Vahniki, the reputed author of the Ramayana, v1.p120
Instructor of Iiama’s sons, v1.p124
Vaibashika, Buddhist school, v2.p239
Vaidehas, Hindu nation, explained as a caste, v1.p231
Vaisali, capital of Lichchhavis, v1.p284
Buddhist council at, v1.pp318–319
Vaisali, Lichchhavi clan at, v2.p27
Conquered by Magadha,, v2.p34
Vaishnavas, a sect of the Brahmans, v9.pp251–252
Vaishnavi, one of the “Seven Mothers” group of idols, v9.p181
Vaisya, the merchant caste of India, v1.p136, v9.p142, v9.p238, v9.pp241–242, v9.p251
Burn the bodies of the living, v9.p190
Duties of the, v9.pp241–242
Occupations of the, v1.pp232–233
Rise of the, v1.p84
Undivided in Philosophic period, v1.p232
Valabhi, council of, records the scriptures of the Svetambaras in writing about 457:67 A.D., v1.p325
Valabhi
Dynasty of, v2.p284
Raja of, v2.p301
Valerius Maximus, writes of suttee, v9.p74
Vali, king among the non-Aryans, v1.p121
Brother of Sugriva, v1.p121
Killed by Rama, v1.p121
Valle, Pietro della
Describes suttee, v9.pp81–87
Description of Ahmadabad by, v9.p294
Interviews a woman about to be burned with her husband, v9.pp83–87
Italian traveller in India, v4.p66, v4.p79, v4.p82, v4.p92, v4.p93
Van den Broeck, Dutch trade-director at Surat, v7.pp202–203
Vandewash, Fort of, taken by the English, v8.pp144–145
Varahamihira, extract from, regarding transmigration, v9.pp166–167
Varahi, one of the “Seven Mothers” group of idols, v9.p181
Varanavata, place of exile of the Pandava princes, v1.p103
Vardhamana = Mahavira, v2.p24, v2.p29
Varnish, origin of the name, v6.p22
Varthema, Ludovico di, travels of, v6.p38
Varuna, Hindu deity, v1.p20
The sky-god, v1.p63
Three hymns to, v1.pp63–65
An Aditya, v1.p69
Vasco da Gama reaches Malabar ports in 1498, v3.p183
Vasco da Gama, see Da Gama
Vasco da Gama, see Gama
Vasishtha, Hindu legislator, v1.p132, v1.p222
Dharmasastra of, translation from, v1.pp230–231
Vassakara, chief minister of Ajatasatru, v1.p299
Vasudeva
(1) Kanva king, v2.p186
(2) Kushan king, v2.p242
Vasurnitra, Sunga king, v2.p183
Vatapi = Badami, Chalukya capital, v2.pp351–354
Vatteluttu alphabet, v6.p80
Vayu Purana, quotation from the, regarding places of pilgrimage, v9.pp191–194
Vayu, god of air, v1.p72
Purana, describes the beginnings of the caste system, v1.p135
Vedangas, v1.pp192–193
Vedanta philosophy, v1.pp270–273
Vedanta philosophy, known to Akbar, v4.p40
Vedas
Compilation of, v1.pp86–86
Indexes of, v1.pp193–194
Four, studied by Brahmans, v9.p136, v9.p239
Vedic hymns
Age, Hindu Aryans a united body in, v1.p136
Period, v1.p4
Religion, decline of, v1.p86, v1.p274
Religion, reaction against, v1.pp274–276
Study of, v1.pp1–2
Vegetable food, v1.p21
Vellalars, see Wellala
Vengi, Pallava king of, v2.p253
Eastern Chalukya dynasty of, v2.p351, v2.p380
Venice
And the Syrian and Black Sea trade-routes, v6.p12, v6.pp16–19, v6.p37, v6.p167, v6.p208
Coalition of, with the Turks against Portugal to protect her Indian trade, v6.p95, v6.pp167–168
Decline of, v6.pp34–35
Establishes her Levant trade centre at Famagusta (1475), v6.p33
Makes peace with the Turks (1454), v6.p31
Offers to buy up all surplus Portuguese spices (1521), v6.p168
Pilots of, in Portugal, v6.p44
Rise of, as a trade centre, v8.p4
Ruins Genoa’s sea power, v6.p31
Secret commerce of, v6.p199
Struggles of, with the Moors and Turks, v6.pp31–32, v6.p34, v6.p199
Trade of, in Alexandria, v6.p30
Trade of, with England (1507), v6.p203, v6.pp208–209
Verazzani, explores for France (1524), v6.p194
Verde, Cape, islands
Portuguese exploration and trade with (1460), v6.p51
