iii. 1371

Babūl, bāwal, the acacia tree, _acacia Arabica_, i. 549, ii. 774 _et passim_

Bābur, his descent and early history, i. 351; invades India, i. 352; attacks Rāna Sanga, i. 353; introduces melons and grapes, ii. 748; his _Memoirs_, iii. 1665

Bachera, Wachaji of Jaisalmer, ii. 1201

Badarināth, t., ii. 1207, iii. 1639

Baddhi, a string amulet, iii. 1381

Bādhel tribe. _See_ VĀDHEL

Badnor, t., i. 344, 567

Bāēnmāta, worship of, i. 326

Bāghel tribe, i. 118, ii. 717, 1039; Bāghel-khand, ii. 717

Bāghes, the tiger god, i. 25

Bāghji of Deola, i. 363; Bāgh Singh Shaikhāvat, iii. 1425

Bāghnakh, the tiger-claw weapon, ii. 721

Bagpipes, ii. 755

Bagrāwat sept, iii. 1640, 1817

Bahādur, (1) King of Gujarāt, attacks Mewār, i. 361; (2) Shāh, Emperor; _see_ 'ĀLAM BAHĀDUR SHĀH; (3) of Kishangarh, ii. 878; Shaikhāvat, iii. 1388

Bahār, Bihārimall of Amber, i. 376, iii. 1337

Bahāwal Khān, iii. 1301

Bahāwalpur State, ii. 1137, 1141, iii. 1300

Bahra, Behra, t., ii. 935

Bahrām Gor, of Persia, i. 273

Bāhūmān Darāzdasht, i. 57

Bairām Khān, Mughal general, i. 375

Bairāt. _See_ VAIRĀT

Bais tribe, i. 141

Bāīsa, Bāīsi, the twenty-two Mughal districts, ii. 1027, 1037

Baisākh month, festivals, ii. 674

Baiza Bāi, i. 533

Bājīrāo, Peshwa, i. 485, 491

Bājra, millet, ii. 597 _et passim_

Bajrang, monkey-god, i. 163

Bakhar, Bhakkar, Bukkur, t., i. 5, 22, 109, iii. 1283, 1319. _See_ ROHRI

Bakhasar, t., iii. 1277, 1278

Bakhshi, commander of the forces, i. 556, ii. 976, iii. 1519

Bāl, the sun-god. _See_ BĀLNĀTH, BĀLSIVA

Bāla, Vāla, tribe, i. 131, 134, 254

Bālaband, a turban fillet, i. 429, ii. 685, 759, 765

Balabhi. _See_ VALABHI

Bālakaputra, Bālakarāe, i. 51, 105, 134, 250

Bāland of Jaisalmer, ii. 1181

Baldān, balidān, an offering to the gods, i. 91, 258, ii. 599

Baleokouros, i. 250

Balhara, derivation of name, i. 122

Bālmukand, Krishna, ii. 640

Bālnāth, Bālsiva, i. Introd. xl, 94, 253, ii. 705, 923, iii. 1756; Jogi, iii. 1267

Baloch tribe, iii. 1454

Bālotra, t., ii. 1111, iii. 1270

Bāmani, r., iii. 1686

Bāmania, a section of Bhāts, ii. 814

Bāmiān, Buddhist figures at, i. 26, ii. 1189

Banās, r., i. 10, 13, 579, ii. 772

Banbīr Singh of Mewār, i. 317, 367

Banda of Būndi, iii. 1473

Banera, t., i. 168, 198, 493, ii. 904, 906

Bania, the merchant caste, i. 144, ii. 765

Banishment, ceremony of, ii. 976

Bannāphar tribe, ii. 715

Banners, i. 163, ii. 684, 767, 768, 834

Bāori, bāoli, bāwari, a step-well, reservoir, ii. 967

Bāori, Bāwaria, a criminal tribe, i. 244, iii. 1696

Bāpa, Bappa of Chitor, i. Introd. xxxvi, 259

Bāpota, an ancestral holding, i. 201 _et passim_

Baptiste, Col. J. F., i. 535, ii. 1088

Bāpu Sindhia, i. 546

Baraha tribe, ii. 1187, 1191

Bārah Kothri, twelve fiefs of Jaipur, iii. 1436; Māsha, a plant flowering all the year round, ii. 845; Singha, the twelve-tined deer, iii. 1477

