–S–

Sa’d Allah, minister of Shah Jahan, v4.p69, v4.p92

Sa’di, a Persian poet, quotation from, v4.p126

Sa’id ibn Aslam, is appointed to Mekran and its frontiers, v5.p5

Death of, v5.p5

Sabaean alphabet brought to India, v6.p4

Sabalgarh, in the district of Gwalior, Central India, v4.p108

Sabarmati (Sabermeti), a river, the favourite resort of ascetics, v9.p302

Sabat (covered way), construction of a, for military purposes, v4.p18, v4.p19

Sabi, a dynasty, v3.p24

Sabli ibn Shahi ibn Bamhi offers Mahmud of Ghazni his services as guide, v5.p65

Sabos (Sambos), an Indian prince whose territory bordered on Patalene, v9.p25

Sabuktagin, slave and successor of Alptagin, v3.p18

Attempt of, to invade India from the northwest, v3.p18

Death of, v3.p18

Sabuktagin, sultan of Ghazni

Advances into the Panjab and conquers Jaipal, v5.p35

Defeats Jaipal and takes his kingdom, v5.pp39–41

Prepares to invade North-western India, v5.p34

Victorious expeditions of, v5.p35

Sabuktigin, king, v2.p335, v2.p339

Sacraments inferior to virtue, v1.p244

Sacred books of the Jains, v1.p327

Sacred fire in the household, v1.p62, v1.p160

Sacrifice

Human, in ancillary Vedic literature, v1.pp161–162

Human, no reference to, in Rig-Veda, v1.pp160–181

Importance of, in Brahmanic and Epic periods, v1.p169

Increasing importance of, v1.p86

Performed by professional priests, v1.p5

Sacrifices, accompanied by gifts in Brahmanic and Epic periods, v1.p169

Seven Paka, v1.p191

Sacrificial fire, v1.p5

Rites regulated by the position of the moon, v1.p157

Fire, setting up of the, v1.p163

Sadanira, a river, v1.p113

Sadasheo Bhao, a Maratha, v4.p187

Sadat Khan, a general under Bahadur Khan, v4.p197, v4.p212

Safarids, Persian dynasty, decline of, v5.p24, v5.p25

Safdar Jang, viceroy of Oudh, v4.p182, v4.p184

Saffron abundant in Pampur, v5.p305

Sagara, King, legend of the sons of, v9.pp193–194

Sagres

Monument of Prince Henry at, v6.pp44–45, v6.p51

Observatory and school for navigation founded by Prince Henry the Navigator at, v6.p44, v6.p56, v6.p200

Sahadeva, one of the five Pandava princes, v1.p102

Sahban taken by Mohammad ibn Kasim, v5.p10

Sahu, Sahuji, or Shahji, a Maratha ruler, v4.p177, v4.p218, v4.p220

Saif-ad-daulah, Sultan, receives robe of honour from Caliph Kadir bi-Allah, v5.p41

Saif-ad-din Aybek Bahtu

Death of, v5.p107

Made commander of army by Raziya with title of Katlagh Khan, v5.p106

Saif-ad-din Kishli Khan, brother of Ulugh Khan, sent to his estate of Karra, v5.p121

Saif-ad-din, sultan of Ghor, death of, v5.p78

Sailoda, a sacred pond, the source of the river of the same name, v9.p193

Saisunaga dynasty, v2.p9, v2.p27

Saka dynasty, v2.p244

Religion, v2.p310

Tribe, v2.pp190–193, v2.pp204–206

Sakai, a tribe of the fourth century II. c., v1.p215

Sakala, capital of Mihiragula, v2.p317

Saki Musta’idd Khan, Mohammedan historian

Secretly prepares a history of Aurangzib’s reign, v5.p340

Description of the death of Aurangzib by, v5.pp345–348

Saktis (Tschectea), a sect of the Brahmans, v9.p261

Sakya territory, v2.p26

Sakyaputriya Sramans, a sect founded by Gautama, v1.pp236–279

Sakyas, a clan, v1.p286

Salar Mas’ud, pilgrimage of Firoz Shah to the shrine of, v3.p167

Legendary account of the demolition of the temples of Ratagarh by, v3.p177

Death of, v3.p177

Salaries

Amount of official, under Jahangir, v4.p77

Low, of Portuguese soldiers in India, lead to embezzlement, v6.pp143–144, v6.pp162–163

Of captain and crew, together with cost of a Portuguese ship for India, v6.p150

Insufficient, lead to corruption, desertions, and private trade, v6.pp155–164

Saldanha Bay, death of Almeida at, v6.p103

Saldanha, Antonio, expedition of, to the Red Sea and his policy of destroying the Arab trade, v6.p89, v6.p92

Sale-transaction, a verse on, v1.p19

Salih ibn Abd-ar-Rahman appointed to collect the tribute of Irak, v5.p14

Salim Chisti, a saint who prophesied the birth of Akbar’s son, v4.p36

Salim of Rum, Sultan, unsuccessful in attack on Christians, v6.p294

Salim, Akbar’s son, named after, v4.p35

Salim, eldest son and successor of Akbar, with the title Jahangir, v4.pp49–50, v4.p68, v4.p80, v4.p194

See also Jahangir

Salima, a wife of Akbar, v4.p15

Salimgarh, an island fortress at Delhi, v4.p119

Salin Nawin and infidel Moghuls descend upon Sind, v5.p132

Abandons his expedition against Ulugh Khan, v5.p132

Salmur, fortress of Debal Hindi, captured by Ulugh Khan, v5.pp129–130

Salsette, island of Bombay, recovered from Deccan kings by Ahmad I, v3.p182

Salsette

Occupied by the English, v8.p245

The English anxious to acquire, v8.p244

Salt mines in India, v9.p23

Salt Range, in the Panjab, troops of Mahmud of Ghazni harassed at, v3.p28

Salutation, nine Hindu forms of, v9.p146, v9.p147

Salutes, Portuguese waste of ammunition in, v6.p255

Salvation, doctrine of, from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, v1.p181

