 258 n.; -tree, 385. 
‘Covenanted’ service, 426 n. 
Cow, veneration of, 163, 202. 
Criminal tribes, 234 n., 557 n.; law, 305 n. 
Crooke, Mr. William, xix; on veneration of the cow, 163 n. 
Cubbon, Sir Mark, 90 n. 
Customs, inland, 347 n.; hedge, 426 n.

Dacoits, Sleeman’s books on, xxxiii, xxxv, 89.
Daityas, bad spirits, 10. 
Dalhousie, Lord, xxv; annexation policy of, 187 n. 
Damoh, town, 76. 
Daniyal, Prince, 334. 
Dara Shikoh, Prince, 272-4, 511-13 n. 
Darbhanga, 51.
Dargah, defined, 568 n. 
Dasahara ceremonies, 175 n., 241 n., 293, 296. 
Dasan river, 108. 
Dasaratha, Raja, 382. 
Datiya, Raja of, 193, 221, 226.
Datura, poisoning, 82-6. 
Daulatabad, 490. 
Daulat Rao Sindhia, 563. 
Davis, Mr., gallant defence by, 474 n. 
Dawar Baksh, Prince, 334. 
De Boigne, see Boigne, General de. 
Deccan, geology of, 97 n., 114 n,; kingdoms of, 285; early history
of, 457. 
Deeg, see Dig. 
Delhi, territories, 420 n., 448, 459 n.; province, 459 n.; defended
by Burn, 421; old city of, 486-503; Sultans of, 488 n.; new city of,
504-30; Jami Masjid at, 514; Moti Masjid at, 514 n.; palace at, 515-
19; peacock throne at, 517; books about, 519 n.; taken by Timur, 529. 
Denudation, sub-aerial, 138 n. 
Deori, town, 124, 129. 
De Thevenot, see Thevenot, de.
Devas, good spirits, 10. 
Devi, goddess, 7, 593. 
Devil, Muhammadan myth of, 537. 
Devils, 223 n. 
Dhamoni, 110. 
Dhandela Rajputs, 187.
Dhanuk jag festival, 173.
Dharmsala, defined, 568 n.
Dhau (Lythrum fructuosum) tree, 237. 
Dhimar caste, 76. 
Dholpur State, 272, 302-10. 
Diamonds, great, 290. 
Dig (Deeg), garden at, 364; battle at, 421, 566 n.
Dinai, slow poison, 142. 
Dinapore, 341. 
Discipline, military, xxxiii, 615-40. 
Diseases, Hindoo notions about, 168. 
Districts, civil, size of, 646 n.