Taken as starting-point for the Papal demarcation line (1493), v6.p63, v6.p64, v6.p66
Verelst
On the commerce of Bengal, v8.p178
Succeeds Lord Clive, v8.p219
Verholt, Dutch commander at Batavia, shows kindness to English, v7.p152
Verroneo, Geronimo, a Venetian, architect of the Taj Mahal, v4.p101
Versailles, comparison of Fathpur-Sikri with, v4.p30
Versailles, Peace of, v8.p155
Vervins, treaty of (1598), v6.p225
Vibhishana, brother of Ravana, v1.p122
Videhas
Rise of kingdom of, v1.p82, v1.pp112–114
Most prominent kingdom of Northern India, v1.p114
Court of the, v1.p143
Vijaya, conquers Ceylon, v1.p207
Vijayanagar, army of, v2.p114
Vijayanagar
An Indian Christian acts as Prime Minister to the King of (1442), v6.p80
Boundaries of the kingdom of, v2.pp187–188
Capital of the kingdom of Vijayanagar, vainly besieged by the Bahmanid Sultan Mohammad I, v3.p189
Hindu kingdom of Southern India (1185–1565), v2.pp186–187, v6.p75, v6.p77
Hindu suzerainty of, destroyed, v7.p218
Pays tribute to the Bahmanid Sultan Firoz, v3.p190
Repeatedly conquered by the Bahmanids, v3.p101
Subjugation of, by the Mohammedans at the battle of Talikot, v6.p82
Vijayasena, Raja of Bengal, v2.p344
Vijjana, Kalachurya king, v2.p358
Vijnanesvara, jurist, v2.p358
Vikrama, Chola, king, v2.p380
Vikramaditya, title of Chandragupta II, v2.p14
I and II, Chalnkya kings, v2.p353
Vikramajit, a title, v4.p4
Vikramajit, Hindu raja, v3.p209
Vikramajit, raja of Gwalior, killed in battle with Babar, v5.p260
Vikramajit, raja of Ujjain image of, at Ujjain destroyed by Shams-ad-din Altamish, v5.p101
Vikramanka, Chalukya king, v2.p358
Vikramanka-charita, of Bilhana, v2.p18
Vilivayakura I and II, Andhra kings, v2.p190, v2.p192, v2.p381
Vimag, a fountain in Kashmir which is the source of the river Belaat, v5.p304
Vinaya Pitaka, record of minute rules for Buddhist monks and nuns, v1.p282
Vinaya, a Buddhist book, v9.p139
Vinayaka, son of Mahadeva, directions for constructing an idol of, v9.p181
Vindhya, a mountain range, v4.p151
Vindhya, mountains and tribes of, v2.p142
Vira SaIva, sect, v2.p359
Vira, a recurring name in Pandya royal family, v2.p369
Virata, king of, taught by the Pandava princes, v1.p108
Virgin, the Blessed, picture of, in Jahangir’s palace, v4.p66, v4.p133
Virginia, grant of James I to found, v7.p11
Virudhaka, king, v2.p34
Visala-deva, Chauhan raja of Ajmir, v2.p330
Vishimgopa, Pallava king, v2.p385
Vishnu directions for constructing an idol of, v9.pp178–179
Vishnu Purana, extracts from the, relating to the hells of the Hindus, v9.pp170–172
Vishnu
(1) deity, v2.p264
(2) Hoysala king, v2.p360
Vishnu, Dharma, extract from the, regarding transmigration, v9.p166
Vishnu, Hindu deity, v1.p11
An Aditya, v1.p69
Developed into a supreme deity, v1.pp70–71
Legends of, v1.p170
Vishnu, temple of, at Benares, v4.p145
Vishnugupta = Chanakya, v2.p40
Vishnupada, a sacred pond, v9.p191
Vishnuvardhana, Chalukya, v2.p387
Visiapur, a corrupt spelling of Bijapur, v4.p168
Visvamitra
Hymn of, v1.p3
First a warrior, then a priest, v1.p37
Hymn of, to the rivers, v1.p49
Visvavara, woman of the Vedic period, v1.p54
Vivasvat, the rising sun, v1.p73
Volga, trade by the, v6.p14, v6.p182, v6.p221
Voltaire, leader of the anti-colonial party in France, v8.p151
Volunteers plentiful for the Holy War, v3.p25
Vonones, IndoshParthian king, v2.p206
Voyages, no prohibition against, in the Rig-Veda, v1.p20
Vratyas, v1.p171
Vrijjians, a Turanian tribe, v1.p298
Vritra slain by Indra, v1.p65
This collection transcribed by Chris Gage