Justice, trials by ordeal, 262; mild ad-
ministration under Buddhism, ib.;
court of, represented in the drama of
the "Toy-cart," 301; mild administra-
tion under Buddhism, 302.
Kaikeyí, favourite queen of Dasaratha,
and mother of Bharata, 42; her rage
at being outwitted by the first queen,
44; wheedles the Maharaja into ap-
pointing Bharata to be Yuvaraja, 45.
Kalanos, the Bráhman, his arrogance
towards Onesikritos, 171; his suicide,
172, 190, note.
Kálí, the black goddess, 364.
Kalinga, visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 280.
Kalyan, Jain kings of, 364.
Káma, the god of love, temple garden
of, 291, 321.
Káma-rúpa, the modern Assam, visited
by Hiouen-Thsang, 279.
Kanishka, Buddhist king of the Yuchi,
or Tochari Scythians, 239; monu-
ments of, 268.
Kanouj, a hot-bed of Brahmanism,
254; visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 268;
public disputation at, between the
great and little Vehicles, 275; abduc-
tion of the princess of, by the Chohan
prince of Delhi, 330; ceremony of
sovereignty performed at, 331.
Kansa, tyrant of Mathurá, seeks to kill
the infant Krishna, 377; slain by
Krishna, 380.
Kanwa, the head of a Brahmanical
hermitage, 313, 317.
Kapila, legend of its foundation, 102;
visited by Fah- Hian, 255; by Hiouen-
Thsang, 269.
Kapisa, the modern Cabul, kingdom of,
267.
Karna, the sworn friend of Duryodhana,
33.
Kartchou, quinquennial expiation at,
249.
Kathæi, revolt against Alexander, 165;
capture of Sangala, ib.; identified
with the Katties of Kattiawar, 173;
practise infanticide and sátí, ib.
Kauravas, sons of Dhritarashtra, 32;
their breach with the Pándavas, 34;
challenge them to a gambling-match,
37; insult Draupadí, 38; vanquished
in the great war, 39.
Kausalya, chief wife of Dasaratha, and
mother of Ráma, 42; intrigues for the
promotion of Ráma to be Yuvaraja,
44; her agony at the exile of Ráma,
46; death of Dasaratha in her apart-
ments, 48.
Kavi Chand Burdái, the celebrated
Rajpoot bard, 330.
Khotan, kingdom of, flourishing state of
Buddhism, 244; Sanghárámas at, 246;
processions of images of Buddha, 247.
Kolarians, or aborigines, general descrip-
tion of, 10; legendary references to
non-Aryan races, 56.
Koli, legend of its foundation, 102.
Konkana, visited by Hiouen-Thsang,
281; described by Marco Polo, 392.
Kosala, a hot-bed of Brahmanism,
Krishna, conception of, compared with
that of Ráma, 376; legend of his birth,
377; his boyhood, 379; his amours,
380; his victory over Kansa, ib. ; mi-
gration to Guzerat, ib.; depraved wor-
ship of, 382.
Kshatriyas, their military character, 19;
distinguished from the Rishis, ib.;
worship of Indra, 21; flesh feasts,
23; marriage customs, ib.; their pas-
sion for gambling, 36; absence of
history and chronology, 52; probable
strategy in the conquest of Hindustan,
ib.
Kumára, king of Káma-rupa, 279.
Kunála, son of Asoka, legend of, 250,
Kuntí, mother of the Pándavas, 31.
Kurukshetra, plain of, 39; visited by
Hiouen-Thsang, 268.
Kutchwahas of Jeypore, 328.
Lakha Rana, story of his marriage with
the Marwar princess, 339.
Lakshmí, the goddess, wife of Vishnu,
367; becomes incarnate as Sítá, 372,
374.
Lampá, or Langhán, visited by Hiouen-
Thsang, 267.
Law of the Wheel. See Nirvána.
Lingayets, sect of, 365.
Lunar race, or children of the Moon,
329; antagonism of the Solar and
Lunar races associated with the antag-
onism between Bráhman and Bud-
dhist, 330.
Madya-desa, the middle country, mild-
ness of Buddhist administration, 253.
Magadha, ancient kingdom of, 101, 147;
empire created by Ajata-satru, 138-
see Patali-putra; empire of Síláditya,
265.
