East India Company, see Company, Enlish East India
East Indies
Dutch attitude toward, v7.p44
English attitude toward, v7.p44
Meaning of the term in the seventeenth century, v8.pp14–15
Portuguese attitude toward, v7.p44
Ebony found in India, v9.p30
Economy, English political, denounces the folly of sending precious metals abroad, v7.pp6–7
Edicts of Asoka, v2.p145
Edom, trade-route through, v6.pp3–8
Education, Hindu method of, v9.p137
Edward I, of England, friendship of, with Portugal, v6.p40
Edward II, of England, friendship of, with Portugal, v6.p40
Edward III, of England, alliance and commerce of, with Portugal, v6.p40
Edward VI, of England, maritime exploration under, and letter of, to Eastern potentates, v6.p179
Edward VII, of England, durbar of, v8.p464
Edward, the Black Prince, proposed Portuguese marriage of, v6.p40
Egypt
Asoka’s mission to, v2.p166
Conquered by Arabs, v3.p4
Demand for Eastern products in ancient times, v6.p3
Embassy to India from, v2.p13
Emporium for Eastern and African products, v6.p1, v6.pp3–4
Indo-European trade by way of, v6.p1, v6.p2, v6.p3, v6.p4, v6.p8, v6.p208
Ports of, v4.p64
Seized by the Turks, v6.p32, v6.p97, v6.pp103–104, v6.p125
Turks in, v3.p17
Eightfold path, Buddhist, v1.pp304–305
Elephants
Cognizance of Pandya dynasty, v2.p366
Execution by, v4.p13
Failure in war of the, v2.p101
Fight between, v4.p137
For riding, v2.p124
In battle, v4.p99
Long life of, v9.pp34–35
Manner of hunting, v9.pp32–33
Part of military equipment in ancient India, v9.p42, v9.p43, v9.p143
Strength of, v9.p35
Taming of, v9.p34
The strength of the armies of Hindustan, v5.pp204–205
Used by Seleukidan kings, v2.p108
Elichpur, city of Berar
Ceded to Ala-ad-din, v3.p101
Northern limit of the Bahmanid kings of the Deccan, v3.p186
Taken by Mahmud the Khalji, v3.p181
Elizabeth, Queen of England
Charter of, to East India Company, contains no allusion to Joint Stock system, v7.p279, v7.p283
Letter of, to the Great Mogul of India in 1599, v7.p19
Letters of, to the kings of the East Indies and China, v6.p212, v6.pp245–246, v6.p248
Maintenance of royal prerogatives of monopolies by, v7.p191
Reprisals of, on Venetian Republic, v7.p278
Sea policy and trade charters of, v6.pp182–197, v6.pp204–258
Ellenborough, Lord, Governor-General of India, v8.p403
Determines to retire from Afghanistan, v8.pp403–404
Recalled, v8.p406
Elliot, Sir H.M., historian, v4.p53
Elphinstone criticizes Dupleix, v8.p125
Elphinstone, historian, v4.p8, v4.p84
Elura (Ellora), rock-cut temples at, v2.p356
Emancipation, final, according to Vedanta philosophy, v1.p272
Emmanuel the Fortunate, of Portugal, v6.p201
Emoda Mountains, a spur of the Himalayas, v9.p20
Empress of India, title of, assumed by Victoria, v8.p464
Encourages the quest for India, v6.pp67–73
England
“Eternal Treaty” between the Dutch and the Bantam raja, v7.p70
Alliance with Nasir king and Mohammad Ali, v8.p118
Alliances with Portugal, v6.pp39–43, v6.p172, v6.p203, v6.p204
Army, strength of, in India, in 1754, v8.p131
At war with France, Spain, Holland, and the American colonies, v8.p259
Attempts of, to reach India, v6.pp167–215, v6.pp246–248, v6.pp251–252
Beginning of the rule of the, in India, v4.p188
Bitter trade rivals of the Dutch, v7.p19, v7.pp73–74
Capture a Portuguese pay ship in 1618, v7.p54
Carries out Col. James Mill’s scheme for conquering Bengal ten years after its inception, v8.p163
Chaos in home government of, relating to the East India Company, v7.pp253–254
Claim a fortified settlement in Java, v7.p96
Claim right to trade in Banda and Amboyna groups, v7.p96
Claims to Clove and Nutmeg Islands, v7.p113
Combines with Holland against the Portuguese Asiatic settlements under Spanish rule, v8.p8
Commerce in the East advanced by the hostilities between Holland and France, v8.p40, v8.p41
Commercial rivalry a permanent factor in the relations of, with Holland, v7.p76
Company, tardy profits of the four First Joint Stock expeditions received by the, v7.p87
Complications of the foreign relations of, v8.p37
Confirmation by treaty of conquests of, in the East, v8.pp359–360
Conflict with Portugal regarding Eastern possessions, v7.pp34–35
Control and influence of, beneficial to India, v8.p497
Covert friction of, with Holland, v7.p75
Declares war in Europe against France, v8.p100, v8.p101
Defeat Dutch fleet in 1619, v7.p97
Defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, v8.p8
Demand from the Dutch “compensation for past injuries” and a “fair arrangement for the future”, v7.p92
Dethrone Siraj-ad-daulah and set up another Nawab, v8.p141
Diplomacy in Europe inadequate to kill rivalry in Asiatic seas, v7.p77
Dominion in the East, reasons leading to, and history of, v8.pp63–74
Encounter keen competition at Dutch marts in the Spice Archipelago, v7.p18
