–R–

Rabbah (Rabbath-Ammon), trade emporium, v6.p3, v6.p5, v6.p9, v6.p11

Raghunath Rao, brother of Balaji Rao, the Maratha, v4.p230, v4.p240, v4.p248

Relations of, with Madhu Rao, v4.pp261–276

Fate of, v4.pp271–275

Raghunath Rao, treaty of the English with, v8.p244

Rahib, a river, Mahmud of Ghazni defeats raja of Kanauj at, v3.p27

Rahuk (Dahuk), a dependency of Mansura, v5.p31

Rahula

A convert to Buddhism, v1.p293

Son of Buddha, admitted to the order, v1.p297

Rai Jai Chand, Hindu raja, defeated by Mu’izz-ad-din near Chandawal, v5.p85, v5.p90

Rai Jaipal, Hindu raja, forts of, fall into hands of Mahmud of Ghazni, v5.p68

Rai, in Persia, south of the Caspian Sea, Mohammad ibn Kasim ordered to, v5.p7

Raichur Doab, district between upper Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers, coveted by the kingdom of Vijayanagar, v3.p188

Raichur, fortress of the Raichur Doab, v3.p188, v3.p189

Railways, effect of, in India, v8.p463

Raja Ali Khan, of Khandesh, v4.pp194–196

Death of, v4.p199

Ability of, v4.p200

Rajadhiraja, Chola king, v2.p379

Rajagriha, ancient capital of Magadha, v2.p27

Asoka’s death at, v2.p139

Rajagriha, Council of, v1.p318

Rajamandari, city of Orissa, taken by the Bahmanid Sultan Mohammad II, v3.p191

Rajapur, chief inlet of Arabian commerce, v7.p215

Rajaraja the Great, Chola king, v2.p357, v2.p369, v2.p376, v2.p391

Rajasuya = horse-sacrifice, q. v. Rajatarangini, chronicle of Kashmir, v2.p10

Rajasuya, imperial coronation sacrifice, v1.p163

Rajauri = Abhisara, v2.p75

Rajendra Choladeva I and II, Chola kings, v2.p379

Rajmahal Hills, in Bengal, v3.p233

Rajput princes, Rana Sanga head of, v3.p211

Rajput States a barrier against the Marathas, v8.p477

Rajput, royal clans, v2.p291

Rajputana, v4.p148, v4.p149

Rajputana, a desert, v1.p126

Described by Megasthenes, v1.p206

Rajputana, district of India, v3.p24

Prepares to resist Babar, v3.p209

Rajputs

Acknowledge the superiority of Bahadur, v3.p185

Akbar’s alliance with the, v4.p14, v4.p15, v4.p23, v4.p24, v4.p26

And Babar, battle of, at Kanwaha, v3.p215

Armed with hand-pikes, v4.p113

Attack Mohammad Ghori, v3.p55

Bravery of the, v4.p116

Brought under Akbar, v4.p3

Character of the, v3.p56, v3.p212

Defeat Babar’s outpost, v3.p213

Defeat of, by Aurangzib, v4.p112

Desire independence, v4.p124

Feudal system prevalent among, v3.p56

In battle against Jahangir and Nur Jahan, v4.pp84–86

Live in tents, v4.p132

Not honoured by Jahangir, v4.p66

Of Udaipur, defeated by Shah Jahan, v4.p83

Pride, independence, and bravery of the, v4.p2, v4.p17, v4.p22, v4.p147

Princess of the, was Jahangir’s mother, v4.p60

Regarded as highwaymen, v4.p95

Revolt unsuccessfully against Bahadur, v3.p185

Routed by Babar, v3.p215

Side with Himu, v4.p4

Victories of Bahadur Shah over, v3.p228

Rajyasri, sister of Harsha, v2.p297, v2.p314

Rajyavardhana, Raja of Thanesar, v2.p294

Raleigh, Sir Walter, spokesman of the war party in England, v7.p45

Ram Deo, maharaja of Deogir, furthers preparations of Ala-ad-din’s army, v5.pp145–146