Baranshankar, the mixed castes, iii. 1724

Barār, a tax, i. 169 _et passim_

Barchhi dohāi, an appeal to the lance, i. 212, iii. 1465

Bardāi sena, bard of the host, a Kanauj title, ii. 939

Bards, i. 82; opposed to Zālim Singh, iii. 1567; when they die, they go to the moon, ii. 992; exiled from Mewār, iii. 1807; lands granted to, ii. 589; extortion by threats, ii. 814; their satire, ii. 742; demands increase of marriage expenses, ii. 742; as carriers, ii. 813

Bārgīr, cavalry provided with horses by the State, iii. 1422

Bargūjar tribe, i. 56, 107, 140, iii. 1455

Bārha, Sayyids of, i. 467, 476

Bāri, a caste of servants, i. 367

Barilla, manufacture of, ii. 1118, iii. 1307

Barolli, temples at, i. 17, iii. 1752

Barr-tītar, the rock-pigeon, iii. 1649

Barugaza, Broach, i. 48, 256

Barwātia, an outlaw, exile, ii. 797, iii. 1401, 1637

Basāi, a form of slavery, i. 206, ii. 1219, iii. 1797

Basant, the spring festival, ii. 657, 753, 1025; Basanti, the goddess of spring, ii. 657. _See_ VASANT

Bastard castes, i. 208

Bat, a share, i. 202, ii. 962; Batāi, division of crops between landlord and tenant, i. 583, ii. 1115, iii. 1550

Bathing of the goddess, ii. 666

Bāti, vāti, a cake of millet flour, ii. 1000, 1150

Bāwana, a tract of fifty-two villages, i. 457

Bayāna, t., i. 103, 144, 349, 353, ii. 953, 956

Bāz Bahādur, Bāyazīd of Mālwa, i. 376, 378

Bedla, t., i. 195, 380, ii. 663, iii. 1480

Begūn, t., i. 509, 564, iii. 1677, 1805, 1810

Behra, t. _See_ BAHRA

Benares, Būndi house, iii. 1483; observatory, ii. 757. _See_ KASI

Benevolences, levied at marriage, i. 187

Berach, r., i. 13, 368, 388, 584, ii. 596, 762, 910

Bernier, F., i. 438, ii. 725

Bersi, Ber Singh (1) Bhatti, ii. 1165; (2) of Jaisalmer, 1224

Bet island, ii. 703

Betwa, r., i. 9

Bhādon month, festivals in, ii. 678

Bhadrājan, Bhadrajun, t., ii. 820, 862, 954, iii. 1269

Bhagwāndās of Jaipur, i. 178, 389, 391, iii. 1337

Bhainsror, Bhainsrorgarh, t., i. 234, 319, 395, 414, 415, 416, iii. 1686, 1691

Bhairava, Bhairon, god of war, i. 412, ii. 843, iii. 1774; Jhamp, iii. 1663

Bhāma Sāh, minister of Mewār, i. 403

Bhān Saptami, festival, ii. 657; Bhānuloka, land of the dead, ii. 658, 992, 1044

Bhāo Singh, (1) of Jaipur, iii. 1339; (2) of Būndi, 1492

Bharatpur, ci., i. 127, iii. 1357

Bhārmall of Cutch, ii. 1238

Bhartribhat of Mewār, i. 296

Bhartrihari, i. 5, ii. 735, 894

Bhāt caste. _See_ BARDS

Bhātia caste, iii. 1296

Bhatner, t., i. 142, ii. 1163

Bhātridvitya, the brothers’ festival, ii. 696

Bhatti (1) tribe, i. 55, 102, 294, 298; ii. 941, 1169, 1252; support the Rāthors, 1005; emigrate to Bīkaner, 1165; sections, 1242; (2) of Jaisalmer, 1183

Bhatwāra, battle at, iii. 1532, 1611

Bhaunagar, Bhāvnagar State, i. 137

Bhavāni, the goddess, ii. 1125, iii. 1714, 1809

Bhayyād, the brotherhood, i. 154, 202, ii. 961

Bhet-begār, forced labour, i. 239

Bhīl tribe, ii. 651, iii. 1280; eat with Rājputs, 1521; foray by, 1644; in Kotah, 1703; stone worship, 1703; of Idar, inaugurate Rānas of Mewār, i. 262, ii. 1129; measures for their improvement, i. 586

Bhilāla tribe, iii. 1389

Bhīlwāra, t., i. 561, iii. 1736

Bhīm Bāzār, iii. 1776

Bhīm Singh, (1) Bhīmsi of Mewār, i. 307; (2) II. of Mewār, 511; (3) of Mārwār, ii. 825, 1077; (4) of Kotah, iii. 1524

