–D–

D’Aché, French Admiral

Character of, v8.p142

Fails to co-operate with Lally, v8.p142

Withdraws to the Isle of France, v8.p143

D’Ailly, see Ailly, D’

Da Gama, Vasco

Brings gifts to the Zamorin of Calicut, v9.pp220–221

Cruelty of, to the natives, v6.pp88–89, v6.pp117–118

Death of the brother of, v6.p69

Discovery of India the result of the quest for the land of Prester John, v7.p40

Establishes shore agencies, v6.p88, v6.p92

First voyage of, to India (1497–1499), v6.p2, v6.pp67–76, v6.pp80–88, v6.p98, v6.p162, v6.p172, v6.p200, v6.pp201–202, v6.p208

Journeys to Calicut and has an interview with the Zamorin, v9.pp207–210, v9.pp213–219

Lands at Calicut 1498, v4.p64

Reaches India by way of the Cape route (1498), v6.pp69–73

Reaches Malabar ports in 1498, v3.p183

Rich return cargo of, v6.p151

Second voyage of (1502), v6.pp87–88, v6.p92, v6.p117, v6.p154

Treaty of, with Cannanore (1498), v6.pp83–84

Voyage of, to Calicut, v9.p205

Dabistan, suttee described in the, v9.pp80–81

Dabul (Dabhol), a town in Baroda, v4.p94

Dadhikra, a deified war-horse, v1.p29

Dahir, a Hindu king, v3.p9

Dahir, king of Sind

Defeated and slain by Mohammad ibn Kasim’s army, v5.p11

Prepares to battle with Mohammad ibn Kasim, v5.p10

Remnant of army of, rallies at Brahmanabad but is defeated, v5.p11

Daibul, (Debal) mediaeval port of Sind, v3.p6

All county surrounding, subdued by Mu’izz-ad-din, v5.p81

Assault and fall of, v5.pp8–9

Expeditions against, v5.p7

Siege of, v3.p6

Daibul, bay of, Mughira wins victory at, v5.p2

Dailamite dynasty, of Persia, penetrates to the borders of Irak, v5.p25

Daiva marriage, v1.p238

Dakshamitra, daughter of Rudradaman, v2.p194

Dalaki-wa-Malaki, a prince in the vicinity of the Jumna, subdued and captured by Ulugh Khan, v5.pp118–119

Dalaman, city of Oudh

Devastated by Mohammad Taghlak, v3.p136

Granted to Mardan Daulat by Firoz Shah, v3.p163

Dalboquerque, Afonso, see Albuquerque, Affonso de

Dale, Sir Thomas, English admiral at Batavia, v7.p85

Death of, v7.p110

Sent with six ships to India in 1618, v7.p98

Dalhousie, Lord, Governor-General of India, v8.p418

Daman

Taken by the Portuguese, v6.p132

Shipbuilding at, v6.p145

Daman, Portuguese coast settlements of, besieged by Moghul governor, v7.p46

Damascus

Capital of the Omayyad dynasty, v3.p16

Trade emporium, v6.p2, v6.p5, v6.p6, v6.p9

Dandaka, a forest, v1.p120

Dandanakan, a city of Turkistan, Mas’ud ibn Mahmud defeated at, v3.p37

Danish northern exploration (1476), v6.p173

Daniyal, prince, son of Akbar and brother of Jahangir, v4.p69, v4.p194, v4.p211, v4.p214

Dantidurga, Rashtrakuta king, v2.p353

Dara, son of Shah Jahan

Defeat of, by Aurangzib, v4.pp112–118

Governor of Multan and Kabul, v4.p111

Is put to death, v4.p120

Rebels again, v4.p119

Dar-al-aman, or “House of Rest”, restored by Firoz Shah, v5.p167

Dar-ash-shifa, hospital built by Firoz Shah, v5.p169

Darbars (Durbars)

Of Aurangzib, v4.p130, v4.pp136–136

Royal pageants and assemblies, v4.p130

See also Levees

Darius, Indian conquests of, v2.p35

Darius, nephew of, African voyage of, v6.p48

Darsa-purnamasa, a sacrifice performed on the first day after the full and new moon, v1.p162

