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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

North, Lord, v8.p228, v8.p229

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

Position of, v2.p45, v2.p46

Storming of the fortress of, v9.p5

Nysaioi, a tribe of India, v9.p18

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