Bhīma II., Bholo, Chaulukya, i. 117, 298

Bhīmthadi breed of horses, ii. 1045, iii. 1771

Bhinai, t., ii. 904

Bhīndar, t., i. 416, 511, 531, 566, 567

Bhīnmāl, t., ii. 944, 1109, iii. 1269

Bhoj Pramāra of Mālwa, i. 109

Bhojak caste, iii. 1268

Bhojpur lake, i. 458

Bholanāth, Siva, ii. 602, 892

Bhonsi, Bhawan Singh of Mewār, i. 306

Bhonsla Marāthas, i. 371

Bhopāl State, i. 533

Bhūkhi Māta, the famine mother goddess, i. 309, iii. 1305, 1756

Bhūm, land, i. 195; affection for, i. 236; Bhūmia, the holder of a freehold, i. 190, 577 _et passim_

Biās, r., ii. 1226

Bīdar, t., siege of, iii. 1489

Bidesar, t., ii. 1144

Bīgha, a measure of area, i. 233 _et passim_

Bihār, Bahār, Bihārimall of Jaipur, i. 376, iii. 1337

Bijaiseni Māta, worship of, ii. 1193, iii. 1508

Bījarāē, Bijairāē, (1) of Jaisalmer, ii. 1193; (2) Singh of Jaipur, iii. 1347

Bijar Mīr, assassination of, iii. 1288

Bijolli, temples at, i. 209, 370, iii. 1797

Bīka of Bīkaner, ii. 951, 1123

Bīkaner, annals of, ii. 1123

Bikramajīt, of Mewār, i. 360

Bindraban, t., ii. 607; -dās of Jaipur, iii. 1395

Bīra, (1) a packet of betel, i. 381, 481, ii. 1040; (2) meadow-land, i. 238, ii. 648

Birad, the eulogy of a bard, i. 134, 416, iii. 1682

Bīrsinghdeo, (1) Shaikhāvat, iii. 1387; (2) of Būndi, iii. 1472

Birthdays, knots tied to mark, iii. 1697

Bīsaldeo, _see_ VĪSALADEVA; lake, ii. 901, iii. 1453

Bishan Singh, (1) of Būndi, iii. 1514; (2) of Jaipur, iii. 1341

Blackmail, protection, i. 203. _See_ RAKHWĀLI

Blindness of one eye unlucky, ii. 1234

Blood price. _See_ MŪNDKATI

Boar, slaying the, i. 385, ii. 660, iii. 1746; annual hunt, i. 80; sacramental eating of, ii. 661, iii. 1381

Bohra, the village money-lender, iii. 1553, 1652

Bonfires at the Holi festival, ii. 663

Boukephala, t., ii. 1190

Bows and arrows, ii. 751, 791

Brahma, temples of, i. 322, ii. 892, 925

Brāhmans, i. 31; laxity of practice in the desert, iii. 1296; privileges of, ii. 595; committing suicide to enforce demands, i. 236, ii. 593, 966, iii. 1395; political influence of, ii. 589, 594; Kulin, ii. 595; Marātha, i. 524; influence on marriage expenses, ii. 742; treated with little respect, i. 34; penalty for killing, ii. 595

Brahmapuri, inscriptions, ii. 596

Brajnāth, Krishna, iii. 1526

Brass work, iii. 1431

Brindaban. _See_ BINDRABAN

Broach, ci., i. 48, 256

Brotherhood, i. 202

Buddha, Buddhism, i. 70, 78; confounded with Jainism, ii. 603, 604, 626; annual retreat, 606

Budh Singh of Būndi, ii. 837, iii. 1494

Budha, Mercury, i. 39, ii. 621; Trivikrama, i. 90, ii. 621

Buffalo, sacrificed at town gates, ii. 1011, 1012; feat of slaying, 1053

Bukkur. _See_ BAKHAR

Bull, sacrifice of, ii. 599; and horseman coins, ii. 809, 902

Būmbāoda, t., i. 321, iii. 1468

Bundela tribe, Bundelkhand, i. 10, 139, ii. 979

Būndi, State, annals, iii. 1441

Burhān Shaikh, the saint, iii. 1380

Burhānpur, ci., i. 475, ii. 974

Būsa tribe, i. 144, 293

Būta tribe, ii. 1185; Būtaban, 1185, 1192

Butterfield, Captain, i. 526

Buzule, t., i. 292, ii. 807, iii. 1276

Byās Brāhmans, iii. 1742

Byzantium, t., i. 100, 279

Cairn burial, i. 87, 89, 90

Calcutta, ii. 1195

Camels, iii. 1275, 1279, 1297, 1305; caravans, ii. 1109; corps, 1161, iii. 1305; sacrifice, i. 94