Darshaka, or Harshaka, king, v2.p36

Dartford, v6.p187

Darya Khan, ruler of Sambhal, v3.p173

Chosen king by the districts about Oudh, Jaunpur, and Bihar, v2.pp197–198

Das, see Bhagvan Das

Dasaratha, grandson of Asoka, v2.p176

Dasaratha, king of the Kosalas, v1.p119

Death of, v1.p120

Dasyus, v1.p33

Reference in Rig-Veda to habitation of, v1.pp33–34

Datta Sindhia, v4.p233, v4.p236, v4.p237

Daud ibn Yazid ibn Hatim, appointed governor of Sind, v5.p21

Daulat Khan

Sends word of Ghazi Khan’s flight and offers submission to Babar, v5.p244

Rebuked by Babar, v5.p245

Family of, allowed by Babar to retain authority only in their own tribes, v5.p245

Daulat Khan

Defeated by Babar’s army, v3.p206

Insurgent governor of Lahore in the sixteenth century, v3.p206

Daulat Khan, Lodi amir, conducts government after death of Sultan Mahmud, v3.p170

Daulat Khan, son of one of the Afghan nobles who founded the Lodi dynasty, v3.p198

Daulat Rao Sindhia, influence of, v8.pp308–309

Daulat, son of Abdal, escapes from fort of Shakar, v5.p329

Daulatabad

Also see Deogir.

Mints of Mohammad Taghlak at, v3.p143

New name for Devagiri, v3.p136

Remnant of exiles ordered back to Delhi from, v3.p139

Tombs of Moslem saints at, v4.p172

Davenant, Sir Charles, on the East India trade conditions, v8.pp60–62

David, King, conquests and trade policy of, v6.p5, v6.p6

Davies, rendered Mandelslo’s journal into English, v4.p93, v4.p96

Davis (Davies), John

Voyages of, to discover the Northwest Passage (1585–1587), v6.pp190–191

Sails with Houtman to India (1598), v6.p213

Straits, v6.p248

Dawar Bakhsh, son of Khusru, v4.p86

Dawud, Bahmanid Sultan of the Deccan, v3.p189

Dead

Abandonment of the, v9.p148

Burning of the, v9.p148

Committed to the water, v9.p148

Exposed to the air in ancient times in India, v9.p186

Exposed to the wind, in houses constructed for the purpose, in ancient India, v9.p186

Exposure of, v2.p131

Hindu treatment of the bodies of the, v9.pp188–189

Narayana ordered the burning of the, v9.p186

Death, penalty of, v2.p112, v2.p116, v2.p120, v2.p156, v2.p161

Deaths and births, registration of, v2.p117

Debal Hindi joins Katlagh Khan, v5.p129

Debate between a woman and a priest, v1.p153

Deccan, v1.p126

Attempts to conquer, v4.p48, v4.p83, v4.p84, v4.pp105–107, v1.pp109–114, v4.pp193–214

Becomes independent under Hasan Gangu, v3.p147

Boundaries of the four provinces of the, v2.pp136–137

Campaigns in, v4.p166, v4.p174

Comes into the possession of the Kings of Delhi, v6.p287

Conquest of, v4.p168

Dynasty of Bahmanids founded by Hasan Gangu in, v3.p186

Fertility of, v4.p161

Flight of Prince Akbar to, v4.p149

Hinduized, v1.p203

History of, from reign of Mohammad Taghlak, v2.pp185–193

In the Maratha wars, v4.pp217–275

Jews and Christians settle in the, v6.p287

Kings of, acknowledge the superiority of Bahadur, v3.p185

Lost to Mohammad Taghlak’s kingdom, v3.p144

Marathas inhabit and largely rule, v4.p162, v4.p178

Maurya conquest of, v2.p128

Meaning of,:349.