Expedition of the, to Afghanistan, v8.p399
Expel the French from Bengal, v8.p141
Face ruin in Eastern seas, v7.p288
Factory (= trading-post) of the, at Surat, v4.p93, v4.p128, v4.p166
Factory of, at the Hugli, v4.p144
Fleet, under Downton, strength of the, in 1614–1615, v7.pp47–48
Force in Asiatic waters, v7.p79
Forced by treaty to relinquish prey on the Portuguese in the Archipelago, v7.p19
Forever excluded from Chinese ports, v7.p184
Fortunes of the, in India, waning in 1780, v8.p251
France and Holland allied against, in 1665, v8.p33
Friendship of, with Holland, broken, v7.p76
Gain victory over Portuguese in the
Hostile attitude of, toward Spain in 1608–1611, v7.p45
Instructions to the, for trade in Bengal, v7.p244
League of the, with the Nizam and Peshwa against Mysore, v8.pp309–310
Legal settlement of the, in India dates back to 1613, v7.p30
Loss in battle on Jan. 20, 1615, v7.p50
Mysore, war of the, with, v8.p287
Obtain a farman in 1716 from the Moghul Emperor, v8.p163
Occupy Bengal, v8.p176
Organization inferior to Dutch both in Europe and the East, v7.pp88–89
Outmatched in numbers by the Dutch in Java, v7.p98
Permitted by Aurangzib to build factories in his empire, v6.p300
Persian Gulf in November, 1620, v7.p55
Political reasons leading to the success of, in Asia, v8.p36, v8.p38
Portuguese hostility to, v7.p25
Possessions of, in Asia, v8.p35
Power of the, established in India, v6.p296
Reasons for the triumph of the, in India, v8.pp150–151
Receive a patent for half the customs duties from Shah Abbas, v7.p56
Receive trade warrant from the Portuguese, v7.p45
Recognize need for direct trade with Malabar, v7.p208
Rise of power of the, in India, v7.p29
Rivalry and struggle of, with Portugal for the Indian trade, v6.p256
Rivalry, struggle, and negotiations of, with Holland for the Eastern trade, v6.pp212–222, v6.p256
Search for sites for settlement, v7.p192
Second war of, with Holland, in 1665, v8.p38
Seize all French settlements in India, v8.p248
Ships and commanders in trouble with Asiatic land powers, v7.p13, v7.p14
Strength of the navy of, in 1755, v8.p135
Struggle and relations of, with Spain, v6.pp187–209, v6.pp214–215, v6.p221, v6.pp225–229, v6.pp231–232, v6.pp236–237, v6.p256
Successful Eastern trade of, at the end of the seventeenth century, v8.p60
Suffer cruelties at the hands of the Dutch in the East, v7.pp111–113
System of separate adventures becomes extremely hazardous, v7.p13
Territory ruled by, in India, v8.pp383–384
Third war of, with Holland, in 1672, v8.pp39–40
Threaten Dutch settlements in Java, v7.p97
Trading posts of, in Bengal, v7.p246
Treaty of peace of the, with Sindhia and the Nagpur Raja, v8.p329
Turn their attention to India, v7.p19
Urged to take Banda and Amboyna, but desist on threats of the Dutch, v7.p84
War of, with France, in South India, v8.p72
War party in, discredited, v7.p45
Why supreme in India, v8.p493
Ephthalite empire, v2.p321
Epic period, municipal government in, v1.p143
Epics, Sanskrit, v2.p10
Epirus, Asoka’s mission to, v2.p166
Equality, legal, unknown in ancient India, v1.p220
Eratosthenes on the irrigation of India, v9.p6, v9.p10
Eratosthenes, quoted, v6.p48
Erskine, extract from, regarding the condition of India under the Afghan Lodis, v3.p196
Erzeroum, trade-route by, v6.p19
Esquimaux, Frobisher brings back an (1576), v6.p183
Etawa, town of the Doab
Hindu chiefs independent at, v3.p170
Rathors defeated near, v3.p58
Revolts At, v3.p171
Etesian winds, effect of, on India, v9.p6, v9.p7, v9.p8
Ethical ideal in Brahmanic period, v1.pp145–146
Etiquette, Hindu, v9.pp146–148
Of the mixed castes and Sudras, at table, v9.p152
Eudamos, in India, v2.p99, v2.p103, v2.p214
Eukratidas, Bactrian king, made conquests in India, v9.p3
Eukratides, Indo-Greek king, v2.p202, et seq.
Euphrates
Lower, a great trade mart, v6.p2
Voyage of Nearchos to, v2.p93
Abraham starts from, for Egypt, v6.pp4–5, v6.p6
European competition for trade in the East, v8.pp17–18
European diplomacy fails to secure peace between Christian nations in Asia, v7.pp208–209
Europeans
At Akbar’s court, v6.pp263–270
At Hugli in Shah Jahan’s time, v6.pp274–284
Customs of, at Hugli in Mohammad Shah’s time, v6.pp284–286
Doctors in India, v4.p162
Grant passes for ships to Mecca, v6.pp270–272
Settlements of, at Chandarnagar, v6.pp303–304
Travellers, in India, v4.p139
Under Jahangir’s reign, v6.pp272–274
Euthydemos I and II, Indo-Bactrian kings, v2.p201, v2.p203, v2.p401
Evidence, kinds of, recognized by Sankhya philosophy, v1.p255
Evil, true nature of, v1.p216
Exchange, Hindu mediums of, v9.p153
Exile
Of Pandava princes, v1.p103, v1.p107
Of Rama, v1.p120
Expeditions to, and policy of, in India, v6.pp84–122, v6.pp146–147, v6.pp153–156
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