Mahá Bhárata, 5; its Brahmanical
character, 6; referred to Indra-prastha,
or Delhi, 27; main tradition of, 28;
Aryan colonists amongst Nágas and
Bheels, 29; family incidents, ib.;
marriage by capture, 30; custom as
regards childless widows, 31; Raja
Pandu, the white-complexioned, ib. ;
Raja Dhritarashtra, the blind, ib.;
kinsmen and dependants, ib.; rivalry
between the Kauravas and Pandavas,
32; individual character of heroes and
heroines, ib.; migration of the Pán-
davas to old Delhi, 33; Swayamvara
of Draupadí, 34; inferior status of
Brahmans, 35; Rajasúya, or royal
feast, 36; passion of Kshatriyas for
gambling, ib.; gambling-match, 37;
sensational scene, 38; war of the
Mahá Bhárata, 39; associated with
the worship of Krishna, 381.
Mahá-deva. See Siva.
Mahávíra, the Jain saint, 361.
Mahrattas, described by Hicuen-Thsang,
identified with the Rajpoots, 266;
their king Pulakesa, 267; country
visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 281.
Maitreya, the Brahman jester, in the
drama of the "Toy-cart," 287.
Malabar country, visited by Hiouen-
Thsang, 280; described by Marco
Polo, 390; described by Faria y Sousa,
422.
Málatí and Mádhava, Hindú drama of,
319.
Malayaketu, Raja of the mountains, 311.
Maldeo, Rao of Jhalore, his temporary
possession of Chittore, 336; inveigles
Rana Hamir into a widow marriage,
337.
Mandanis, the Bráhman, his conciliatory
behaviour to Onesikritos, 171; refuses
to attend Alexander, 172.
Mara, the tempter of Gótama Buddha
in the jungle, 119, 147.
Marco Polo, travels of, Coromandel coun-
try: character of the people, 386; five
Tamil kingdoms, 387; the Tamil kings,
388; the temple women, ib.; empori-
um at Old Káyal, 389; shrine of St
Thomas near Madras, ib.; kingdom
of Telinga or Telugu, 390; Malabar
country, ib.; Travancore, 391; Cana-
nore, ib; Malabar proper,
ib.;
Kon-
kana, 392; Guzerat, 393.
Marriage, customs of the Rishis and
Kshatriyas, 23; the Swayamvara,
24; law of capture, 30; taking a
brother's widow, 31; Swayamvara
of Draupadí, 34; polyandry, 35; mar-
riage of Ráma and Sítá, 42; resem-
blance of ancient and modern rites,
42, note; incestuous marriages of the
Sakyas, 104; customs described by
the Greeks, 167; between a Hindú
Raja and Greek princess, 178; inci-
dent of the loving wife of Charudatta,
293; her husband's amour with a
courtesan, 296; marriage of the cour-
tesan and Brahman, 306; Gandharva
marriage of Sakúntalá, 316; Hindú
drama of the "Stolen Marriage,"
319; deprecated by Buddhism, 320;
horror of widow marriages, 337, 339;
refusal of the Ranas of Udaipore to
give their daughters to the princes of
Jeypore and Marwar, 350.
Marwar, traversed by Hiouen-Thsang,
281; kingdom of, 327; story of the
Marwar princes married to Lakha
Rana, 339; royal family flock to Chit-
tore, 310; murder of the old Rao,
311.
Massaga, city of, captured by Alexander,
Máthavya, the Brahman jester in the
play of Sakúntala, 315.
Mathura, the cradle of the worship of
Krishna, visited by Fah-Hian, 252;
visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 268.
Mayá, mother of Gótama Buddha, 104;
deified in later legend, 145.
Megasthenes, sent as ambassador to
Patali-putra by Seleuks Nikator, 177;
furnishes pictures of old Hindú civil-
ization, 178; description of the city of
Patali-putra, 180; royal palace and
zenana, 181; reticence as regards
politics and religion, 204. See India,
Greek and Roman.
Metempsychosis, dogma of, 72; its an-
tagonism to the old theology, 74; its
profound significance, 75; a revolt
against the popular worship of the
gods, 76.
Meywar, kingdom of, the garden of Raj-
pootana, 327; Ranas of, the blue blood
of the Rajpoot aristocracy, 328.
Missionary operations of Gótama Bud-
dha, 129; of Priyadarsi or Asoka, 223
-see also Appendix II.; extension of
Buddhism into China, 244; of the
Brahmans, 401; of the Roman Catho-
lies in India, 445.
Mohammed the prophet contrasted with
Gótama Buddha, 109.
Mokul, Rana of Chittore, story of his
murder, 311.
Monkeys, assist Ráma in the recovery
of Sítá, 375; build the great bridge,
376.
