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
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
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
This collection transcribed by Chris Gage