Kabul, mission of Burnes to, 417 n. 
Kailas temple, 8 n.
Kalas custom, 179.
Kali age, 522 n. 
Kali, goddess, 141 n.
Kalpa Briksha tree, 74. 
Kam Baksh, Prince, 274 n. 
Kanauj, ancient city, 454. 
Kandeli, Thug village, xxii. 
Karauli State, 293. 
Karbala, battle of, 483 n. 
Kartikeya, god, 259 n. 
Kasim, Mir (Kasim Ali Khan), 596-9. 
Katra Pass, 127, 445 n.
Kaukabas, 136. 
Kedarnath temple, 592 n. 
Kerahi (Kerai) Pass, 445 n. 
Khajuraho, temples at, 193 n. 
Khalifate, the, 483 n. 
Khan Azam, 333.
Kharita defined, 134 n.
Kharwa cloth, 228 n. 
Khusru, (1) Parviz, King of Persia, 135; (2) Prince, son of Jahangir,
333; (3) poet, tomb of, 507. 
Khwaja Ghias-ud-din, 326. 
Kohinur diamond, 288-91, 513 n. 
Koil, battle of, 566 n. 
Konkan (Concan), 225. 
Koran, origin of, 481. 
Kosi, 424.
Kotwal defined, 154 n. 
Krishna, legends of. 11, 371-5. 
Kumara, god, 259 n. 
Kunbi caste, 381 n. 
Kurmi caste, 130. 
Kutb Minar, 492-7, 504; mosque, 497. 
Kutb-ud-din, (1) Khan, 330; (2) Sultan, 494n.; (3) Khwaja, saint of
Ush, 494 n., 500 n.

Lachhman, brother of Rama, 382. 
Lachhmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi, 193 n., 220 n. 
Lahar fort, 270 n. 
Lake, Lord, 359, 377, 380, 421, 561, 643. 
Lakes, artificial, 63, 178. 
Land-revenue, 61 n., 63 n., 68 n. 
Laswari, battle of, 116, 566 n. 
Laterite, 92.
Lathyrus, poisonous species of, 104. 
Leprosy, 215 n. 
Le Vaisseau, Monsieur, 603-10. 
Linseed, 195. 
Liverpool, Earl of, 580. 
Lodhi caste, 130 n. 
Looting shops, custom of, 294. 
Lotus, 109 n. 
Lowis, Captain, xxxiii. 
Lucknow, author Resident at, xxv; an ancient city, 457 n. 
Ludiana, 3, 290.

Macaulay, 341 n., 547 n. 
Madras system of land settlement, 576.
Mahabharata, 5, 10, 103 n., 522. 
Mahadaji (Madhoji) Sindhia, 271, 563. 
Mahadeo (Siva), god, 7, 8, 9, 45 n., 103 n., 141 n.; oracle of, 484;
sandstones, 102.
Mahi Maratib, 135, 137 n. 
Maharajpur, battle of, xxv, 271 n. 
Mahmud of Ghazni, 454. 
Mahoba, town, 189, 193 n. 
Maihar, Raja of, 127, 593. 
Maille, Claudius, 560. 
Makwanpur, fort, 598. 
Malcolm, Sir John, 229.
Malguzari tenure, 144. 
Malwa, province, 149, 238, 239 n., 451. 
Mandesar, Thug burying-place, xxii.
Mansabdars, 283 n. 
Man Singh, (1) Raja of Gwalior, 276 n.; (2) Raja of Jaipur (Amber),
333. 
Mansur Ali Khan, tomb of, 506, 544 n. 
Manucci, on Akbar, 325 n., 354 n. 
Manuscript works of author, xxxvii. 
Marathas, 294; defeated, 421 n., 566 n. 
Marble Rocks, 1; quarries, 318. 
Marriage, of trees, 32, 122, 143; of Hindoos, 37-40. 
Maryam-uz-Zamani, queen of Akbar, 348 n. 
Mashhad (Meshed), 288. 
Material progress of India. 414 n.