Monks, Buddhist, neither priests nor
mendicants in the popular sense of the
words, 128; their admission into the
Assembly, 130; dark side of Buddhist
monasticism, 132; consent of parents
necessary to ordination, ib.; endow-
ments, 253.
Multán, visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 201.
Mussulman era, 1; horrors of Mussul-
man invasion, 335.
Nága people, 15, 29; relations with the
Aryans, 36; traditions of, 56.
Nálanda, splendid Buddhist university
at, 270.
Nandas, dynasty of, represented in the
drama of the "Signet of the Minister,"
308; the cowherd, reputed father of
Krishna, 376, 378.
Narsinga, Hindú empire of, overthrown,
434.
Nikara, city of, founded by Alexander,
163.
Nile, river, confounded by the Greeks
with the Indus, 164.
Nirvána, or annihilation, dawn of the
idea on the mind of Gótama Buddha,
107, 108; necessary preparation for,
122; the Law of the Wheel, 123; the
Hymn of Joy, 124; significant con-
trast between the term Nirvána and
that of Buddha, 149.
Nuns, Buddhist, 135, 136; intrigues of
a nun to promote a marriage, 322.
Onesis ritos, sent by Alexander to con-
verse with the naked bráhmans, 170;
arrogance of Kalanos, 171; concilia-
tory behaviour of Mandanis, ib.
Oody Sing, Rana of Chittore, story of,
346.
Ordeal, trial by, 262.
Orissa, visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 280.
Padmavati, city of, 320.
Pálaka, Raja of Ujain, 288.
Pamir steppe, route of the Chinese pil-
grims over, 249.
Pandavas, their birth, 31; their individ-
ual character, 33; breach with the
Kauravas, ib.; Swayamvara of Drau-
padi, 34; celebrate a Rajasúya, 36;
their gambling-match with the Kau-
ravas, 37; their exile, 38; the great
war, 39; celebrate an Aswamedha, or
horse sacrifice, 40.
Pandion, his embassy to Augustus
Cæsar, 206; tradition of a Pandyan
empire, ib., note.
Pandu, the pale, the father of the Pán-
davas, 31.
Pánini, Sanskrit grammar of, studied by
Hiouen-Thsang, 273.
Parisnáth, the Jain saint, 361.
Párvatí, the goddess, conception of, 364.
Patali-putra, city of, captured by San-
drokottos, 176; described by Megas-
thenes, 180; visited by Fah-Hian,
255; processions of images of Buddha
at, 256; hospitals for animals, 257;
ruined state in the time of Hiouen-
Thsang, 270; captured by Chandra-
gupta, 311.
Peninsula India, on the south, 7; tra-
versed by Hiouen-Thsang, 279, 280.
Pertab Sing, Rana of Udaipore, the
hero of Rajpoot independence, 349;
refuses to give his daughters to the
princes of Jeypore and Marwar, 350.
Philip, lieutenant for Alexander at
Taxila, murdered by the mercenaries,
174.
Pirates, Portuguese, desolate lower
Bengal, 449; destroyed by Shaista
Khan, 456.
Pirthi Raj of Delhi. legend of, 330.
Pirthi Rai of Chittore, his feud with
his elder brother, 342; promised by
his sister's husband, 344.
Poongul festival, 21.
Portuguese India, 403; relations of the
Portuguese with the native powers,
408, et seq.; seck to open trade with
Bengal, 428; Sultan of Guzerat appeals
to Turkey for help against the Portu-
guese, 430; suspicious murder of the
Sultan of Guzerat, 431; Portuguese at
Diu besieged by the Turks, 1538, 432;
sudden departure of the Turkish ex-
pedition, ib.; rejoicings in Portugal,
433; second siege of Diu: triumph of
the Viceroy, ib.; overthrow of the
Hindú empire of Narsinga, 1565, 434;
disastrous results to the Portuguese,
436; decline of the Portuguese power
in India, 1603, ib.; palmy days of Goa,
1583, 437; magnificence of Goa, ib.;
view of the city and shipping, 438;
morning at Goa, ib.; the Exchange,
439; profits of money exchanges, 440;
motley crowd at the Exchange, ib.;
Sundays and Saint days: Portuguese
ladies, 441; social condition of the
Portuguese soldiers, 442; demoraliza-
tion resulting from mixed marriages,
443; degeneracy of the female popu-
lation, 444; depraved state of morals,
445; conversions effected by the Roman
Catholic missionaries, 446; labours of
the Jesuits, ib.; relapses into heathen-
ism, 447; establishment of an Inquisi-
tion orientalization of Portuguese
Christianity, 448; revolt of European
energy against oriental effeminacy,
ib.; Portuguese free lances, 449; lower
Bengal desolated by the pirates of
Chittagong, ib.; Portuguese outlaws
entertained by the king of Arakan,
450; piratical and slave-stealing expe-
ditions, 451; weakness of the Mogul
governors, ib.; adventures of Se-
bastian Gonzales, 452; tragical end of
Gonzales, 453; Fra Joan, ib.; Portu-
guese settlement at Húghly slave
market at Palmiras, 454; Portuguese
of Húghly reduced to slaves by Shah
Jehan, ib.; misfortunes of Shah
Shujah in Arakan, 455; revenge of
Aurangzíb, 455; destruction of the
Portuguese pirates by Shaista Khan,
ib.