Samana, Mohammedan stronghold in the Panjab, v3.p116, v3.p161

Samanids, a Persian dynasty, conquer Mawara-an-nahr and Khorasan, v5.p25

Samanids, an Arab dynasty, v3.p16, v3.p31

Samarkand = country of the Sogdioi, v2.p199

Arab conquest of, v2.p324

Arab occupation of, v3.p6

Once a limit of the kingdom of Khwarizm, v3.p75

Seat of Timur’s empire, v5.p219

Subdued by Ali Tigin, v3.p2

Timur’s third failure at, v2.pp203–204

Turks in, v3.p17

Samarra plundered by the Karmathians, v5.p25

Sama-Veda

Brahmanas of, v1.p93

Compilation of, v1.pp85–88

Duplicate verses found in the Rig-Veda, v1.p89

Selections from Rig-Veda set to music, v1.p89

Sama-Veda, studied by the Brahmans, v9.p137

Samba, son of Vishnu, directions for constructing an idol of, v9.p179

Sambaji, son of Sivaji

Continues his father’s revolt, v8.p43

Death of, v4.pp164–165, v8.p45

Wars of, against Aurangzib, v4.p157, v4.p161, v4.p164, v4.p225

Sambhal, city in the Northwest Provinces, taken by Babar, v3.p211

Samma Jam, ruler of Sind, v3.p148

Defeated by Firoz Shah’s second expedition, v3.p149

Sammitiya school of Buddhism, v2.p300, v2.p307

Samudragupta, history and wars of, v2.p7, v2.pp249–260

Samugarh, battle at, v4.p112, v4.p116, v4.p167

Samuri, see Zamorin

San Domingo, English attack on, v6.p227

San Thome, shrine of, v2.p210

Sanaruz, Abbad ibn Ziyad marches to, v5.p4

Sancho Panza, v6.p163

Sandeman, Major, negotiates a treaty with the Khan of Baluchistan, v8.p436

Sandila, city in Oudh, separate fief in the reign of Firoz Shah, v3.p153

Sandip, an island off Chittagong, v4.p143

Sandrokottos, Indian king, ruler of the nation of the Gangaridai and Prasioi, v9.p43

Sanga, rana of Chitor, v4.p17

Advances on Biana, v3.p211

Death of, v3.p215

Defeats Mahmud Khalji II, v3.p182

Head of all the Rajput princes, v3.p211

Size of the army of, v3.p211

Wounds of, v3.p211

Sangaca, Fort, Portuguese and native forces at the relief of (1542), v6.p142

Sangdaki, Babar’s army halts at, v5.p225

Sanghamitra, legend of, v2.p169

Sangram, name of Akbar’s gun, v4.p22

Sanjar, Seljuk Sultan, v3.p48

Sankaracharya, a Hindu philosopher, v1.p167, v1.p289

Sankaran, people of, revolt against Mu’izz-ad-din, v5.p81

Sankaravarman, King of Kashmir, v2.p328

Sanskrit

Allied to Prakrit and Pali, v2.p146

Ancient language of India, v4.p163

Literature in, known to Akbar, v4.p40

Revival of, v2.p277

Santa Cruz, island off Africa, reached by Dias (1486), v6.p57

Santana, king of Hastinapura, v1.p109

Father of Bhishma, v1.p100

Sanuto, Marino, map of, quoted, v6.p49

Sanuto, Marino, submits his Secretum Fidelium Crucis to the Pope, v7.p40

Sapera, seaport of Western India, v3.p3

Sapor (Shahpur) I and II, Kings of Persia, v2.p243, v2.p246

Sappers, v4.p21

Saracens, armies of

Capture Syrian trade-route, v6.p11

Egypt under the, v6.p30

Hold Syrian trade-route, v6.pp12–13

In North Africa, v3.p2

In Persia, v3.p2

In Spain, v3.p2

In the seventh century, v3.p2

Struggle of, with Christians, to hold Syrian trade-route, v6.p16, v6.p36

Sarada, a wooden idol in Inner Kashmir, v9.p177

Saragossa, Convention of (1529), v6.p170, v6.p171, v6.p173, v6.p197

Sarai Bara, Jahangir encamps near, v5.p312

Sarai Daulatabad, Jahangir halts at, on way to Kabul, v5.p315

Sarandip, ancient name of Ceylon, v5.p51

Saranyu, the dawn, v1.p73

Sarasvati (Sarsuti), a river having its source in the sacred pond Vishnupada, v9.p191

Sarasvati, sacred river of the Panjab, v1.p49, v1.p97

Goddess of speech, v1.pp75–76

Sarayu, a river having its source in the sacred pond Manasa, v9.p192

Sarbidas, Hindu ascetic, treats with Mohammad ibn Kasim for peace, v5.p10

Sardar Khan, garden of, visited by Jahangir, v5.p315

Sar-desh-muk, district-chief, v4.pp219–221

Sardinia tinder Spanish control, v6.p209

Sarhind

Capitulates to Kolah Pithaura, v5.p84

Fort at, captured by Mu’izz-ad-din, v5.p82

Sariputra, a convert to Buddhism, v1.p292

Saris, Captain, of the Clove

Proceeds to Japan, v7.p21

Receives a pass admitting the English to friendly trade on the Red Sea, v7.pp20–21

With the help of Adams, establishes an English factory in Japan, v7.p22

Sarmanes, see Garmanes

Sarva-stivadin, Buddhist school, v2.p239

Sasah ibn Dahir slain on way to Irak, v5.p16

Sasanian dynasty, v2.p196, v2.p243

Sasanka, King of Central Bengal, v2.p298

Satakarni, title of Andhra kings, v2.p189

Sataldur (Sutlaj), a river of Northern India, crossed Ghazni, v5.p65

Satapatha Brahmana, various strata in, v1.p93

Satara

Annexation of, v8.p421

Reconstitution of the State of, v8.p381

Satavahana dynasty = Andhra, q. v.

Satganw declines as Hugli rises, v6.p278

Satgaon, city near Hughli

Mints of Mohammad Taghlak at, v3.p143

One of the two capital cities of Bengal, v3.p173

Satiyaputra kingdom, v2.p363

Satnamis, Hindu religious devotees, v4.p147

Satpura Hills, mountain range of Central India, impassable barrier to the Mohammedans until 1294, v3.p100, v3.p181