Not ruled by kings of Delhi after Mohammad Taghlak, v2.pp185–186

Partial annexation of, in Akbar’s time, v4.p3, v4.p193, v4.p199, v4.p201, v4.p213, v4.p214

Provinces recovered by Prince Jauna, v3.p129

Ravaged, v4.p170

Relations of, with Hindustan, v4.p124

Religious wars against, v4.p121

Revenue of, allowed to accumulate, v3.p136

Severe drought in, v5.p321

Under Aurangzib, v4.p139, v4.p150, v4.p163, v4.p166, v4.p167

Under Bahadur Shah, v4.p177, v4.p179

Under Sambhaji, v4.p101

Under Sivaji, v4.p155

Under vice-regency of Aurangzib, v4.p126

Viceroy of, v4.p68

Wars of Aurangzib in, v3.p193

Delhi

A royal city, v4.p130

Ancient fortifications of, repaired by Firoz Shah, v5.p168

Army of, routed by Babar on April 21, 1526, v2.pp207–208

Arts and handicrafts cultivated at, v4.p132

Attacked by Bahadur Shah, v4.p177

Attacked by Himu, v4.p3

Aurangzib proclaimed emperor at, v4.p120

Besieged by Mahmud in 1462, v3.p180

Boundaries of, in 1626, v3.p209

Capital of Aurangzib, v4.p147, v4.p151

Captured by Kutb-ad-din Aybek in 1191, v3.p70

Captured by Kutb-ad-din in 1191 A.D., v5.p90

Central district of Kuru kingdom, v1.p98

Central Mohammedan government at, v5.p87

Chaotic state of kingdom of, after

City in the Panjab, v3.p23, v3.p24

Conquered by Kutb-ad-din, v5.p85

Court at, v3.p42

Dara parades through, v4.p119

Daulatabad by Mohammad Taghlak, v2.pp137–138

Decay of early Afghan dynasties of, v6.pp82–83

Description of cities of, v5.p220

Description of the city of, v3.p137

Description of, by Bernier, v4.pp131–132

Destroyed by Mohammad Taghlak’s change of capital to Deogir, v5.p157

Detachment sent by Babar to occupy, v3.p208

Efforts to restore vanished power of, v3.p195

Empire of, v4.p180

Famine in, result of excessive taxation, v5.pp156–157

Fort at, v4.p23

Fort of, captured, v4.p243, v4.p246

History of, v2.p329

In the Maratha wars, v4.p222, v4.p223, v4.p228, v4.p230, v4.p231, v4.p233, v4.p237, v4.p238, v4.p239, v4.p240, v4.p242, v4.p243, v4.p244, v4.p249, v4.p250

In the possession of Humayun in 1666, v3.p241

Inhabitants of, granted quarter by Timur, v5.p213

Inhabitants of, ordered to Deogir, v5.p158

Invaded by Kutlugh Khwaja in 1297, v3.p101

Iron pillar of, v2.p261

Kingdom of Bengal independent of, v3.p218

Kingdom of, v4.p106, v4.p109

Kutb-ad-din returns to, v5.p91

Mints of Mohammad Taghlak at, v3.p143

Moghul capital, v4.p2

Mosque at, v3.p72

Picture of Shah Jahan’s palace at, v4.p134

Picture of the mosque at, v4.p240

Plundered by Turks and later by Timur’s army, v5.pp215–218

Population of, required to move to

Prayers said in name of Babar, at, v5.p259

Released from “reign of terror” by Taghlak, v3.p127

Revolt at, v3.p106

Ruled by Akbar, v4.p2, v4.p5

Sacked by Ahmad Shah, v4.p183, v4.p188

Sacked by the Marathas, v4.p179, v4.p182

Seat of government removed from, v3.p136

Secured by Prince Mohammad in 1390, v3.p161

Seized by Ibrahim Sur, v3.p241

Shahjahanabad, the city of Shah Jahan, v4.p102, v4.p131

Sikandar of, v4.p3

Slave Kings of, dynastic list of the, v3.p252

Spoil of treasury of, divided among troops, v3.p208

Taken by Lake, v8.p327

Taken by Timur, Dec. 17, 1398, v3.pp165–167

the death of Firoz Shah, v2.pp169–161

Threatened invasion of, by Mongols, in 1303, v3.p115

Throne of, ascended by Aurangzib, v4.p125

Throne of, occupied by a woman, v5.p103

Tribute paid to, v4.p107

Ulugh Khan returns to, v5.p132

Under the sway of Shams-ad-din Altamish, v5.p97

Della Valle, see Valle

Demarcation Papal Bull, ignored by the English, but enforced by the Portuguese, v7.pp34–35

