ii. 800, 936, 1160, 1203

Siddhpur, t., i. 449, ii. 1043

Sieges, mock, of Amber, iii. 1534; Dhār, ii. 1199; Būndi, iii. 1471

Siharas, Rāja, ii. 1186, iii. 1284

Sihbandi, mercenary troops, ii. 1251

Sikandar, (1) Rūmi, Alexander the Great, ii. 1134; (2) Shāh, of Delhi, i. 375; (3) us-Sāni, Alāu-d-dīn, i. 312

Sikhar, sikhara, the pinnacle of a Hindu temple, ii. 600

Sikhs, the, i. 464

Sikka, a seal, coinage, ii. 883

Sīkot, Sīyakot, the mirage, i. 20, ii. 884, 887

Sīkri, Fatehpur, i. 141, 349

Silāh, armour, Silāhdevi, goddess of arms, ii. 1017; Silāh-khāna, an armoury, 752; Silāhposh, a man in armour, 1062

Silār tribe, i. 138

Silver mines, i. 14

Sind, r., i. 18, ii. 1243; derivation of name, i. 248, ii. 1243; Sindsāgar, i. 130; Sindi mercenaries, i. 181, 507

Sindhia family, i. 227

Singār. _See_ SENGĀR

Singhi Brāhmans, ii. 1075

Sipra, r., i. 18, 500, ii. 1034

Sirohi, t., ii. 969, 1042; sword, 752, 1058

Sisira, the cold season, ii. 656

Sīstān, ii. 1188

Sīta, consort of Rāma, her hot well, iii. 1511; the cold season, ii. 656

Sītala Māta, the small-pox goddess, ii. 664, 1038

Siva, the god, ii. 598; worshipped at river junctions, i. 18, ii. 704; his symbol, 598; Rānas his vicegerents, ii. 602, 662; his worship, 598, 601; his priests, 601; three-eyed, 601; cult approved by Shāhjahān, 608; connected with the Sun, 699. _See_ ĪSVARA, LINGAM, MAHĀDEVA, EKLINGJI

Sivaji, descent of, i. 314; letter to Aurangzeb, 442; kills Afzu-l Khān, ii. 721; capture and escape, 984; death, 986

Sivarātri festival. _See_ SHEORĀTRI

Sīwāna, Sīwānchi, t., district, ii. 955, 959, 996, 1005, 1006, 1010, 1020, iii. 1268

Sixteen chiefs of Mewār, i. 428, 588

Skinner, Col. J., ii. 662; Horse, 761

Skulls used as drinking-vessels, i. 82; tower of, i. 357

Slaves, slavery, i. 206

Small-pox. _See_ SĪTALA MĀTA

Snake. _See_ SERPENT

Soap-nuts, ii. 761

Socotra, Sokotra, island, ii. 703

Soda, Sodha, tribe, i. 21, 111, 372, ii. 941, iii. 1283, 1291, 1294

Sogdoi tribe, i. 5, 111, 372, iii. 1283

Soils, in Mārwār, ii. 1106; in Mewār, iii. 1625; in Jaisalmer, ii. 1247

Solanki, Solankhi tribe, i. 107, 116, 119, ii. 941,