Satpura, a mountain range, v4.p48, v4.p161, v4.p152

Satrugbna, son of Sumitra, v1.p119

Sattara, a town and district in the Bombay Presidency, v4.p167

Satyakama, story of, v1.pp139–140

Satyasraya, Chalukya king, v2.p357

Saubhuti = Sophytes, v2.p214

Saurashtras, Hinduized, v1.p185

Sautramani, sacrifice in expiation of an overindulgence in Soma, v1.p163

Savitri, a sun-god, v1.pp69–71

Sawandari, people of, sue for peace to Mohammad ibn Kasim, v5.p11

Sayyid Khwaja left in command of Jahan-rruma by Timur, v5.p200

Sayyid Lachin sent to Lahore with message from Babar to his army, v5.p236

Sayyid Tufan sent to Lahore with message from Babar to his army, v5.p236

Sayyid-as-Salatin, “Chief of Sultans”, title of Firoz Shah, v5.p173

Sayyids, Mohammedan dynasty, v3.p63, v3.p170

Battle of, with Ibrahim in 1427, v3.p178

Last of, supplanted by Buhlol in 1451, v3.p195

Dynastic list of the, v3.p153

Schaerwaecka (Sarvaka), a sect of the Brahmans, v9.p259

Scheldt river, opening up of, and trade on, v6.p202, v6.p203

Schopenhauer, on Upanishads, v1.p183

Schutz, German assayer, v6.p185

Sciences, five Hindu, v9.p136

Scolus, John, Danish pilot, reaches Labrador (1476), v6.p173

Scotch charter

Danger to the English from, v7.p90

Friendly relations between the Dutch and the, v7.pp118–119

Scotland, position of, in the fourteenth century, v6.p40

Sculpture, origin of Indian, v2.p216

Se, tribe = Saka, v2.pp190–193, v2.pp204–206

Seasons of the Hindu year, v9.pp127–129

Secretary of State for India in Council, creation of the office of, v8.p455

Seistan, a province of Persia

Governed by Yarkub ibn Lais, v5.p26

Muizz-ad-din resides in, v5.p78

Seivia (Aradhiha, Saivites), a sect of the Brahmans, v9.pp257–258

Seleukos Nikator, a general of Alexander the Great, and founder of the Graeco-Syrian empire, v9.p1

Seleukos Nikator, contemporary of Chandragupta, v2.p107

History of, v2.p107

Invaded India unsuccessfully and ceded a large part of Ariana, v2.p108

Niese’s theory about, v2.p213

Rival of Antigonos, and King of Syria, v2.p107

Self-defence, right of, v1.p222

Seljuks in Persia, v3.p36

Allied with the Ghaznavids, v3.p48

Conquer all of Mahmud’s Persian possessions, v3.p37

Semiramis in India, v2.p93

Semiramis said to have made expeditions against India, v9.p4

Semitic races

Ousted by the Turks, v6.p33

Syrian trade in the hands of, v6.pp3–10

Sena, dynasty of Bengal, v2.pp344–347

Senegal River mistaken by Portuguese for the Nile (1454), v6.p59

Senegambia, early Portuguese trade with (1455–1456), v6.p51

Sepoy army, British, recruitment of, v8.pp171–172

Sequeira, Diogo Lopes de, expedition of, to Madagascar and Malacca (1508) and establishment of Portuguese trade with Malacca, v6.p106

Seres (Chinese), long life of, v9.p27

Serpents

Found in the Emoda Mountains, v9.p20

In India, v9.p30, v9.pp37–38

Sesostris (Ramses I!), v6.p20

Sesostris, an Egyptian ruler, advances as far as Europe, v9.p4

Settlement, v4.p28

Settlements, Aryan, in the Panjab, v1.p4

Settlers, Aryan, earliest home of, v1.p50

Settreas, see Kshatriyas

Seven jewels of the Buddhist law, v1.pp306–307

Rivers of the Panjab, v1.p49

Seven Mothers, directions for constructing an idol of the, v9.p181

Seville, Magellan sails from (1519), v6.p169

Robert Thorne dwells in, v6.p176

Shah Abbas grants rewards to the English, v7.p56

Shah Abbas, jewel formerly owned by, adorns centre recess of Peacock Throne, v5.p326

Shah Alam appointed governor of Malwa by Aurangzib, v5.p345

Shah Alam grants the Five Circars (Sirkars) to Clive, v8.pp211–212

Shah Alam, the last of the Moghul emperors, v3.p241

Shah Jahan deposed by Aurangzib, v7.p247

Shah Jahan, Moghul emperor, son of Jahangir, v4.p70, v4.pp81–83, v4.p88, v5.p320

Advances against Bijapur, v4.p107

Agra in the reign of, described by Mandelslo, v4.pp90–99

Ascends the throne, v4.p88

Builds Shahjahanabad, or New Delhi, v4.pp102–103

Builds the Taj and other edifices at Agra, v4.pp101–102

Character of, v4.pp88–92

Conquests by generals of, v4.p108

Consents to the invasion of the Deccan, v4.p110

Death of, v4.p118

Extreme suffering from famine during reign of, v5.p321

Imprisoned in his palace, v4.p118

Opposes Jahangir, v4.pp84–87

Orthodoxy of, v4.p89

Popularity of, v4.p89

Power of, weakened, v4.p105

Provides food for his suffering subjects, v5.p321

Provincial government under, v4.pp95–96

Rebelled against by Shahji Bhonsla, v4.p163

Returns from Sind, v4.p86

Statesmanship of, v4.p89

Throne of, v4.p136

Shah of Persia appeals to France, and later to England, to aid in quelling the Portuguese, v7.p55

Shah Rukla, commander of ten battalions of Timur’s army, v5.p183

Shah Shuja, v8.p401

Exiled, v8.p397

Shah Zaman invades the Panjab, v8.p304

Shah, Sultan, defeated in battle by the Afghan invaders, v5.p90

Shahabad, Babar encamps at, v5.p249

Shahiya kings of Kabul, v2.p328

Shahjahanabad, or New Delhi, v4.p102, v4.p223, v4.p238, v4.p248, v4.p249, v4.p250

Description of, v4.p103

See also Delhi, New

Shahji Bhonsla, father of the Maratha leader Sivaji, v4.p153, v4.p218

Shahriyar, son of Jahangir, v4.p83

Infant daughter of, v4.pp85–86

Death of, v4.p86

Shaikh Arslan Aztuman Kabak Khan commences successful attack on infidels of Kator, v5.p188

Shaikh Farid, of Bokhara, an official under Akbar, v4.p197, v4.p199, v4.p201, v4.pp206–212

Shaikh Nizam, chief redactor of a compilation of canon law for Aurangzib, v5.p337

Shaikh Nur-ad-din, a commander of the advance-guard of Timur’s army, v5.p206

Shaikh Pir Muhammad Husain, a general under Bahadur Khan, v4.p212

Shaikh-al-Islam Nizam-al-hakk-wa-ad-din, tomb of, repaired by Firoz Shah, v5.p167

Shajar-ad-durr, queen of the Mamluks of Egypt in 1250 A.D., v5.p103

Shakar, fort in Tibet, taken by Mir Fakhr-ad-din, v5.pp328–329

Shakespeare, quoted, v6.p228

Shalimar, a garden at Delhi, v4.p120

Shamanians (Buddhists), devoted to the worship of Buddha, v9.p185

At the instance of Buddha, throw their dead into flowing water, v9.p188

Shams-ad-din Altamish, a slave, son-in-law of Kutb-ad-din, succeeds to the throne, v5.p92