Ram Singh, raja of Jaipur, v4.p115, v4.p148

Rama Deva, Yadava ruler, captured by the army of Ala-ad-din, v3.p119

Released and sent back to govern Devagiri as vassal of Ala-ad-din, v3.p119

Rama, son of Dasaratha, directions for constructing an idol of, v9.p178

Legend of a temple founded by, v9.p182, v9.p185

Rama, son of Kausalya, v1.p119

A recrudescence of Indra, v1.p116

Alliance of, with non-Aryan tribes, v1.p121

An incarnation of Vishnu, v1.p116

Celebrates the Asvamedha sacrifice, v1.p124

Exiles Sita, v1.p123

Goes into exile, v1.p120

Husband of Sita, v1.p116

Ideal Hindu man, v1.p125

Kills Ravana, v1.p123

Kills Vali, v1.p121

Preparations of, for the recovery of Sita, v1.p121

Return to Ayodhya and ascends the throne, v1.p123

Sons of, capture the sacrificial horse, v1.p125

Wins Sita at a svayamvara, v1.p119

Ramachandra, Yadava Raja, v2.p361

Ramanouja Weistnouwa, a sub-sect of the Brahmans, v9.p252, v9.pp255–256

Ramayana, suttee alluded to in the, v9.p71

Ramayana, the second great epic of India, v1.p83, v1.p115

A means of moral education to the Hindus, v1.p125

A work of later ages, v1.p136

Characters of heroes of, v1.p118

Decline in warlike spirit in, v1.p117

Value of, v1.p116

Ramazan, fast of, violated, v3.p124

Rampur, a city, v4.p18

Rangoon, a city of Lower Burmah, last royal descendant of Timur dies at, v3.p201

Ranjit Singh

Panjab temporarily consolidated under the kingdom of, v8.p197

Ruler of the Panjab, v8.p391

Death of, v8.p406

Rantambhor, city of Rajputana

Ala-ad-din victorious at, v3.p119

Besieged by Ala-ad-din, v3.p105

Captured by Kutb-ad-din Aybek, v3.p70

Falls into hands of Shams-ad-din Altamish, v5.p98

Fort of, destroyed by Kutb-ad-din Hasan Ghori, v5.p107

Rajput fortress, v4.p23

Repeatedly attacked by Balban, v3.p82

Taken by Mahmud the Khalji, v3.p181

Rashid ibn Omar-al-Judaidi

Appointed to the frontier of Hind, v5.p4

Slain by the Meds, v5.p4

Victorious at Kikan, v5.p4

Rashtrakuta, clan and dynasty, v2.p354

Rasil, chief of Kassa, in Hind, v5.p11

Ratagarh, temples of, demolished by Salar Mas’ud, v3.p177

Rathor, clan, v2.p332

Rathors, v4.p148

Rathors, a Hindu dynasty, defeated on the Jumna by Mohammad Ghori, v3.p68

Ratnavali, drama, v2.p304

Ratta, clan = Rashtrakuta, v2.p354

Ravaged by Ulugh Khan, v5.p119

Ravana, the demon-king of Lanka, v1.p120

Steals Sita, v1.p121

Killed by Rama, v1.p123

Ravi, a river in the Panjab, crossed by Mahmud of Ghazni, v3.p25

Ravi, see Hyarotis

Rawal Pindi, Jahangir encamps near, v5.pp309–310

Rawar, city of Bombay, Arabs victorious at, v3.p9

Courage of women at, v3.p9

Rayats, peasants, portion of the, under Akbar, v4.p31

Raymond, George, commander of the first English voyage by way of the Cape (1591), v6.p193

Raziyat-ad-din, daughter of Shams-ad-din Altamish

Aided by Altuniya, v5.p108

Captured by Hindus and slain, v5.p109

Character of, v5.p104

Characteristics of, v2.pp77–78

Chosen to succeed Firoz Shah, v3.p77

Death of, v3.p79

Death of, followed by weak government, v5.p110

Defeated by her brother Mu’izz-ad-din, v5.pp108–109

Leaves Delhi and encamps on the banks of the Jumna, v5.p106

Marches against Tabarhindh, but is captured, v5.p108

Officers appointed by, v5.p106

Peace restored in kingdom of, v5.p106

Plan of, to kill rebellion, v5.p106

Pursues and conquers the governor of Lahore, v5.p108

Queen of Altuniya, v3.p79

Rules Delhi for three and one half years, v3.p78, v5.p104, v5.p109

Taken prisoner by Altuniya in 1240, v3.p79

Reaal, Laurens

Extends the Company’s commerce, v7.p86

Improvement of the finances of the Dutch under administration of, v7.p87

Strengthened the fortifications of the Dutch throughout the Spice Archipelago, v7.p86

Temporary successor of Reynst, v7.p86

Rebeldes, Portuguese use of the term, v6.p67

Records and documents, Hindu, careful preservation of, v9.pp135–136

Red Sea

Ancient navigation of the, v6.p20, v6.pp22–26,49

Ancient trade-route by way of, v6.p3, v6.p7, v6.pp20–27, v6.p78, v6.p83

Commercial navigation of the, important to the Roman emperors, v8.pp1–2

Portuguese struggle with the Moslems for the command of the, v6.p55, v6.p89, v6.p92, v6.pp99–101, v6.p104, v6.pp109–111, v6.p120, v6.pp124–125, v6.pp146–147

