–E–

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

Names of royal, v4.p4, v4.p12

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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