Again defeats Malik Nasir-ad-din Kubacha, v5.p97

An anecdote of early life of, v5.p93

Captures Balka Malik Khalji, v5.p100

Captures Bhilsa, and demolishes the temple, v5.p101

Captures fort of Mandur, v5.p98

Captures Gwalior after siege of eleven months, v5.p100

Character of, v3.p73

Death of, in 1236, v3.p76, v5.pp101–102

Defeats Jalal-ad-din, v5.pp97–98

Defeats Malik Nasir-ad-din Kubacha in 1217 A.D., v5.p97

Defeats Taj-ad-din Yildiz at Narain, v5.p97

Defeats the Turks and Mu’izzi chiefs who rebel against him, v5.p96

Divinely destined to be Sultan, v5.p92

Duration of the reign of, twenty-six years, v5.p102

Educated by a noble family of Bokhara, v5.p93

Gains possession of the Northern Panjab, v3.p74

Governor of Gwalior in 1196, v3.p73

In possession of all of Kutb-ad-din Aybek’s dominions north of the Vindhyas, v3.p76

Introduces Arabic coinage into India in the thirteenth century, v3.p76

Invited to take throne of Delhi, v5.p96

Is appointed to Badaun, v5.p95

Is made amir of Gwalior, v5.p95

Joins Mu’izz-ad-din with his forces from Badaun in effort to quell the rebelling Gakkars, v5.p95

Marches against Rantambhor and is victorious, v5.p98

Negotiations concerning purchase of, v5.pp94–95

Obtains district and town of Baran and its dependencies, v5.p95

Purchased a third time by Haji Bokhari, v5.pp93–94

Purchased in Delhi and made chief of the guards by Kutb-ad-din, v5.p95

Purchases Ulugh Khali, v5.pp111–112

Raised to rank of chief huntsman by Kutb-ad-din, v5.p95

Recognized sovereign of India in 1229, v3.p76

Repurchased by Jamal-ad-din Chast Kaba and taken to Ghazni, v5.p94

Returns to Bokhara with his master Jamal-ad-din Chast Kaba, v5.p94

Sends Mohammedan army to Malwa, v5.p101

Sold by his brothers to a horse dealer, v5.p93

Takes city of Uchh, v5.pp98–100

Takes the throne of Delhi, v3.p72, v3.p73

Through bravery in battle, is granted his freedom, v5.p95

True founder of the dynasty of Slave Kings, v3.p73

Shams-ad-din Sijistani, ruler of Seistan, Mohammad Ghori spends a year at court of, v5.p78

Shams-ad-din, a prime minister, v4.p8

Sharki Maliks, a dynasty of Jaunpur, rise of, v3.p175

Boundaries of the domains of, v2.pp175–176

Sharwa, fort of, proceeded against by Mahmud of Ghazni, v5.p71

Shayista Khan, an uncle of Aurangzib, v4.p143, v4.p144

Sher Ali, Amir of Afghanistan, negotiations of, with Lords Mayo and Northbrooke, v8.pp438–439

Sher Khan Afghan, Peshawar given to, v5.p315

Sher Khan, Afghan chieftain

A devout Moslem, v3.p239

And Humayun, preparations of, for final struggle, v3.p237

Army of, surprises and slays the most of Humayun’s army, v3.p237

Attempts legislation, v3.p239

Captures the fort of Rohtas by strategy, v3.p233

Conquers Gaur, v3.p233

Conveys his treasure, artillery, and

Death of, in 1545, v3.p240

Defeats Humayun at the battle of the Ganges, v3.p237

Descended from the royal house of Sur, kings of Ghor, v3.p232

Encamped at Chaunsa, v3.p236

Enforces strict obedience on his subjects, v2.pp239–240

Engaged in conquering Bengal, v3.p232

Escapes from Benares, v3.p218

family into the fort at Rohtas, v3.p233

Governmental reforms of, v2.pp238–239

Humayun misses his opportunity to crush, at Chunar, v2.pp228–229

Proclaims himself king at Rohtas with title of Sher Shah, v3.p236

Refuses the overtures of Humayun for pardon, v3.p233

Rise of, v2.pp232–233

Saved the life of the King of Bihar, v3.p233

Seizes the approaches to Bengal, v3.p234

Supreme ruler on borders of Bengal, v3.p231

Sher Khan, cousin of Balban, organizes frontier provinces and tribes, v3.p83

Succeeded by Taghlak, v3.p119

Sher Khan, cousin of Ulugh Khan, in charge of the household troops at Kaithal, v5.p130

Sher Khan, nephew of Ulugh Khan, territories of Bayana, Kol, Jalesar, and Gwalior assigned to, v5.p134

Sher Shah, Moghul emperor, v4.p26, v4.p27, v4.p28

Sher Shah, rebuilt Pataliputra, v2.p266

Sher Shah, see Sher Khan.

Shi’a, a Mohammedan sect, v4.p41, v4.p46, v4.p110, v4.p122, v4.p139

Shihab-ad-din Omar, son of Ala-ad-din, put upon the throne by Malik Kafur, v3.p122

Shihab-ad-dinpur, a village in Kashmir, description of, v5.p306

Shihab-ud-din, wars of, v2.p331

Ships, development of, and maritime discovery, v6.pp50–73, v6.p145, v6.pp199–201

Shiraz, a city of Persia, v4.p93

Shiraz, Kadi, civil administrator under Mas’ud, v3.p43

Shiv-rat (“the night of Siva”), assembly of ascetics convened by Akbar on, v5.p293

Shkardu in Tibet, army of Zafar Khan reaches, v5.p328

Shnuka, first Andhra king, v2.p188

Shore, Sir John, Governor-General, v8.p302

Refused to aid the Nizam of Haidarabad, v8.p302, v8.p303

Shuja, son of Shah Jahan, v4.p110

Attempt of, to seize the throne, v4.p111

Disappearance of, v4.p120

Shuja’-ad-daulah, vizir of Oudh, v4.p184, v4.p233, v4.p236, v4.p247, v4.p249, v4.p265

Si, viceroy of Kadphises II, v2.p224

Sialkot, city of the Panjab, fortified by Mohammed Ghori in 1184, v3.p55

Sialkot, fort of, built by Mu’izz-ad-din, v5.p81

Babar arrives at, v5.p237

Siam, Buddhism in, about 638 A.D., v1.p321

Siam, relation of, to the British, v8.p447

Sibai, a tribe of Northern India, v9.p25

Sibyrtios, Satrap of Arachosia, v2.p104

Sicily under Spanish control, v6.p209

Sickness, fasting in case of, v9.p148

Siddhartha, see Buddha

Siddhis, an independent Abyssinian colony, the only naval force on the Indian coast, v8.p51

Sidney, Sir Philip, v6.p148, v6.p184

Sidon, trade emporium, v6.p2

Siege of Chitor, v4.pp17–23

Sien-chi, Chinese general, v2.p325

Sighelmus of Sherbourne, mythical mission of, from King Alfred to shrine of St. Thomas, near Madras, v6.pp211–212

Sihtua (Indus), a river of Northern India, crossed by Mahmud of Ghazni, v5.p65

Sikandar Khan, a noble of the court of Firoz Shah, v3.p154

Sikandar Lodi, son of Buhlol, succeeds him in 1488, v3.p195

Boundaries of the kingdom of, v3.p196

And King of Bengal, treaty of alliance of, v3.p196

Subdues Bihar, v3.p190

Sikandar Shah, see Humayun.