Demarcation line of Bull in 1493, v6.pp63–67, v6.p85, v6.pp168–169

Demetrios, king of the Indians, v2.p201

Denbigh, Earl of

Charles I commands the East India Company to provide passage to India for, v7.p178

Smuggles indigo and other goods into Dover on his return from India, v7.p178

Deogir (Daulatabad), expedition of Ala-ad-din against, v5.p142

Also see Daulatabad

New capital of Mohammad Taghlak, v5.p157

Severe drought in, v5.p321

Deptford

East India Company buys ships at (1600), v6.p229, v6.p255

East India Company starts shipbuilding at, v7.p12

Deuteronomy, quoted, v6.p21

Devabhuti (Devabhumi), Sunga king, v2.p185

Devadatta, convert to Buddhism, v1.p293, v1.p295

Devadatta, cousin of Buddha, v2.p28

Devagiri

Expedition against, in 1308, v3.p119

Maratha capital, v3.p101

New capital of Mohammad Taghlak, v3.p136

Devarakanda, Telugu city, besieged by the Bahmanid Sultan Humayun, v3.p191

Devas, v1.p10

Worshippers of the, v1.p10

Dewali, rebels of, chastised by Ulugh Khan, v5.p114

Dhakka, a place in Bengal, v4.p144

Dhamma (dharma), meaning of, v2.p153

Dhammapada, Buddhist work, extracts from, v1.p317

Dhar, native state and town in Central India, v4.p197

Dharma Sutras

Theme and value of, v1.p189

Source of Manu’s code, v1.pp189–190

Dharmsala, rest-houses, v2.p305

Dholpur, a town in Rajputana, v4.p195

Dholpur, kingdom of Rajputana, v3.p196

Babar stays at, v3.p217

Dhrishtadyumna, brother of Draupadi, v1.p105

Dhritarashtra, grandson of Santanu, v1.p101

Father of Duryodhana, v1.p104

Dhruva, Rashtrakuta king, v2.p355, v2.p390

Dias, Bartholemeu, Portuguese navigator, rounds the Cape of Good Hope (1486), v6.pp57–58, v6.pp60–61, v6.pp67–68

Didda, Queen of Kashmir, v2.p328

Dig Ghazi (“victorious gun”), fired sixteen times a day while Babar builds the pontoon across the Ganges, v3.p216

Digambara, Jain sect, v2.p355

Digambaras, Jain sect, v1.pp323–324

Digges, Sir Dudley, defends the East India Company, v7.p167

Dighavu and Brahmadatta, parable of, v1.pp313–316

Diktur, arrival of Timur at, v5.p193

Dilamez, garden of, Jahangir at, v5.p300

Dilawar Khan joins Babar near Milwat, v5.p241

Dilawar Khan, independent government of, v3.p181

Dimashk (Damascus), name suggested for the new city al-Mahfuzah, v5.p18

Dinapur, cantonment, v2.p110

Diniz, King of Portugal, v6.p40

Dinpanah, city of, built by Humayun, v5.pp274–276

Diodoros Sikelos describes suttee, v9.p75

Diodotos I and II, Bactrian kings, v2.p200, v2.p201

Diogenes, similarity of the doctrines of, to those of the Hindus, v9.p57

Dionysos (Bacchus), said to have invaded India, v9.p4

Dionysos, in India, v2.p42, v2.p45

Dipalpur, town of the Panjab

Battle against the Mongols near, v3.p91

Garrisoned, v3.p116

Taken by Babar, v3.p205

“Sultan” Ala-ad-din established at, by Babar, v3.p205

Dipavamsa, chronicle, v2.p11, v2.p151

Dirghatamas, a Brahman, v1.p132

Dissensions, domestic, v1.p67

Diu (Portuguese), island of Kathiawar, Bombay, v3.p182

Albuquerque urges the erection of a fortress at, v6.p115

Annexed to territory of Zafar Khan, v3.p183

Attacked by the Turks (1545), v6.p109

Bahadur seeks refuge in, v3.p230

Becomes a Portuguese stronghold (1535), v6.p132, v6.p134, v6.p147

Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese viceroy, defeats combined Egyptian and Gujarati fleets off, v3.p185

