Nabokodrosoros (Nebuchadnezzar), Babylonian monarch, advances as far as the Pillars of Herakles, v9.p4
Nachiketas, story of, v1.pp181–183
Nadir Shah
Carries the Peacock Throne from India to Persia, v5.p323
Death of, v8.p77
Invasion of India by, v4.pp180–182, v8.p77
Nagarjuni hills, inscriptions in, v2.p176
Nagarkot, city of the Panjab
Controlled by Abu Bekr, v3.p161
Reduction of, by Firoz Shah, v3.p149
Taken by Timur, v3.p169
Nagasena, a renowned Buddhist teacher, v1.p321
Nagor important in consequence of Ulugh Khan’s residence, v5.p123
Nagpur
A town in the Central Provinces, v4.p261, v4.p268
Annexation of, v8.p421
Outbreak at, v8.p380
Nahapana Kshaharata, chieftain, v2.p192
Naib Barbak, commander of Ala-ad-din’s expedition against Ma’bar, v5.p143
Naires of Malabar, v9.p235
Nairs, military tribe of South-western India, v6.pp78–80
Employed in Portuguese army, v6.p91, v6.p140
Naishapur, city of Persia, v3.p70
Naishapur, Kutb-ad-din brought as slave to, v5.p88
Najib-ad-daulah, chief of the Rohillas, v4.p183, v4.p187, v4.p228, v4.p229, v4.p230, v4.p233, v4.p234, v4.p247
Naksh-i-Rustam, inscription at, v2.p12
Nakula, one of the Pandava princes, v1.p102
Namur, v6.p208
Nanda dynasty, v2.pp37–40, v2.p105
Nandana, fort of, captured by Nasir-ad-din, v5.p118
Nandishvarman, Pallava king, v2.p390
Nandivardhana, king, v2.p86
Nandurbar, a town of Khandesh in the Bombay Presidency, v4.p197
Napier, Sir Charles, v8.pp404–406
Defeats Amirs of Sind at Miani, v8.p405
Naples, Spanish control of, v6.p209
Napoleon plans a Franco-Russian expedition to India, v8.p351
Overthrow of, v8.p355
Narada, v1.p132
Narain Rao, a Maratha ruler, v4.pp269–273
Narain, town of the Panjab, battle at, v3.p57, v3.p58
Narasimha II, Hoysala king, v2.p360
Narasimhagupta Baladitya, king, v2.p283
Narayan (Narrand), Hindu broker of the East India Company, v7.pp244–245
Narayana
Directions for constructing an idol of, v9.p179
Bids ancient Hindus burn their dead, v9.p186
Narbada, a river of Central India, v3.p23, v4.p25, v4.p151, v4.p179, v4.p197, v4.p201, v4.p224
Battle at the, v4.p112
Nardin, Mahmud of Ghazni victorious at, v5.p62
Narmada (Narbada), river, v2.p8, v2.p23, v2.p107, v2.p128, v2.p143, v2.p178, v2.p180, v2.p255, v2.p301, v2.p349
Narsing, name of an elephant, v4.p12
Nasik, a town in the Bombay Presidency, v4.p263, v4.p204, v4.p265, v4.p267
Nasir Jang murdered by his mercenaries, v8.p118
Nasir-ad-din Aitamur, general of Shams-ad-din Altamish, marches from Lahore to Multan, v5.p99
Nasir-ad-din Kubacha
Again defeated by Shams-ad-din Altamish, v5.p97
Camps at fort of Amravat, v5.pp98–99
Death of, v5.p100
Disputes with Shams-ad-din Altamish regarding Lahore, Tabarhindh, and Kahram, v5.p97
Flees to Bhakkar, v5.p99
Remaining forces of, enter service of Shams-ad-din Altamish, v5.p100
Nasir-ad-din Tabashi Mu’izzi, governor of Oudh, hastens unsuccessfully to aid Raziya, v5.p105
Nasir-ad-din, a son of Shams-ad-din Altamish, nominal Sultan of Delhi, v3.p80, v3.p82
Leads life of a dervish, v3.p83
Death of, in 1266, v3.p84
Nasir-ad-din, provincial viceroy of Lakhnauti, v3.p129
Nasir-ad-din, third son of Altamish
Army of, leaves Delhi for Hindustan, v5.p127
Chiefs of, urge that Ulugh Khan be sent to Hansi, v5.p121
Death of, in 1266 A.D., v5.p140
Grants interview to ambassadors from Khorasan, v5.p139
Insurrection against, in Hindustan, v5.p127
Marches against Ulugh Khan, v5.p124
Reconciliation of, with Ulugh Khan, v5.p126
Reigns for twenty years, v5.p110
Returns to Delhi accompanied by Ulugh Khan, v5.p126
Returns to Delhi, v5.p118
Sends expedition to Hindustan, v5.p118
Usurps throne of Ala-ad-din, v5.p116