Sikandar Sur, a nephew of Sher Shah

Driven from Sirhind by Humayun, v3.p241

Drives Ibrahim Sur from the Panjab, v3.p241

Takes possession of the Panjab, v3.p241

Sikandar

Commands Delhi, v4.p3

Surrenders Mankot, v4.p4

Sikandra, near Delhi, v4.p239

Sikh War, the first, v8.p410

Sikhs, v4.p175, v4.p177, v4.p229, v4.p230

Sikhs

Barrier states against the, v8.p477

Collisions of the, with the English, v8.p410

History of the, v8.p269

Internal anarchy among the, v8.p406, v8.p409

Rapid expansion of the, v8.p206, v8.p268

Sikkim, war with Tibet over, v8.p486

Sikri (Fathpur), camp of Babar at, v2.pp212–213

Sikri, a village, afterwards Fathpur-Sikri, the royal city, v4.p35

Siladitya

(1) King of Mo-la-po, v2.p292

(2) Title of Harsha-vardhana, v2.p299

Silas, a river of India, on the surface of which nothing will float, v9.pp30–31

Silver supplied by America to Spain, drained by the East India trade, v6.p170

English exportation of, v6.p232, v6.p237, v6.p244, v6.p246, v6.p248

Silver-mines in India, v9.p23, v9.p27

Simhavarman II, Pallava king, v2.p383

Simla, district and town in the Panjab, v3.p171

Sinan appointed commander of an army to invade frontier of Hind, v5.p4

Sinan ibn Salama appointed to the frontier of Hind, v5.p4

Sinan-ad-din Habsh, chief of Daibul and Sind, does homage to Shams-ad-din Altamish, v5.p100

Sinbad the Sailor a romance of early Arab trade, v6.pp29–30

Sind river, crossed by Babar, v5.pp224–225

Babar encamps on banks of, v5.p235

Sind

“New amirs” of, revolt against Mohammad Taghlak, v3.p186

Amirs, territory of the, brought under British control, v8.p404

Arabs driven from, v5.p32

Associated with Upagupta, v2.p172

Conquered by Arabs, v3.p12

Disregards Babar’s authority, v3.p220

Divided among petty princes, v5.p25

English agency at, v7.p201

Exile of Shah Jahan to, v4.pp86–87

Extent of conquests of, v8.p253

Fall of the dynasty of, v8.p405

Governed by Ya’kub ibn Lais, v5.p26

Kingdom of, v2.p317

Parts of, occupied by Karmathians about 985 A.D., v5.p33

Preparations by Babar for a campaign in, v3.p217

Revenue of Arab princes of, v5.p32

Ruled by Akbar, v4.p3

Virtually abandoned by Caliph Mu’tamad in 870 A.D., v5.p25

Sindan reconquered by the Hindus, v5.p23

Sindhia occupies Agra and Delhi, v8.p272

League of, with the Nagpur Raja, v8.pp323–324

Sindhia, v4.p179, v4.p182, v4.p187, v4.p188, v4.p272, v4.p274

Sindomana (identified with Sehwan), the capital of Sabos, v9.p25

Sipihr Shukoh, a son of Dara, v4.p114

Sipraka = Shnuka,188

Siraf, seaport on the Persian Gulf, v3.p3

Siraj-ad-daulah

Attacks Calcutta, v8.p140

Death of, v8.p168

Driven out of Calcutta by the English, v8.p141

Routed at Plassy, v8.p141

Succeeds Ali Vardi Khan as Nawab of Bengal, v8.p164

Takes Calcutta, v8.p165

Sirhind, a town in the Panjab

A proposed boundary, v4.p248

Akbar’s headquarters at, v4.p4

Akbar’s victory at, v4.p2

Battle near, v4.p231, v4.p237

Frequent rebellions in, v3.p171

Governor of, v4.p250

Native place of Illahbad Faizi, v4.p193

Seized by Mohammad Ghori, v3.p55

Sikandar Sur driven from, v3.p241

Siri (later Dar-al-Khilafa), suburb of Delhi, founded by Ala-ad-din for his palace, v3.p116, v3.p137

Siriperen, a sub-caste of the Pariahs, v9.p248, v9.p250

Sironj, in Rajputana, v4.p196, v4.p222, v4.p268

Sirsawah, Babar reconnoitres about, v5.p250

Sirsuti

Annexed to Arab domains, v3.p58

Found deserted when Timur reached there, v3.p165

Sistan = Sakastene, v2.p205, v2.p215

Sakas of, v2.p205

Sistan, province of Persia, conquered by Sabuktagin, v3.p18

Sisunaga, v2.p27

Sisupala of Chedi, killed by Krishna, v1.p107

Sita

Accompanies Rama into exile, v1.p120

Death of, v1.p125

Described as the daughter of Janaka, v1.p116

Exiled by Rama, v1.p123

Ideal Hindu woman, v1.p125

Mythical character of, v1.p125

Originally a goddess of the furrow, v1.p116

Proof of purity required of, v1.p123

Stolen by Ravana, v1.p121

Won by Rama at a svayamvara, v1.p119

Sitti weapari, a division of the Vaisya caste, duties of the, v9.pp241–242

Sitticaram, a sub-caste of the Sudras, v9.p245

Sittijs (Sittars), a sub-caste of the Sudras, v9.p245

Siva

Worshipped by anchorites, v9.p185

Worshipped by Harsha, v2.p306

Sivaji

Character of, v4.p156, v4.p168

Death of, in 1680, v4.p155, v8.p43

Founder of the Maratha power, v4.p153

Is succeeded by his son, v4.p157

Makes terms with Aurangzib, v4.p155

Picture of, v4.p216

Resumes hostilities, v4.p156

Slave Kings, v4.p188

Sivalakura, Andhra king, v2.p190

Sivaskanda-varman, Pallava king, v2.p382

Siwalik Hills under sway of Shams-ad-din Altamish, v5.p97

Siwalik hills, in the Northwest Provinces, Timur fights his way through, v3.p169

Siwistan taken from Mongols by Zafar Khan, v3.p102

Subject to the Sultan of Delhi, v3.p143

Sixtus IV, Pope, Bull of, confirming trade privileges to Portugal (1481), quoted, v6.p65