Porus the elder, probably suzerain of
the Punjab, 157; encampment on the
Jhelum, 161; defeated by Alexander,
162; murdered by Eudemos, 175.
Porus the younger, abandons his throne
on the approach of Alexander, 164.
Prayága, at the junction of the Ganges
and Jumna, its strategic importance,
54; cultivation of the field of happi-
ness at, 275.
Prajapatí, step-mother of Gótama Bud-
dha, 104.
Priya, daughter of Ikswáku, legend of,
102.
Priyadarsi, edicts of. See Asoka.
Pulakesa, king of the Mahrattas, de-
scribed by Hiouen-Thsang, 267.
Pundra-vardhana, the modern Burd-
wan, visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 279.
Punjab, the home of the Vedic Aryans,
52; campaign of Alexander in, 153;
plan of the campaign, 155; absence of
caste, 167; civilization different from
that of Hindustan, 184; Buddhism
flourishing there in the time of Fah-
Hian, 252.
Pythagoras, similarity between his doc-
trines and those of the Bráhmans,
172.
Raemul, Rana of Chittore, story of the
feud between his sons, 342.
Rahtores of Marwar, 328; of Kanouj,
assertion of sovereignty, 331.
Rahula, son of Gútama Buddha, his
birth, 108; his admission into the
Assembly, 132, 133, note.
Rajagriha, the scene of the commence-
ment of Gótama Buddha's career as
a mendicant, 110.
Rajasúya, or royal feast, 36.
Rajpoots, traces of the Swayamvara,
24; practice of Sátí, or widow burn-
ing, 89; described by Hiouen-Thsang
as Mahrattas, 266; the old military
aristocracy of India, 326; relics of the
Vedic Kshatriyas, ib.; kingdoms of
Meywar, Marwar, and Jeypore, 327;
high descent of the Ranas of Meywar
329; Solar and Lunar dynasties, 320;
ab luction of the Kanuj princess by
the Delhi king, 330; the tragic end,
322; intense antagonism of Rajpoots
towards Mussulmias, 333; reflex of
the struggle in existing ruins, 334;
capture of Chittore by Alli-ud-doen,
335; Rajpoot war of independence
under Hinir, 333; Himir inveigled
into a widow marriage, 337; Chittore
recovered by Humir, 333; revival of
Chittore, ib.; marriage of Lakha
Rum, 339; jealousy of the queen-
mother, 310; murder of the Rao of
Marwar, 311; murder of Rana Mokul,
341; value of Rajpoot traditions, 312;
fend of the three sons of Raemul
Rana, ib.; punishment of a barbarous
husband, 311; Mogul invasion, ib.;
custom of the bracelet, 315; murder
of Bikramajeet, 345; usurpation of
Bunbeer, ib.; accession of Oody Sing,
ib.; policy of Akber towards the
Rajpoots, 317; capture of Chittore
by Akber, ib.; Pertab Sing, the
hero of Rajpoot independence, 319;
Jeypore and Marwar discarded by
the Rana, 350; restoration of Chit-
tore to the Rana, 351; the shadow of
submission, ib.; political system of
the Rajpoots, ib.; Rajpoots and Teu-
tons, 352; Rajpoot states and early
Englisa kingdoms, 352; Rajpoot con-
stitutions, 353; civil administration,
351; civil ad.ninistration of Ava or
upper Burma, ib.; two great councils,
355; The Hot-dan, or supreme coun-
cil, ib; The Byaleit, or privy coun-
cil, 353; substitution of officialism for
feudalism, ib.
Rikshasa, the hereditary minister of
the Nan las, represented in the Hindú
drama of the " Signet of the Minis-
ter," 300.