Given to Albuquerque by the king of Gujarat, v3.p185

Governor of, commands the fleet of Gujarat against the Portuguese, v3.p184

Naval victory of the Portuguese under Almeida against the Moslems, at (1509), v6.p97, v6.p102, v6.p110, v6.p117, v6.p131

Portuguese coast settlements of, besieged by the Moghul emperor, v7.p46

Portuguese expedition against (1522), v6.p139

Portuguese factory established at, in 1613, v3.p185

Revenues from, v6.p153

Divan-i-Khas, Audience Hall, scene of religious debates in Akbar’s reign, v4.p34, v4.p135, v4.p247

Divine Faith, “Din-i-Ilahi”

An eclectic religion promulgated by Akbar, v4.p33, v4.p34, v4.p46

Elements of, v4.p46

Not generally adopted, v4.p45

Diyana, name of an elephant, v4.p12

Doab

Entry of the Kurus into the, v1.p83

Entry of the Panchalas into the, v1.p83

Colonization of the, v1.p98

Doab

Independent chiefs in, v3.p173

Laid waste by heavy taxes, v3.p136

Place between the Ganges and Jumna, v4.p182, v4.p183, v4.p222, v4.p229, v4.p230, v4.p233

Preparing to resist Babar, v3.p209

Taxes in, v3.p135

Dogs in India, size and strength of, v9.p30

Domestic ceremonies, value of, for knowledge of Hindu life, v1.p244

Dominicans establish Inquisition in India, v7.p42

Dost appointed governor of Delhi by Babar, v5.p259

Dost Mohammad restored to power in Kabul, v8.p404

Dover, secret treaty of, between the English and the French king, v8.p39

Dow, extract from the history of Hindustan by, v8.pp203–204

Downton, Nicholas

Commander of English fleet in 1614–1615, v7.pp47–48

Death of son of, v7.p51

Death of, at Bantam, v7.p53

General of the first Joint Stock voyage, v7.p32

Hardships of men under command of, in 1614–1615, v7.p48

Power and directions given to, at out-set of first voyage for the Joint Stock Company, v7.pp32–34

Victory of, establishes forever English superiority over the Portuguese at Surat, v7.p195

Dowson, Prof. J., v4.p53

Drake, Sir Francis, voyage around the world of, v6.p187, v6.p190, v6.p192, v6.p206, v6.p216, v6.p234

Drake, Sir Francis, voyage of, to the South Seas, v4.p66

Draupadi

Chooses Arjuna as her husband, v1.p105

Marries the five Pandava princes, v1.p105

Publicly insulted by Duryodhana, v1.p107

Queen of Virata’s handmaid, v1.p108

Slave of Duryodhana, v1.p107

Svayamvara of, v1.p104

Dravida, country, v2.p388

Dravidian nations, v2.p8, v2.p166, v2.p351, v2.p364

Dravidians, v1.p184

Conquer Ceylon twice, v1.p321

Drona, a warrior, v1.p101

Conquers Drupada, v1.p103

Kills Drupada, v1.p109

Killed by Drupada’s son, v1.p109

Drupada

Alliance of, with the five Pandava princes, v1.p105

Conquered by Drona, v1.p103

Killed by Drona, v1.p109

King of the Panchalas, v1.p104

Duarte, King of Portugal, v6.p42

Dubois, Abbé, a French missionary, describes suttee, v9.pp95–104, v9.pp107–114, v9.pp117–120