Siyah-poshes, tribe of Northern India, campaign of Babar against the, v5.pp190–193

Si-yu-ki, by Hivan Tsang, quotation from, v9.pp121–153

Skanda, son of Mahadeva, directions for constructing an idol of, v9.p179

Skandagupta, history of, v2.pp280–282

Skepticism, Hindu, v1.p171

Sky, the most prominent object of worship in early India, v1.p62

Skylax of Karyanda, v2.p35

Slave Kings of Delhi

Dynastic list of the, v2.pp212–253

Dynasty founded by Kutb-ad-din Aybek, (ii, v3.p63

Furnished for the service of the court in the reign of Firoz Shah, v2.pp154–155

Revolt of, under the rule of Prince Mohammad, v3.p158

Slaves, rise of, to power, v3.p69

Under Firoz Shah form a distinct department, v2.pp154–155

Slave Kings of Northern India

Secret of success of, v5.p87

Supremacy of, gives place to that of Khalji Rulers, v5.p141

Slave trade in Bengal, v9.p290

Slaves

Christian, in Turkey, v6.p227

Extensive use of, in Portuguese India, as servants, soldiers, etc., v6.p136, v6.p141, v6.p144

Introduced into Portugal, v6.pp55–56, v6.p144, v6.p164

Slavonians, custom of the, to burn their dead, v9.p186

Smaerta (Smartas), a sect of the Brahmans, v9.pp258–259

Smythe, Sir Thomas

A founder of the Levant Company, v6.p222, v6.p229

First governor of the East India Company (1600), v6.p231

Imprisoned, v7.p1

Soarez de Albergaria, Lopo, expedition of, to India (1504) and policy of destruction toward Arab ports, v6.p91, v6.p92, v6.p140

Sobraon, battle of, v8.p413

Social customs, had force of laws in ancient India, v1.p99

Socotra

Derivation of the name, v6.p27

Albuquerque takes (1507), destroys Moslems, baptizes the Nestorian Christians into the Catholic Church and erects a fortress, v6.pp99–101

Franciscan monastery built by Albuquerque at, v6.p100

Sodre, Vincente, cruelties of, and hostility against the Arabs, v6.pp89–90

Sofala, shown on the map of 1457–1459, v6.p59, v6.pp60–61

Passes under Portuguese control (1505), v6.p148

Sogdiana Khartate of Bukhara, v2.p222

Sohan river crossed by Babar, v5.p225

Sokrates, similarity of the doctrines of, to those of the Hindus, v9.p57

Solankhpal, raja of Gwalior, compelled to render tribute in 1196, v3.p71

Soldaia (Sudak)

Port and trade emporium, v6.pp17–18, v6.p30

Greeks, Venetians, and Genoese traders at, v6.pp17–18

Soldiers and priests mingle and inter-marry with the people, v1.p160

Soldiers, pay of, in the reign of Ala-ad-din, v3.p116

Soldiery, Hindu, v9.p143, v9.p150

Solemn League and Covenant, v7.p254

Solomon

Commands the Syrian trade-route to the East, v6.pp6–10

Legendary commerce of, with Malabar, v6.pp79–80

Solyman the Magnificent takes Aden (1538) and gains command of the Arabian coast, v6.pp125–126

Soma, plant, v1.p24

As a deity, v1.p24

Celebrated in an entire book of the Rig-Veda, v1.p24

Hymn to, v1.p26

Hymn to, containing an allusion to the future life, v1.pp73–74

Indra’s fondness for, v1.p69

Iranian name of, v1.p24

Juice, v1.p24, v1.p76

Mixed with milk, v1.p26

Somaliland, early trade of, v6.p4

Somesvara I, Chalukya king, v2.p367

Somnath, a city in Gujarat

Description of the shrine and temple of, v9.pp200–204

Sacked and destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni, v2.pp27–28, v9.p200, v9.pp202–203

Famous temple and idol of, v3.p27

Hindus make pilgrimages to, at an eclipse of the moon, v9.p201

Temple of, destroyed by Ala-ad-din, v5.p142

Worship of, v9.pp201–202

Somowansjam, a division of the Kshatriyas, derivation of the name of the, v9.p240

Sonargaon, city of Bengal

Mints of Mohammad Taghlak at, v3.p143

One of the two capital cities of Bengal, v3.p173

Sopeithes (Subhuti), king of Northern India, dispute as to the situation of the country of, v9.p20

Sophistai (Sophists)

Wise men of India, v9.p37

Account of, by Nearchos, v9.p58

Sophytes, King of the Salt Range, v2.p214

Soul

According to Sankhya philosophy, v1.pp254–266

Hindu beliefs regarding the, v9.pp160–63, v9.pp167–168, v9.pp174–175

In Nyaya philosophy, v1.p263

Nature of, according to Vedanta philosophy, v1.p271

Souls, transmigration of, v1.p308

Souriwansjam, a division of the Kshatriyas, derivation of the name of, v9.p240

South Behar, v1.p126

Southampton

Treaty of, between King Charles I and the Dutch, v7.p140

Venetian ship lost off, v6.p209

Southern Buddhism, the form prevailing in Ceylon and Burma, v1.p280, v1.p319

Southern India from the writings of Baudhayana, v1.p202

Spain

Arab conquest of, v3.p5

Bankruptcy of, v7.p44

Claims a monopoly of the trade in the East, v8.pp10–11

Cromwell’s West Indian expedition against, v7.p277, v7.p278

Decline of, v8.p33, v8.p35

Effect of union of, with Portugal on English exploration and policy, v6.pp189–192, v6.p205

Elizabeth’s vacillating policy toward, v6.p197, v6.pp225–226, v6.p237

English exploration leads to rupture with, v6.p187, v6.p189, v6.pp191–192

English trade in the Mediterranean menaced by, v6.p209, v6.p221

Expulsion of Jews and Moors from (1492, 1502), v6.p32

Hostile attitude of, toward England, in 1608–1611, v7.p45

Indifference of, to English exploration (1496), v6.p174

Moorish possessions in, v6.p32

Prohibits the exportation of her precious metals, v8.p7

Quest of, for a western route to India leads to the discovery of America, v6.pp61–67, v6.pp168–169, v6.pp173–174, v6.p176, v6.p177