Ráma, Raja of Benares, legend of his
marriage with the princess of Kosila,
103.
Ráma, son of Dasaratha an1 Kansalya,
marries Sítá, 42; appointed Yuvaraja,
43; superseded by Bharata, 45; his
exile, ib.; route to Chitra-kúta, 47;
closing scenes and return to Ayodhya,
50; mythical account of his exile, 51,
note; his birth as an incarnation of
Vishnu, 371; his exile, 373; his grief
at the abluction of Siti, 375; slays
Rivan, 376; conception of, compared
with that of Krishna, ib.
Ráminand of Benares, taught the wor-
ship of Vishnu through his incarna-
tions, 365.
Ráminuj Acharya, the apostle of the
Vaishnavas, 355.
Rámiy ina, 5; its Brahmanical charac-
ter, 6; main tralition of, 10; royal
family at Ayodhya, or Oude, 41;
marriage of Rim and Sítí, 42;
appointment of "Little Raja," or
heir-apparent, 43; intrigues of the
first queen, 41; violence of the fa-
vourite queen, 45; the Maharaja suc-
cumbs to the favourite, ib.; Ríma's
exile, ib.; route of the exiles, 47:
death of the Mahiraja, 48; the great
council, 49; funeral rites for the
Mahiraja, ib.; closing scenes and
return of Rima, 50; represents Rima
and Siti as incarnations of Vishná
and Lakshiní, 371; abduction of Sítu
by Rivana, 374.
Ranas of Chittore. See Meywar.
Rávana, Rakshası king of Lanká or
Ceylon.oppresses the gods, 371; carries
away Sítá, 371; killed by Ráma, 376.
Relics, alleged commemoration of, by
Gotama Buddha, 140; mythical of
their distribution after the death of Gó
tama, 143; worship of, in Udyána and
the Swat country, 250.
Religion, the Dravidian, 13; the Aryan,
15; worship of the Rishis, 16; ideas
of death and immortality amongst
Rishis and Kshatriyas, 25; worship
of the Ganges and Jumna, 47; popular
religion of the Bráhmans, 67; ani.nal
sacrifices, 63; origin of the doctrine
of the atonement, 69; secret religion
of the Brahman sages, 70; creation of
the universe by the supreme spirit
Brahma, 70; pantheistic idea of the
supreme spirit pervading the universe,
72; dogma of the metempsychosis or
transmigrations of the soul, ib. ; life-
less character of the conceptions of a
creation and creator, 73; antagon-
ism between the metempsychosis and
the old theology, 74; profound signi-
ficance of the dogma of the metem
psychosis, 75; a revolt against the
popular worship of the gods, 76;
melancholy of Gotama Buddha at the
three terrors-old age, disease, and
death, 107; the way of deliverance,
103; twofold character of the law of
Bud lha-religion and discipline, 120;
general depravity of religions idea at
the advent of Gotama Baddha, 125;
probable origin of the idea of Bud-
dhism, 147; Buddha as a moral and
religious teacher, 145; absence of
deity in the conception of Dharma,
237; worship of Siva as the supreme
being, 352; worship of Vishnu as in-
carnate in Rima and Krishna, 356;
worship of Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva
as the Trimúrti, 383; miscellaneous
deities, 331; religious usages as de-
scribed by the old European travellers,
385.
Rishis, their religious worship, 16; dis-
tinguished from the Kshatriyas, 19;
marriages, 23; disappearance from
India, 51.
Ryots, Hindú, described by Megasthe-
nes, 185; review of the Greck accounts,
201.
Sacrifices, animal, 68; abolished by
Priya larsi (Asoka), 216.
Sáh kings of Guzerat, 240.
Sakuni, the gambler, 33; plays a gam-
bling-match with Yudhishthira, 37.
Sakúntalá, or the "Lost Ring," drama
of, 313.
Sikya Muni. See Gótama Buddha,
Sakya Rajas, descent of Gótama from,
101.
Saliváh iná, era of, 249.
Samasthanaka, the wicked prince in the
drama of the "Toy-cart," 258.
Sandrokottos, the Hindú Chandragupta,
Greek accounts of, 175; hostility to-
wards Aggrammes, the reigning king
of Magadha, 176; exasperated Alex-
ander, ib.; establishes an empire
over Hindustan and the Punjab, ib.;
forms an alliance with Seleukos Nika-
tor, 177; his marriage with a Greek
princess, 178; possibly a convert to
Buddhism, ib.; his palace and zenana,
181; his duties and amusements, 182;
his yearly assembly, 187; reign of, a
transition period, 188; absence of
literary culture at his court, 201;
represented in the play of the "Siguet
of the Minister," 303.