Van Speult sent to the, v7.p151

Reformation, the, and its effect on maritime exploration, v6.p194, v6.p205, v6.p207

Religion

Buddhism became a world, v2.p170

Harsha’s eclecticism in, v2.p307

Hindu, explanation of, by the Rig-Veda, v1.p11

In China, v2.p233

Jain, v2.p369

Kshatriyas speculate on, v1.p86

Later, essence of the, v1.p86

Of the Rig-Veda, v1.pp62–81

Persecution of Zoroastrian, v2.p310

State of South Indian, v2.p389

Vedic, decline of, v1.p86

Religious discussions at Akbar’s court, v4.p36, v4.p39

Religious discussions in Brahmanic and Epic times, v1.p144

Life, initiation into, v1.pp229–241

Remonstrance of the English East India Company

Contents of, v7.pp170–172

Drawn up by Thomas Mun and revised by Sir Otto Coke, v7.p170

Presented to Parliament in 1628, v7.pp169–170

Repression under Ala-ad-din, v2.pp107–110

Reptiles in India, v9.pp37–38

Rest-houses, described by Fa-hien, v2.p268, v2.p305

Restores Sita to Rama, v1.p121

Retribution, degrees of, in Hindu beliefs, v9.pp172–173

Revanta, the son of the Sun, directions for constructing an idol of, v9.p180

Revealed literature, v1.p86

Revenue

Accruing from the Deccan, v4.p219

Means of raising, under Akbar, v4.pp30–32

Of Shah Jahan, v4.p97

Reynst, Gerard, a director of the United Company at Amsterdam, v7.p85

Aim of, to close Nutmeg and Clove Islands of the Archipelago against the English, v7.p86

Becomes the founder of Dutch trade in the Red Sea, v7.p86

Chastises Banda chiefs, v7.p86

Death of, v7.p86

Detaches a squadron to found factories at Aden and on the Arabian coast, v7.p86

Drives the English out of Amboyna, v7.p86

Second governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, v7.p85, v7.p86

Rhinoculora, trade emporium, v6.p4

Rhodes

Defence of, by Knights Hospitallers, v6.pp31–32

Knights Hospitallers driven to, v6.p13

Rice, abundance of the crop of, in Bengal, v9.p284

Richelieu, French colonizing companies under, v8.p80, v8.pp83–86

Riddi (Reddis), a sub-caste of the Sudras, v9.p245

Right of way, passage from Vasishtha, on, v1.pp224–225

Rig-Veda

Allusions to aborigines in, v1.p81

Aranyakas of, v1.p94

Astronomy in, v1.pp166–157

Brahmanas of, v1.pp92–93

Commerce in, v1.p18

Composers of, v1.p11

Composition of, v1.p10

Coronation customs in, v1.pp41–42

Divisions of, v1.p11

Earliest date of, v1.p1

Funeral hymn of the, v9.p71

Grains named in, v1.p21

Metals in, v1.p26

Money in, v1.p20

Monotheism in, v1.pp80–81

Preservation of, by youths of priestly houses, v1.p78

Religion of, v1.p62, v1.p81

Tenth book of, v1.p12

Translations from, v1.pp13–14, v1.p16, v1.pp17–18, v1.p19, v1.p20, v1.p26, v1.p29, v1.p31, v1.pp32–36, v1.pp38–42, v1.pp44–46, v1.pp62–63, v1.pp65–67, v1.p58, v1.pp59–60, v1.p61, v1.p63, v1.p64, v1.p66, v1.pp66–68, v1.p70, v1.pp73–74, v1.pp75–76, v1.pp78–81

Voyages in, v1.p20

Weapons in, v1.p89, v1.p41, v1.p42

Wells in, v1.p16

Rihan, a renegade Hindu in the service of Nasir-ad-din, v3.p82

Dismissed from court, v3.p83

Rik’a, a Mohammedan prostration, v4.p126

Rio Grande, Portuguese reach (1447), v6.p51

Ripon, Lord, Governor-General of India, v8.p443

Rishis, Vedic bards, v1.p76

Not a separate class, v1.pp50–51

As warriors, v1.p77

Rivadanda, Christians build fort at, v6.p294

Rivers, hymns to, in the Rig-Veda, v1.pp44–46

Riwari granted to Ulugh Khan, v5.p113

Roads, insecurity of, in the empire of Mohammad Taghlak, v3.p136

Robbers, allusion to aboriginal, in the Rig-Veda, v1.p31

Roberts, Lewes, appeal of, to the Long Parliament in 1641, v7.pp269–270

Rock Edicts of Asoka, v2.p146

Roe, Sir Thomas

Ambassador from James I of England to Jahangir, the Great Mogul, v8.p23, v9.p306

Arrives at Surat, v4.p69

Comments of, on the Moghul Court, v4.p100

Court, in the “draft” stage, v7.p198, Contents of the treaty of, v7.p198

English ambassador to the Moghul court, v4.pp67–79

Granted “Order” for trade, v7.p197

High spirit of, v4.pp69–71

Journal of, v4.pp73–77

Nobility of the character of, v4.pp78–79

Opinion of, on Jahangir’s son, v4.p82

Opinion of, regarding Shah Jahan, v4.p83, v4.p88

Proceeds to Ajmir, the seat of the Moghul court, v7.p197

Qualifications of, for his high office, v4.pp68–70

Received permit for English to reside in Surat and travel into the interior of India, v7.p198

