ii. 795

Satrunjaya, ci., i. 415, ii. 603, 838

Sātur, t., iii. 1713, 1714

Saura sect, Sun worshippers, i. 254

Saurāshtra. _See_ SURĀSHTRA

Sauromatae, tribe, ii. 651

Sauvīra, i. 93

Sawāi, a honorific title, ii. 969, 1014

Sāwan, the month, festivals in, ii. 675; Tīj, ii. 675, iii. 1274

Sayyid Abdulla, wazīr, iii. 1391; Sayyids of Bārha, i. 467, 473, ii. 857, 1026

Scapegoat, human, iii. 1663

Scutage, i. 173

Scythians, traditions of, i. 70; incorporated with Hindus, ii. 653; descent of Rājputs from, i. 29, 73, ii. 653; dress, theogony, i. 79; religion, war, i. 80; polyandry derived from, 401; use of handmarks, 419; sword worship, ii. 680

Seals, devices on, i. 482

Seasons, Hindu classification of, ii. 656

Sehat tribe, i. 295

Sehwān, Sihwān, ci., i. 5, 255, ii. 894, iii. 1312

Sengar tribe, i. 141

Sengār, Singār, Chāori, temples, i. 132, iii. 1758, 1816

Seora, an inscribed pillar, i. 158

Ser, a weight, about 2 lbs., ii. 597; serāna, grain allowances to officials, i. 236, 581, ii. 597, iii. 1625

Serpent, worship among Scythians, i. 43, ii. 677; among Hindus, ii. 676; identifying an heir, i. 342, ii. 1217, iii. 1330; fount of king, iii. 1768; saffron offered to, iii. 1648; haunting a gate in Agra fort, ii. 978; Sāmpu lake, legend, 852. _See_ TAKSHAK

Sesoda, village, i. 101, 252, ii. 773, iii. 1752; Sesodia clan, i. 101, 162, 305; origin of name, i. 47, 252, iii. 1752; in Imperial service, i. 429

Seta tribe, ii. 1221

Setrām of Kanauj, ii. 940

Setubandha bridge, i. 292

Seventy-four and a half, an unlucky number, i. 383

Shab-i-barāt, a Musalmān festival, ii. 696

Shāh ‛Ālam Bahādur, Emperor, i. 460, 464, 466

Shāhbāz Khān, General, i. 396, 403; Lāl, saint, iii. 1313

Shāh Jahān, Emperor, favours Saivism, ii. 608. _See_ KHURRAM

Shahnā, Shahnah, a watcher of cut crops, i. 583

Shāhpura, t., i. 38; fief, i. 168, 198; feud with Amargarh, i. 212, iii. 1719

Shaikhāvati federation, iii. 1378; Shaikhji, a saint, iii. 1380

Shāista Khān, ii. 983, 1020

Shāmnāth, Syāmnāth, Krishna, iii. 1818

Shaving in mourning, i. 402, ii. 745. _See_ HAIR

Shenvi Brāhmans, i. 524

Sheo, Sheo-Kotra, t., iii. 1272, 1321

Sheodān Singh of Mewār, ii. 752

Sheogarh fief, i. 214, 512

Sheopur, State, i. 138, ii. 619, iii. 1574

Sheorātri festival, i. 94, 95, ii. 655

Sher, Shīr, Khān, Emperor, i. 39; defeats Humāyūn, i. 373; attack on Mārwār, ii. 956; sarcasm on Mārwār, ii. 835, 931, 957

Shernāla valley, ii. 774, 795

Sheshnāg, the serpent which supports the world, ii. 980, iii. 1648; a Takshak leader, i. 37, 64, 125

Shields, gifts presented in, i. 552, ii. 689; oath by, 689; of rhinoceros hide, 752

Shihāba, meteoric fires, i. 89

Shīhābu-d-din, Muhammad Ghori, invades India, i. 50, 117, 300, 302, ii. 718, 937, 939; murder of, i. 225

Shikārpur, t., ii. 1249

Shīshmahall, a hall decorated with mirrors, i. 199

Shoemaker’s knife worshipped, ii. 625

Shoshpari, a mace, i. 424

Shrubs and trees in the desert, iii. 1307

Shuja prince, i. 435

Shujā'at Khān, ii. 1008

Shujāwan Singh, Shaikhāvat, iii. 1389

Shukri, a complementary levy, i. 236

Siāhji of Mārwār, i. 105, ii. 812, 930, 940, 941

Siārh, Nāthdwāra, i. 340, ii. 609, 647

Sibi tribe, ii. 634

Siddharāja Jayasingha of Anhilwāra, i. 117, 138, 300,