Nasir-ad-din, throne-name of Khusru Khan, v3.p126
Nasrat Shah, cousin of Mahmud and rival Moghul emperor of Delhi, v3.p161
Driven from Delhi by Ikbal Khan, v3.p170
Native alliances part of the English policy, v7.p110
Native alliances, part of the Portuguese policy, v6.pp83–85, v6.p86, v6.pp87–91, v6.p96, v6.pp119–121, v6.pp126–131, v6.pp148–150
Part of the Dutch policy, v6.p220
Native States
Area, population, and administration of, since 1860, v8.pp429–430
Relation of, to the Indian Empire, v8.pp476–477
Native troops
Employed by Portuguese, v6.pp90–91, v6.pp140–144
Employed long before Dupleix, v6.pp149–150
Nature, according to Sankhya philosophy, v1.p254
Naushahra, fort of, built by Zain Khan Koka, v5.p312
Naushirwan, king of Persia, v4.p217
Nautch girls, v4.p137
Nautical instruments, development of, made maritime discovery possible, v6.pp50–73, v6.p145, v6.pp199–201
Navigation Act of 1651 the foundation of English mercantile ascendency, v7.p270, v7.p277
Navigation Law of Cromwell adopted by Charles II, v8.p32
Navigation
Antwerp school for scientific, v6.p200
Columbus’s and Da Gama’s fleets for, v6.pp68–69
Difficulties of early, v6.pp48–54
Portuguese school for scientific, v6.p44, v6.p56, v6.p200
Portuguese ships and expeditions for (thirteenth to sixteenth centuries), v6.pp49–56, v6.p68, v6.p85, v6.p106, v6.p115, v6.pp120–121, v6.pp124–125, v6.p131, v6.p139, v6.p141, v6.pp144–156
Nawasa Shah turned out of his government in Hind by Mahmud of Ghazni, v5.p52
Naxasimha-varman I, Pallava king, v2.p390
Nearchos, a Greek historian, v1.p216
Nearchos
Alexander’s admiral, v2.p93
Chief commander of Alexander’s fleet in the Persian Gulf, v9.p2
On the irrigation of India, v9.p8
Neck, Van, expeditions of, to India (1598), v6.p213, v6.p214
Nepal
British protectorate, v8.p486
Capitals of, v2.p140
History of, v2.p325
War with, v8.pp374–377
Nerbudda, see Narmada News-writers of Asoka, v2.p119
Neutralization, why impossible in Asiatic statecraft, v8.p482
New amirs of Sind revolt against Mohammad Taghlak, v3.p186
New Delhi, or Shahjahanabad, see Delhi
New Moslems
Conspiracy discovered among, v3.p102
Death of 30,000 to 40,000 of, v2.pp102–103
Newcastle, coal-ships at (sixteenth century), v6.p221
Newfoundland
Discovery of, referred to, v6.p176
English ships at, v6.pp176–177, v6.p193, v6.p204
Portuguese, Spanish, and English fisheries at, v6.p204
Nicholas V, Pope, Bulls of, quoted, v6.p44, v6.p59, v6.p65
Nicote, Portuguese soldier, proclaimed king of Pegu, v6.p163
Nidar Bhim, chief of Hind, routed by Mahmud of Ghazni at Nardin, v5.pp61–62
Nikaia
(1) = Jalalabad, v2.p43
(2) On battle-field of the Hydaspes, v2.p67
City on the Hydaspes, founded by Alexander, v9.p20
Nikolaos Damaskenos, Greek historian, writes of suttee, v9.p72
Nilab
Inhabitants of, send tributary offering to Babar, v5.p235
River of, crossed by Jahangir, v5.p312
Submits to Babar, v5.p225
Nile
Albuquerque’s design for diverting waters of the, to the Red Sea, v6.pp103–104
Animals and fish inhabiting the, v9.p38
Carian and Ionian settlements on the, v6.p21
Indo-European trade by way of the, v6.p1, v6.p3, v6.p4, v6.p21, v6.p22, v6.p33
Valley, Moslem trade with the, v6.p104
Width of the delta of the, v9.p26
Nimeguen, peace ratified at, in 1678, v8.p40
Nirun, capitulates to Mohammad ibn Kasim, v5.pp9–10
Nirvana
Parallel to, in Sankhya philosophy, v1.p257
Meaning of, v1.pp307–308
Gained by breaking the ten fetters, v1.p308
Niyaltagin
Raid on Benares, v3.p43
Revolts against Mas’ud, v3.p44
Nizam of Haidarabad surrenders at Kurdla, v8.p302, v8.p307
Nizam Shah, v4.p83
Dominions of the, v4.p107
Nizam Shahs, dynasty of Ahmadnagar, v3.p192
Nizam Shahs, dynasty of the, v4.p106