Saracens in, v3.p2

Struggle of, with England in Europe, v6.p205, v6.p209, v6.p221, v6.p227, v6.p236

Struggle of, with England in the East, v6.p206, v6.p214, v6.pp226–227

Struggle of, with Portugal, in the Eastern seas, v6.pp170–171

Struggle of, with the Dutch, and collapse of Spanish-Portuguese power in the East, v6.p161, v6.p198, v6.pp205–206, v6.p218

Union of, with Portugal (1580), v6.p144, v6.p170, v6.p172

War tax of, on Portugal, v7.p44

Spanish Flanders invaded by Louis XIV, v8.p38

Spanish quest for a western route to India and discovery of America, v6.pp61–67, v6.pp169–170, v6.p176, v6.p177

Destruction of the, Armada in 1588, opens out the southern trade-routes to India, v6.p192, v6.p197, v6.p205, v6.pp209–210

Command of the Mediterranean trade, v6.p209, v6.p221

Spanish-Dutch negotiations in regard to the Eastern trade, v8.pp11–12

Speult, Herman van, Coen’s instructions to, v7.p114

Dutch private view of the proceedings of, v7.p124, v7.p132

Previous intercourse between Tower-son and, v7.pp134–137

Appearance of, in Dryden’s “Tragedy of Amboyna”, v7.pp155–157

Spice Islands (Moluccas)

Albuquerque establishes Portuguese trade with the (1509–1515), v6.pp105–106, v6.p126

Spanish ships reach the (1521), v6.p131

Portuguese claim to the, v6.p169

Spanish claim to the, sold to Portugal (1529), v6.p170, v6.p173

Portuguese trade and monopoly in, v6.pp170–172, v6.p176

Drake visits the (1578), v6.p187

Fenton sets out for the (1582), v6.pp188–189

England claims free trade with the (1599), v6.p226

Spice

Ancient trade in, v6.p8

Antwerp supplies England with (1560), v6.p203

Buying and selling prices of, v7.p3

Dutch raise price of, against the English (1599), v6.p221

Early Portuguese trade in, v6.p83, v6.p86, v6.p92, v6.p106

English traders in India bid against each other for, v6.p257

Portugal allows her sailors and officers to bring home, privately, v6.p154

Portugal exchanges silver, woollen fabrics, etc., for, v6.p151

Trade in, Portuguese royal monopoly of, v6.p123, v6.p154

Trade in, royal monopoly of, sold to a company (1587), v6.pp161–162

Venice offers to buy up all surplus Portuguese (1521), v6.p168

Spinoza gives his genius to Amsterdam, v7.p59

Spitzbergen, Dutch under Barents reach (1596), v6.p199

Sraddha rite, a monthly offering to departed ancestors, v1.p248

Sramans, Hindu hermits, v1.p279

Translation from Megasthenes concerning, v1.p235

Srautra Sutras, extant, v1.p188

Sravani, a rite performed iu the month of Sravaua, v1.p249

Sravasti, capital of Kosala, v2.p25

Site of, v2.p136

Sravasti, new capital of the Kosalas, v1.p284

Srenika = King Bimbisara, v2.p27

Srinagar, capital of Kashmir, v2.p140

Srong-tsan-Gampo, King of Tibet, v2.p316, v2.p322

Ssu-ma-chien, Chinese historian, v2.p13

St. George, Fort, turned over to the Joint Stock, v7.pp286–287

St. Helena

Granted to England, v8.p32

Island, v6.p189

St. Thomas Christians

Abolished as a separate caste, v7.p43

All religious property of, confiscated and burned, v7.p43

In Malabar, v9.p236

St. Thomé, captured from the French by the Dutch, v8.p37

Stables, royal Indian, maintained for horses and elephants, v9.p42

Staper, Richard, a founder of the Levant and East India Companies, v6.p222, v6.p229, v6.p231

Staten Island, Barents reaches (1595), v6.p198

States-General of Holland, negotiations of, with England after Amboyna and the persistent claim to supreme jurisdiction in the Eastern Archipelago, v7.pp132–155

Stephens, Thomas, a Jesuit at Goa (1579), said to have been the earliest English resident in India, v6.p211

Sthanvisvara = Thanesar, v2.p294

Sthavira, Buddhist Mahayana school, v2.p258, v2.p382

Sthiramati, Buddhist teacher, v2.p284

Stone, uses of, for architectural purposes, v1.p28

Strabo, Greek traveller and geographer, v9.p1

Opening sentences of the description of India by, v9.pp2–5

Strabo, quoted, v6.p10

Strato I and II, Indo-Greek kings, v2.p205

Student life, termination of, v1.p241, v1.p247

Students, v1.p186

In Brahmanic period, v1.p144

Marriage of, v1.p145

Duties as householders, v1.p145, v1.p247

Subhadhra, wife of Buddha, v1.p285, v1.p302

Substances, nine, in Vaisesika philosophy, v1.p265

Subtle body, according to Sankhya philosophy, v1.pp266–267

Sudarsana, lake at Girnar, v2.p122

Sudas, Vedic king, v1.p37, v1.p132

Hymns to, v1.pp38–39

Suddhodana, chief of the Sakyas and the father of Buddha, v1.p285

Sudra caste, v1.p136

Formed of aborigines, v1.p138

Oppression of, v1.p275

Religious knowledge forbidden to, v1.p234

Rise of the, v1.p84

Sudra king of Sind, v2.p317

Sudras (Soudraes)

Burn the bodies of the living, v9.p190

Fourth caste of India, v9.p142

Lowest Hindu caste, v4.p152

The caste of the common people, divisions and subdivisions of the, v9.p238, v9.pp242–247, v9.p251, v9.p258

