iii. 1477, 1749, 1808

Ahīr caste, i. 144, iii. 1446, _see_ ABHĪRA; Ahīrwāra, their country, iii. 1446

Ahmad Shāh Durrāni invades India, iii. 1532

Ahmadābād, ci., founded, i. 126; siege of, ii. 1135

Ahmadnagar, ci., siege of, iii. 1485

Aids, feudal, i. 187

Aitpur. _See_ AHAR

Aja, Ajaipāl, Ajaya, (1) reputed founder of Ajmer, i. 114, ii. 893; (2) of Kanauj, ii. 930; (3) of Chitor, i. 311; Ajaidurg, Ajmer, ii. 996, 1009

Ajīt Singh (1) of Mārwār, ii. 991; marries a Mewār princess, ii. 1010; marries daughters to Farrukhsīyar and Jai Singh, ii. 1021, 1025; his assassination, the ruin of Mārwār, ii. 825, 857, 1028, 1034; (2) of Būndi, iii. 1509; (3) of Kotah, iii. 1531

Ajmer, ci., origin of name, i. 12, iii. 1447; legend of its foundation, ii. 893; its strategical importance, 1041; the Dargāh, 895; Arhāi din ka jhonpra mosque, 897; described by the Author, 896; the fort, 900; headquarters of Akbar, i. 389; lost to Mārwār, ii. 1063, 1074; surrendered to the British, 874; its deified hero, i. 288, ii. 900, iii. 1447

Āk, the tree, _Calotropis gigantea_, ii. 803, 811, 1151

Akbar, (1) Emperor, his birth, i. 372, iii. 1282; succeeds Humāyūn, i. 375; campaign against Māldeo, ii. 957; attacks Chitor, i. 378, 381; erects monument to Jaimall and Patta, 382; Akbar ka dewa, i. 379, iii. 1812; attacks Partāp Singh, i. 389; stories of Rājput ladies, 401; conciliation of Rājputs, 178; his title Jagad Guru, 377; said to have married a Jaisalmer princess, ii. 1133; favours Krishna worship, 608; campaigns in Gujarāt and Gondwāna, iii. 1483, 1484; story of his death, i. 408, iii. 1338, 1486; revived as an ascetic, ii. 608; (2) son of Aurangzeb, his Rājput descent, i. 179; conspires against his father, ii. 997; capture of his daughter, 1009; deserted by the Rājputs, i. 451, ii. 998; escapes to Persia, i. 451, ii. 1000; (3) Akbar Shāh II. of Delhi, i. 485

Akhai Chand, (1) Mārwār minister, ii. 831, 848, 1097; (2) Singh of Jaisalmer, ii. 1228

Akola, t., i. 240, 515

Akshai, akshay dūb, the sacred grass, i. 573

Āl, the dye plant, _Morinda citrifolia_, iii. 1556

Ālam Shāh, Bahādur Shāh, ii. 1013, 1020

Alāu-d-dīn Khilji, attacks Anhilwāra, i. 118; attacks Chitor, i. 307; attacks Jaisalmer, ii. 1211; attacks Bhainsrorgarh, iii. 1698; attacks Gāgraun, i. 312; his titles, i. 312, ii. 809

Alexander the Great, traditions among Johyas, ii. 1134; said to have reached Dandosar, 1167

Alha and Udal, tale of, ii. 716

Alienation of estates, i. 186

'Ālīlghol, irregular infantry, ii. 819, iii. 1422

Aliptigīn, i. 294

Allahwirdi Khān, i. 484, ii. 1023, 1027

Alliances, British, i. 146

Al-Mansūr, Caliph, i. 286

Alor. _See_ AROR

Altamgha, a seal, tax, i. 469

Alu Hāra, iii. 1470, 1682

Alwar State, i. 141, iii. 1360

‛Amal, amal, opium mixed with water, ii. 731, 749, 1071; 'amaldār, an opium-eater, iii. 1475

Amara dūba, sacred grass, used as an amulet, i. 574; Amarapura, Heaven, ii. 1032, 1045; Amar balāona, a horse furnished by the prince, i. 233; Amarbel, a creeper, iii. 1768

Amarchand, minister of Mewār, i. 500

Amargarh, fief, i. 212; ancient town, iii. 1439

Amar Singh, (1) of Jaisalmer, ii. 1226; (2) of Mārwār, assassinates Salābat Khān, ii. 976; his gate in Agra Fort, ii. 978; (3) Hāra, iii. 1778; (4) I. of Mewār, i. 407; (5) II. of Mewār, i. 460, ii. 912

Amāvas, the sacred new moon night, i. 159, 240, ii. 656, 695

Amba Bhavāni, worship of, i. 258, 264, ii. 681

Ambaji Inglia, i. 517, 545

Ambarīsha of Ayodhya, i. 44

Amber, Jaipur State, annals, iii. 1327; derivation of name, 1439

Amet, t., i. 564, 567, iii. 1815

Amīr Khān, Pindāri, i. 538, ii. 1086, 1089, 1090,