iii. 1459

Anūp Singh of Bīkaner, ii. 1136, 1227

Anūpshahr, t., i. 56, 141, iii. 1352

Anurāj Hāra, iii. 1460

Anūshīrwān. _See_ NAUSHĪRWĀN

Ānwal, ānwla, aonla, the emblic myrobalan, ii. 803, 805

Aornos, hill, i. 296

Aparajit of Chitor, i. 283

Appaji, Āpaji, Marātha leader, i. 495

Apsaras, the nymphs, ii. 675, 696, 864, 991

Ar, Ara, t. _See_ AHAR

‛Arāba, a gun-carriage, arquebuss, i. 318

Aranyakanwal of Mandor, ii. 731, 945; Aranyashashti festival, ii. 675

Arhāi din ka Jhonpra, mosque, ii. 897

Ari Singh (1) I., Arsi of Chitor, i. 312; (2) II. of Mewār, i. 496, 506, ii. 1139, iii. 1512

Arishtanemi, Neminātha, 22nd Jain Tīrthankara, ii. 624, 627

Arja, t., i. 214, 567

Arjun, (1) of Būndi, iii. 1479; (2) of Kotah, iii. 1528

Armorial bearings, i. 162

Armouries, ii. 752

Arms, worship of, i. 90, _see_ SWORD; initiation to, i. 90, 264, ii. 691

Army, of Bīkaner, ii. 1160; of Mārwār, ii. 1119; of Jaipur, iii. 1435

Aror, Alor, t., i. 5, 51, iii. 1282, 1283

Artillery, early use of, i. 362; bound with chains, i. 353; sprinkled with goats’ blood before battle, ii. 1042

Āru, ālu bādām, the peach tree, _Prunus persica_, ii. 774

Aryana, waste land, i. 236

Āryāvarta, i. 28

Āsaf Jāh, Nizāmu-l-mulk, i. 473

Āsāpūrna, the goddess, i. 76, 113, ii. 682, iii. 1444, 1461

Ashtabhuji, Ashtabhuja Māta, the eight-armed goddess, iii. 1754

Ashtami festival, ii. 649. _See_ JANAMASHTAMI

Āsi, Hānsi, t., iii. 1461

Asini, Asvinikot, t., i. 295, ii. 1220

Asioi tribe, ii. 1125

Asīr, Asīrgarh, fort, i. 77, 126, 292, 475, iii. 1446, 1461

Asokashtami festival, ii. 673

Aspati, asvapati, term applied to Mughal Emperors, ii. 1026

Ass, the wild, i. 20, iii. 1306. _See_ GORKHAR

Assakenoi tribe, i. 295, ii. 933

Asthān. _See_ ASVATTHĀMA

Astronomy, ii. 757

Asura, a demon, i. 113, ii. 653, iii. 1442; a Hindu name for Musalmāns, i. 288, 290, ii. 934, 995, 1032

Asva, Aswa, tribe, i. 71, 76, ii. 930, 933

Asvamedha, ceremony, i. 29, 60, 77, 91, iii. 1355

Asvatthāma of Mārwār, ii. 943

Atak. _See_ ATTOCK

Atīt, an order of ascetics, ii. 845, iii. 1750

Attock, Atak, t., r., i. 391, ii. 652

Augury. _See_ OMENS

Aurangzeb, the Emperor 'Ālamgīr, contemporary princes, i. 435; rebuke to his tutor, i. 436; intent on converting Hindus, i. 438; his Rājput wife, I. 179; letters, i. 439; letter on the Jizya, i. 442; prepares to conquer Mewār, 444; defeated, 448; attacks Mārwār, ii. 993; attempt to depose him, i. 450; his Rājput officers, I. 226; destruction of Hindu temples, ii. 994, iii. 1388; his death, ii. 1012; his character, i. 436

Aurīnt, t., ii. 730, 941

Avani, Avanimāta, his earth goddess, iii. 1392, 1813

Avanti, Ujjain, i. 312

Awa, t., i. 218, ii. 860, 879, 1044, 1096

Ayamāta, worship of, ii. 966; Ayapanthi, the ascetic order, ii. 966

Ayodhya-ci, i. 45

'Āzam Shāh, i. 439, 444, 449, 457, 464

‛Azīmu-sh-shān, Emperor, ii. 1020

Bāba, a younger member of Mewār house, i. 167, 384, 498,