Sanga, son of Raemul, his feud with
his brother Pirthi Raj, 342; becomes
Rana of Chittore, 344.
Sangala, a city of the Kathæi, captured
by Alexander, 165.
Sangháráma, or Buddhist college, at
Khotan, 216; at Kanouj and Kosala,
251; splendid university at Nálanda,
Sankha Acharya, life and career of, 361.
Sanskrit drama. See Drama.
Santanu, Raja, legend of, 29.
Saraswatí river, worship of, 16; the fron-
tier between the Punjab and Hindu-
stan, 53.
Sárnáth, destruction of the Buddhist
Sangháráma at, 359.
Sátí, absence of, in Vedic traditions, 26;
its connection with the Brahmans,
88; origin of the rite of Sátí, or
Suttee, 89; the Scythic and the
Aryan usage, ib. ; Scythian Sátí modi-
fied by Aryan culture and worship,
ib.; spread of the rite over Rajpoot
and Brahmanical India, 91; song
connected with the rite, ib, note;
attempted Sátí in the drama of the
Toy-cart, 305; Sátí of the widow of
Pirthi Raj of Delhi, 332.
Satruniya, mountain, Jain temples of,
362.
Scinde, visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 281.
Scythians, Tochari, their empire, 239;
defeated by Vikramaditya, ib.
Seleukos Nikator founds the Græco-
Bactrian empire, 177; forms an alli-
ance with Sandrokottos, ib. ; sends
Megasthenes as ambassador to the
city of Patali-putra, ib.
Serpents, or Nágas, legends of, 56;
phallic character of the worship, 57.
Sesodian Chohans, descended from the
Sun, 328.
Signet of the Minister, Hindú drama
of, 393.
Sílabhadra, superior of the great Bud-
dhist university at Nálanda, 271, 272.
Síláditya, empire of, including Patali-
putra, Prayága, and Kanouj, 265;
inability to conquer the Mahrattas
(Rajpoots), 265; orders a public
disputation between the great and
little Vehicles, 273; cultivates the
field of happiness at Prayága, 275;
his tributary kings, 276; his royal
liberalities, ib.; his public protestation
at the conclusion of the ceremony, 278.
Sítá, daughter of Janaka, married to
Ráma, 42; shares his exile, 47; vows
to Ganges and Jumna, ib.; an incar-
nation of Lakshmí, 371; carried away
by Rivana, 374.
Siva, worship of, 67; identified by the
Greeks with Dionysos, 68; triumph
over Buddhism at Benares, 358, 362;
conception of, as Iswara, 353; worship
of, the religion of good works, 331;
worshipped in the Trimurtí, 383.
Smárta, sect of, 355.
Solar race, or children of the Sun, 329,
329; antagonism of the Solar and
Lunar races identified with the antag-
onism between the Bráhman and the
Buddhist, 330.
Srámans, or Germanes, described by
the Greeks, 188; practised as phy-
sicians, 192, 212.
Stolen Marriage, Hindú drama of, 319.
St Thomas, shrine of, near Madras de-
scribed by Marco Polo, 389; by Faria
y Sousa, 428.
Suddhodana, Raja of Kapila, father of
Gótama Buddha, 104.
Sugra, brother of Pertab Sing, his
desertion and death, 351.
Sugríva, the monkey chieftain, helps
Ráma to recover Sítá, 375.
Sunderbunds, visited by Hiouen-Thsang,
279.
Sun-god, worshipped as Súrya, 366;
identified with Vishnu, ib.
Súrya, the sun-god, 16.
Suryavansa, the Solar race, 328.
Susíma, murdered by Asoka, 233; re-
tirement of his widow amongst the
Chandalas, ib.
Swat country, worship of Buddhist relics
at, 250.
Swayamvara, or "self-choice" of the
maiden, 24; traces amongst the Raj-
poots, ib.; of Draupadí, 34.
Tamil country described by Marco Polo,
387.
Tamluk, kingdom of, visited by Fah-
Hian, 258; visited by Hiouen-Thsang,
279.
Tanesar, visited by Hiouen-Thsang,
268.
Tantras, religion of, 364.
Taxiles, his submission to Alexander,
159; appointed with Eudemos to the
government of Taxila, 174.
Telinga country, described by Marco
Polo, 390.
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