Dudley, Sir Robert, encourages Indian trade (1596), v6.p214

Duff, Grant, author of a “History of the Marathas”, v8.p193

Duhar, raja of Kiraj, routed by Mohammad ibn Kasim, v5.p14

Duhsasana killed by Bhima, v1.p109

Duhshanta, father of Bharata, v1.p132

Dumas, an early governor of Pondicherri, v8.p93

Dunkirk sold to France, v8.p33

Dupleix, v4.p65

Appointed to the Governorship of Pondicherri in 1741, v8.p93

Characterization of, v8.pp129–131

Death of, v8.p123

Defeats the Nawab of the Karnatic, v8.p106

Failure of the policy of, v8.p121

Indian policy of, anticipated by the Portuguese and Dutch, v6.p149

Motives of, in interfering with native politics, v8.pp116–117

Policy of, v8.pp107–108

Recalled to France, v8.p121

Schemes of territorial extension of, v8.p101

Violates the terms of the surrender of Madras, v8.p106

Durga, goddess, v1.p76

Durlabhaka, King of Kashmir, v2.p327

Durlabhavardhana, King of Kashmir, v2.p327

Durranis, an Afghan tribe, v4.p237, v4.p238, v4.p251, v4.p253

Duryodhana, son of Dhritarashtra, v1.p102

Fights with Bhima, v1.p102

Flight of, from Bhima, and subsequent return to him, v1.p110

Publicly insults Draupadi, v1.p107

Dutch

Agreement at The Hague rendered impossible by England’s refusal to open breach with Spain, v7.p82

Alarmed at the proposal of the King of

Apparent reconciliation of the, with the English in the East, v7.p95

Ascendency of, in the Eastern Seas, v7.p63

At bitter war in the East, v8.pp21–22, v8.pp24–25, v8.p29, v8.p30

Bay in 1607, v7.p64

Capture six English ships in 1619, v7.p110

Capture three English ships in the Persian Gulf, v7.p260

Capture two English ships, v7.p91, Commissioners sent to London, v7.p92

Claims to Clove and Nutmeg Islands, v7.p113

Compact with Johor to seize Malacca, v7.p69

Competition with the English complicates relations between the two powers, v7.p18, v7.pp73–74

Complaints of the, that they are not fitted to compete with the English and the Moghuls, v7.p211

Conquest of the Indian trade-route, v7.p65

Declaration of Independence in 1581, v7.p59

Declare a truce with the Spanish for twelve years, v7.p13

Defeat an English squadron off Sumatra, v7.p97

Defeated in Bengal by the English, v8.p183

Demand that English share charges of Dutch fortresses in the East, v7.p92

Destroy Spanish fleet in Gibraltar

Drive the English from the coast of Eastern Asia, v8.p30

Eastern position of, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, v8.p90

Enter into an armed alliance with the King of Achin against the Portuguese, v7.p69

Exclude the English from the Spice Islands trade, v8.p15

Factories (= trading-posts) of the, at Surat, v4.p93, v4.p94

Governor appointed viceroy by the Sultan of Ternate, v7.p72

Governor-generals, term of office of, five years, v7.p86

Hatred of the, for Spain, v7.p63

Hostile to English trade, v4.p77

In 1623, in complete possession of the Clove and Nutmeg Archipelago, v7.p114

In Japan proclaim war against the English, v7.p113

Intellectual activity of, v7.pp59–60

Make an “Eternal Treaty” with Bantam raja, v7.p70

Navigators, discoveries, and colonization of the, v7.p59

Negotiations in Europe regarding trade rights, v7.pp80–82

On the Gujarat coast in the power of the Moghuls, v7.p210

Opposed to the Portuguese, v4.p144

Policy regarding the Spice Islands, v7.p64

Positions of the, in India, v7.pp218–219

Power of the, in India, v4.p56

Prevent people of Machian and the Moluccas from trading with England, v7.p84

Protestantism, struggle of Philip II with, v7.p35

Pull down an English flag, v7.p85

Quarrel with English in the East while they preserve the strictest amity at home, v8.p12

Rob natives from the Red Sea to China in name of the English, v7.p85

Settlements for outrages in the East, v7.p261

Settlements in Europe rendered null and void by growing animosities in the East, v7.p82

Strength of, in the East, v7.p9

Sumatra to take an English wife, v7.p77

Take practical care of well-being of their servants, v7.pp79–80

Third negotiation of the, with the English, regarding a United Company, v7.p83, v7.p84

Torture natives to extort confessions against the English, v7.p112, v7.p113

Trade established from Java to the Moluccas, v7.p79

Trade of the, v4.p94

Treaties with Amboyna, terms of, v7.p72

Victorious over Portuguese in the Moluccas and Japan, v7.p64

Dutch-Spanish negotiations in regard to the Eastern trade, v8.pp11–12

Dvara-samudra (Hullabid), city of Mysore, v3.p148

Dyu, primitive sky-god, v1.p63

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