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, 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
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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