Suez, Gulf of, early navigation of, and trade by way of, v6.p7, v6.pp21–22

Suffren, French Admiral, v8.p154

Naval engagements of, v8.pp256–257

Sails for Europe, v8.p257

Sufis, Persian philosophers, v4.p33

Sugriva, brother of Vali, v1.p121

Wins Vali’s kingdom and widow, v1.p121

Marches his army to Lanka, v1.p121

Suicide among the Hindus, v9.p149

Suicide to escape from, v9.p149

Persons exposed and abandoned in case of, in ancient times in India, v9.p186

Suicides, v1.p222

Sulaiman ibn Abd-al-Malik

Succeeds his brother Walid as caliph of Baghdad, v5.p14

Death of, v5.p15

Sulaiman, Sultan of Turkey, v4.p14

Sultanpur, name of several towns in India, v4.p197

Sumalya, a Nanda prince, v2.p37

Sumatra, derivation of name, v6.p27

Becomes subject to Portugal (1511), v6.pp148–149

English claim the right of trade with (1599), v6.p226

Fort of, captured from Christians by Ali Hai, v6.p295

Sumitra, queen of Dasaratha, v1.p119

Sumitra, Sunga king, v2.p186

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

Sunda Islands, Portuguese power in the, advanced by Albuquerque, v9.p227

Sunda, island, Portuguese treaty with (1532), v6.p127

Sunda, Straits of, command one entrance to the Spice Archipelago, v7.p70

Sundar Pandya, younger raja of Ma’bar, v5.p147

Sundaza, a Pandya royal name, v2.p369

Sunga dynasty, v2.pp178–186

Sunidha, chief minister of Ajatasatru, v1.p299

Sunita, story of, v1.pp309–310

Sunjak Bahadur and a regiment sent to assist commanders at Jahan-numa, v5.p200

Sunnis, Mohammedan sect, v4.p39

Sunshworship, v2.p306, v2.p317

Sun-worship, recognized by Akbar, v4.p43, v4.p44

Suparsva = Suyasas, v2.p176

Supreme Being

According to Vedanta philosophy, v1.p271, v1.pp272–273

In Nyaya philosophy, v1.p263

In Yoga philosophy, v1.p266

Not recognized by Sankhya philosophy, v1.p256

Vishnu developed into, v1.pp70–71

Sur, Afghan stronghold, chiefs of, v3.p51, v3.p52

Surashtra

Annexed by Chandragupta v2.p261

Annexed by Menander, v2.p180

Province of, at one time included Gujarat and part of Kathia-war, v7.p193

Satraps of, v2.p191, v2.p205

Surast, Mohammad ibn Kasim makes peace with the inhabitants of, v5.p13

Surat, a city

Ancient capital of Gujarat, v7.p193

Animal hospital at, v2.p164

Battle at, v8.p13

Castle seized and town pillaged, v7.p287

Chief establishment of the English East India Company in 1638, v8.p23

District and town in Bombay, v3.p182

Drawbacks to the East India Company’s success at, v7.p202

Dutch fleet threatens the English factory at, v7.p260

Dutch settle at, v7.pp202–203

English at, held responsible for Dutch outrages, v7.p203

English at, utilized by the Moghul government against the Portuguese, v7.pp203–204

English factory at, v4.p155

English factory at, v4.p56, v4.p63, v4.p70, v4.p72

English factory at, becomes a sea-defence of the Moghul Empire, v7.p210

English factory established at, v7.p20

English president of, recognized as chief of his countrymen in India, v7.p206

English settle at, in 1612, v8.p23

Estuary of, dangerous for navigation, v7.p26

Factors carry on private trade, v7.p210

Factory at, seized by Moghuls to avenge English piracies in Red Sea, v7.p211

Factory dominates the western coast line of communication, cutting in two Portuguese lines, v7.p208, v7.p212

Factory protests against Weddell’s usurpation, v7.p212, v7.p214

Factory, independent growth of the, v7.pp216–217

Famine in, v7.p207

Fort of, rebuilt, v6.pp261–263

Governor of, v4.p61, v4.p69

Hawkins arrives at, v4.p57, v4.p61

Imprisonment of the East India Company’s servants in, v7.pp183–184

In ancient times the chief maritime centre of India, v7.p193

In the possession of the English, v8.p35

In time blocked by sand-laden ocean tides, v7.p193

Madras subordinate to the presidency of, v7.p247

Merchants at, v4.p94

Moghul emperor of, declares himself on the side of English, v7.p53

Old Company’s factory at, turned over to the Joint Stock, v7.p286

Pillaged by Sivaji in 1664, v8.p42

Portuguese defeated by the English off, v7.p204

Portuguese fort at, v4.p14

President and Council of the factory at, imprisoned by Moghuls, v7.p211

President and Council of the factory at, released by Moghuls on payment of a fine, v7.p211, v7.p212

President of, and viceroy of Goa enter into negotiations, v7.pp261–262

President of, commissions a squadron in 1628 to wage war on Portuguese, v7.p210

Prosperity of the English factory at, v7.p206

Raghunath Rao flees to, v4.p272, v4.p278

Rebellion of, v4.p13

Rebuilding of trade at, at the close of the famine, v7.p207

Sacked by the Marathas, v4.p156

Saved by Downton’s strategy from a land attack by Portuguese, v7.p52

The base of English colonization in India, v7.p194

Trade opened between Jask and, in 1618, v7.p55

Visited by Mandelslo, v4.p93

Visited by Pietro della Valle, v4.p79

With subordinate agencies, to be sole presidency of the Joint Stock in India, v7.p289

Wrongs of the English at, righted by Prince Khurram, v9.pp310–312

Surya, a sun-god, v1.p69

Susarman, last Kanva king, v2.p187, v2.p189

Sutanati, v4.p144

Sutlaj, v4.p177, v4.p182

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

Sutlaj, river of the Panjab, v1.p4, v1.p97

Reached by the Hindus, v1.p82

Sutras, Buddhist, v9.p139

Sutras, character of, v1.p185

Human compositions, v1.p186

Schools of, v1.p186

Classes of, v1.p186

Sutta Pitaka, record of sayings and doings of Gautama Buddha, v1.p282

Suttee, Widow-burning, v4.p17

Abolished by the English in 1829–30, v9.p68, v9.p71

According to Aristoboulos, v9.p54

Derivation and meaning of the word, v9.p68

Discussion as to the date of the beginning of, v9.p68, v9.p71

Late sporadic instances of, v9.pp71–72, v9.p119, v9.p120

Supposed Vedic basis for, v1.p61

The practice of, according to Greek, Latin, Arabic, Persian, Italian, Dutch, French, and English writers, v9.pp68–120

Suwali

Best’s famous fight off, v7.p15

Captain Best’s defeat of a Portuguese fleet off, v7.pp25–28

Famine in, v7.p207

Position of, v7.p26

Suyasas, a son of Asoka, v2.p176

Svayamvara, of Draupadi, v1.p104

Svetaketu, story of, v1.p174

Svetambaras, a sect of JaMs, v1.pp323–324

Existence of, in first century A.D., v1.p325

Sydrakai (Oxydrakai), a tribe of Northern India, v9.p25

Said to be allied to Dionysos, v9.p25

Syllogism, in Hindu philosophy, v1.p264, v1.p270

Synod of Diamper, v7.p43

Syria

Asoka’s mission to, v2.p166

Conquered by Arabs, v3.p4

Eastern trade-route through, v6.pp1–3, v6.p4, v6.p9, v6.pp11–16, v6.p19, v6.p167, v6.p208

Embassies to India from, v2.p13

Ports of, v4.p64

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