Receives a grant in 1618 from Prince Mirza Khurram, v7.p198

Sent as ambassador by James I, to Jahangir, v7.pp196–197

Success of the policy of, v4.p71

Treaty of, rejected by the Imperial

Views as ambassador, v4.p72

Roger, Abraham, a Dutch missionary, resident at Pulicat

Death of, in 1649, v9.p237

Describes suttee, v9.pp88–95

Describes the manners and customs of the Hindus, v9.pp237–279

Rogers, Thorold, political economist, v7.p59

Rohilkhand annexed to Oudh, v8.p243

Rohilkhand, division of the Northwest Provinces, annual campaigns to exact tribute from, v3.p171

Rohilla War, v8.pp241–243

Rohillas, v4.p182, v4.p183, v4.p187, v4.p236, v4.p237

Rohtas, fort of

Begun by Sher Khan Afghan, and completed by his son, v5.p308

Jahangir halts at, on way to Kabul, v5.p308

Occupied by Sher Khan, v3.p233

Roman Catholic faith established in France, v8.p80, v8.p83, v8.p85

Roman Empire, command of, over the main channels of Asiatic trade, v8.p3

Rome

Commands Eastern trade-routes, v6.p9, v6.p10, v6.p29

Early trade of, with China, v6.p28

Rosengyn surrendered to English, v7.p90

Roteiro, quotation from the, regarding Vasco da Gama’s visit to Calicut, v9.pp205–210, v9.pp213–219

Rousseau on the influence of priestly ambition, v8.p152

Roxana, consort of Alexander, v2.p88, v2.p104

Royal caste, rise of, v1.p136

Courts, the seats of learning, v1.p143

Royal succession, Hindu, v9.p148

Rubruquis

Visits Tartar headquarters in Asia Minor, v6.p37

Witnesses the battle of Angora (1402), v6.p37

Rudbar, a town of Afghanistan, Abbad Ziyad marches through, v5.p4

Rudra, father of the Maruts, one of the Hindu Triad, v1.p11, v1.p72

Development of, as a deity, v1.p169

Not yet identified with Siva in the Brahmanas, v1.p169

Rudradaman, western satrap, v2.p122, v2.p194

Ruined city of Fathpur-Sikri, description of the beauty of the, v4.p86

Rukayya, a wife of Akbar, v4.p15

Rukn-ad-din, sultan of Delhi, v5.p112

Tomb of, at Malikpur, restored by Firoz Shah, v5.p116

Rules, prohibitory, of Buddhism, v1.pp312–313

Rumbold, Sir Thomas, Governor of Madras, v8.p251

Rumes, see Turks

Rumi Khan, Ottoman engineer, advises Bahadur Shah not to attack Humayun, v3.p230

In Humayun’s army, v3.p232

Rumi (Ottoman) customs adopted by the Bahmanid Sultans, v3.p191

Rummindei, inscription of Asoka, v2.p148

Rupar, a city in the Panjab, Khizr Khan pursues rebels to, v3.p171

Rupert, Prince

Mother of, puts an end to the scheme of a court clique with her son nominally at its head, to colonize Madagascar, v7.p178

Goes off to the siege of Breda, v7.p179

Rupur, sufferings of Babar’s army at, v5.pp247–248

Russell, Sir William Howard, quoted, v6.p135

Russia

Central Asian policy of, v8.pp437–440

Early trade-route through, v6.pp14–19

English trade with (1554), v6.pp180–181

Hanseatic trade of, v6.p18, v6.pp34–35

March of, across Asia and influence on Persia, v8.p396

Rival of England, v8.p480, v8.pp482–483, v8.pp484–485

Rustam Khan, a commander under Dara, v4.p113

Rustam, Prince, sent by Timur to invade country of the Siyah-poshes, v5.pp183–184

A commander of the advance-guard of Timur’s army, v5.p206

Rychant, Sir Peter, seizes three hundred bags of pepper in Venice belonging to the Company, v7.p254

Rye, Lancaster arrives at (1594), v6.p193

Ryswick, peace of, v8.p40, v8.p53

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