Caniatchi tenure, i. 576

Cannibalism, i. 455, ii. 671, 692

Carey, Lieutenant, ii. 761, 787, iii. 1732

Caste, influence of, i. 165

Cattle of the desert, iii. 1305, 1306; of Nāthdwāra, ii. 770; of Gujarāt, i. 422

Caves occupied by ascetics, shrines, ii. 635, 845

Cenotaphs of Hāras, iii. 1706; at Sātur, iii. 1714; at Ahar, ii. 912. _See_ MAHASATI, NISIA

Chāchak, Chachikdeo of Jaisalmer, ii. 1208, 1220

Chagatāi, a Mughal title, ii. 956, 1165

Chait month, festivals in, ii. 663

Chālukya, Chaulukya tribe, i. 113, 116

Chāmar, Chanvar, Chauri, the yak-tail fly-flapper, i. 234, ii. 667, 906, 1035

Chambal, r., i. 18, iii. 1690, 1764

Chambela, r., i. 18

Chāmunda of Anhilwāra, i. 67; the goddess, ii. 842

Chand, Chānd, (1) the poet, i. 297; (2) of Būndi, iii. 1463; (3) Bībi of Ahmadnagar, iii. 1485

Chandel tribe, i. Introd. xxxv, 139, 296, iii. 1455

Chanderi State, i. 16, 47, 163, 180

Chāndni, suicide for revenge, ii. 815, 1110, 1255

Chandrabhāga, ci., i. 109

Chandragupta Maurya, i. 37, 65, 110, 111, 289

Chandravansa, the Lunar line of Rājputs, i. 57

Chandrāvati, ci., i. 109, 258, iii. 1784

Changi, Chatrchangi, the Sun standard, ii. 659, 684

Chappan, the hill-tract between Mewār and Gujarāt, i. 191 _et passim_

Chāran tribe, ii. 813, 1148, iii. 1654; banished from Mewār, i. 339; founded Bhainsror, iii. 1691; prediction by a Chārani, i. 347; claim to entertainment, iii. 1655; respected, ii. 1110

Charas, a measure of area, i. 156, 165, 201, iii. 1671

Chariots, use of, in war, i. 83

Charmanvati, the Chambal, r., iii. 1763

Chaturbhuja, the four-armed Vishnu, i. 331, ii. 645

Chaubē Brāhmans, ii. 634, 755

Chaugān, an exercise ground, i. 530 _et passim_

Chauhān tribe, i. 112, iii. 1441; sections, i. 115; valour, ii. 806; kingdom in South India, iii. 1445; Rāj, iii. 1275; dynasty at Delhi, iii. 1456

Chaul, Chāval, t., i. 53

Chaumūn, t., iii. 1353, 1402

Chaupar, a game, ii. 754

Chaura, Chāvara, tribe, i. 121, 266, 326

Chaurāsi, a tract of eighty-four villages, i. 166, iii. 1673

Chāwand, (1) of Anhilwāra, i. 67, 293; (2) the Dāhima, i. 143; (3) chiefship in Mewār, i. 396; Chāwanda Māta, the goddess, iii. 1444

Chess, i. 176, ii. 754

Chhada of Mārwār, ii. 944

Chhāoni, a cantonment, iii. 1549, 1790

Chhatr, chhatra, a ceremonial umbrella, i. 310; chhatri, a cenotaph, ii. 888, 1034

Chhatr Singh, (1) of Mārwār, ii. 829, 1091; (2) Chhatrsāl of Būndi, iii. 1489; (3) of Kotah, 1532

Chhotan, t., i. 21, 293

Chiefs of Mewār, i. 167, 588; duties of, i. 182, 183; measures of reform, 559; of Mārwār, ii. 946

Chīn Qilīch Khān, i. 473, iii. 1525

Chitor, a Pramāra capital, i. 109, 289; occupied by Moris, 265; origin of name, iii. 1647, 1822; attacked by Alāu-d-dīn, i. 308; retaken, 316; Rāthors expelled, 326; sacked by Bahādur, 363; taken by Akbar, 378; described by Terry, 411; by the Author, iii. 1812; inscription from, ii. 925

Chitori hill, i. 326, iii. 1815

Chitrang Mori, palace, iii. 1822

Cholera, i. 454, ii. 1002, iii. 1518, 1733; magical expulsion of, 1734

Chonda, (1) of Mewār, i. 323; (2) of Mārwār, ii. 944

Chondāwat, section of Sesodias, i. 175, 188, 192, 193; feud with Saktāwats, i. 175, 413, 511, ii. 766,