Sultans of Delhi, 488 n. 
Sumroo, see Samru. 
Sunni sect, 48 n. 
Supreme (Superior) Court, 555 n. 
Suraj Mall, Raja, 364 n., 378, 567. 
Survey myths, 201. 
Suttee, 18-31, 47, 109. 
Swallows, 353. 
Sweepers, 45, 49.

Taboos, 134 n. 
Taj, the, 312-21. 
Tamarind tree, 566. 
Tamerlane, see Timur. 
Tanda, town, 330. 
Tansen, singer, 561, 562 n. 
Tarmasharin, Moghal, 490, 507, 529, 535.
Tasmabaz Thugs, 91. 
Tavernier, traveller, 316, 320 n. 
Taylor, Col.  Meadows, Confessions of a Thug, 89 n., 653. 
Taxation, indirect, 427; in England and India, 485. 
Tehri, town, 132, 143. 
Teignmouth, Lord, 473 n. 
Telescope, 543.
Thagi, see Thuggee and Thugs.
Thanadars, 547. 
Thessalonica, massacre of, 402. 
Thevenot, de, quoted, 335; described Thuggee, 652. 
Thomas, George, adventurer, 603-8. 
Thuggee, 77-91,650-3. 
Thugs, venerate Nizamuddin, 491 n.; on the Begam’s boundary, 545;
method of suppressing, 556 n.; disguised as ascetics, 592 n. 
Tieffenthaler, Father, 336 n. 
Tiger myths, 124-9. 
Timur, sack of Delhi by, 497 n.; history of, 527-34. 
Tonk, Nawab of, 66 n. 
Tours, battle of, 513. 
Trade, free, 160; Indian, 409 n. 
Trap, Deccan, 97 n., 269 n. 
Trees, marriage of, 32, 122, 143; sacred, 386 n. 
Tughlak Shah, 486. 
Tughlakabad, 486, 489. 
Tulasi Das, poet, 123 n.
Tulsi (tulasi) plant, 121. 
Tus, or Mashhad, q.v., 341 n.

Uchahara State, 33, 148 n. 
Uj (Og), legend of, 374. 
Ujjain (Ujain), 146 n. 
Ulwar (Alwar) State, xxxii. 
‘Uncovenanted’ service, 426. 
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, 434 n. 
United States, war with, 628 n. 
Universities, Indian, 256 n.
Urs, defined, 568 n. 
Ush in Persia, 494 n., 500 n. 
Usman, see Osman.

Vaccination, 171 n. 
Vagrancy laws, 370. 
Vaikuntha, heaven of Vishnu, 8. 
Vegetius quoted, 626 n., &c.  Veni-danam, offering of hair, 56 n. 
Veracity, 383-411. 
Village communities, 394. 
Villages, 60. 
Vindhya mountains, 62. 
Vindhyan sandstones, 62 n. 
Vishnu, god, 2, 7 n., 9, 141 n., 376 n., 588, 591.

Warora coalfield, 231 n. 
Washermen, 45. 
Water offerings, 141, 693. 
Water-nut, or -chestnut, 76. 
Watts, Governor, 581 n. 
Wazir Ali of Oudh, 473. 
Weaver-bird, 173 n. 
Wellesley, Marquis, 473 n. 
Wells, 363, 435-41; songs sung at, 561 n. 
Western Provinces, defined, 574 n. 
Wheat, blight on, 195. 
Widow-burning, see Suttee. 
Widows, sold by auction, xxii; remarriage of, 26. 
Wife, a duty of, 132 n. 
Wilkinson, (1) Mr. L., and (2) Major, 89 n. 
Wilton, Mr. John, 341 n. 
Window-tax, 485. 
Witchcraft, 68-73. 
Wolf-children, xxxv. 
Women, dress of, 18; offering of hair by, 56 n.; form of tomb of
Muhammadan, 510 n.; secret murders of, 561 n.