Nizam’s Territory, most of present territory of, formerly part of Bahmanid possessions, v3.p187
Nizam-ad-din Mohammad Junaidi, minister to Shams-ad-din Altamish, sent in pursuit of Malik Nasir-ad-din Kubacha, v5.pp99–100
Nizam-ad-din, vizir of Kai-Kubad, v3.p94
Nizam-al-mulk Junaidi
Flees to mountains of Bardar, where he dies, v5.p106
Makes war on Raziya, v5.p105
Nizam-al-mulk, Seljuk vizir
Cites anecdotes of Mahmud of Ghazni, v3.p35
Rebels against the Bahmanid Sultans, v3.p192
Nizarians and Yamanians, dissensions between, v5.p23
Nomadic life among the Aryans, v1.p8
Non, Cape, navigation of, v6.p49, v6.p54
Non-existence, category of, in Vaisesika philosophy, v1.p266
Non-Regulation system, methods of, v8.p451
Noronha, Antonio de, gains possession of Banda, v9.pp232–233
North Africa, Saracens in, v3.p2
Provisions of the Regulating Act of, v8.pp229–231
Northeast Passage
Anthony Jenkinson urges exploration by the (1565), v6.p182
Chancelor and Burroughs (1555–1556) attempt to reach India by the, v6.p181
Jackman and Pet sent by the Muscovy Company (1580), to reach India by the, v6.p188
Resolve to discover the (1583), v6.p190
Sir Hugh Willoughby (1553) attempts to reach India by the, v6.pp178–181
William Barents’s three voyages (1594, 1595, 1596) to discover the, v6.pp198–199
Northern Buddhism, the form prevailing in Nepal and Tibet, China, and Japan, v1.p280, v1.p319
Northern India, strategic geography of, v8.pp188–190
Northwest Passage
(1476) John Scolus’ attempt, v6.p173
(1480) Thylde attempt, v6.p173
(1491–1498) Various expeditions from Bristol attempt, v6.p173
(1497) John Cabot’s attempt, v6.p175
(1498–1502) Further expeditions v6.p175
(1524) Verazzani commissioned to make discoveries regarding the reaching of India, v6.p194
(1527) To the Spice Islands advocated by Robert Thorne and an expedition sent out v6.pp176–177
(1536) Hore’s attempt v6.pp177–178
(1566–1567), Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s “Discourse”, urging the discovery, v6.p182
(1576) Frobisher’s first attempt, v6.p183
(1577) Frobisher’s second attempt, [6.p184:185]
(1578) Frobisher’s third attempt, v6.pp185–186
(1582) Fenton’s attempt, v6.pp188–190
(1585, 1586, 1587) John Davis’ three voyages v6.pp190–191
(1602) Waymouth first sent to reach India by the East India Company v6.pp246–248, v6.p251
(1602) Waymouth second expedition resolved on by the East India Company v6.p251
(1606) Knight’s attempt, v6.p251
Northwest, invasion of India from the, v3.p193
Nosala, enchanted isle, v2.p96
Nott, General, holds Kandahar, v8.p403
Nova Zembla
Dutch at, v6.p198
Sir Hugh Willoughby reaches, v6.p180
Nova, João da
Death of, v6.p102
Expedition to India (1501) and policy of, v6.p87
Novgorod
Abolition of the charters (1475) and decay of, v6.p35
Ancient trade emporium of, v6.p18
One of the Hanse towns, v6.p34
Nukan conquered by al-Manzar ibn al-Jarud-al-Abdi, v5.p5
Nur Jahan, empress of Delhi and wife of Jahangir, v4.p64, v4.p79, v5.pp315–319
Character of, v4.p80
Coins struck in honour of, v5.p318
Death of, v4.p87
Engaged in battle at the Behat (Hydaspes), v4.p85
Retires from public life on the death of her husband, v4.p87
Tomb of the father of, v4.p79
Nur Mahal, “Light of the Palace”, name applied to Nur Jahan, v4.pp79–80
Nur-ad-din, a Gilani poet, gains ascendency over Akbar, v5.p280
Nutmeg Isles
Dutch drive the English out of, v7.pp113–124, v7.p157
Dutch hostility to the English in, v7.p113
English claim to, v7.p113
Position of, v7.p113
Nutmegs, Portuguese trade in, v6.p151
Nysa
Storming of the fortress of, v9.p5
Nysaioi, a tribe of India, v9.p18
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