INDEX. 



Abdalrahman, his wealth and magnificence, iv. 197. Palace at Zebra, 197. Re- 

 flections, 198. 



Ablutions, of the Hindoos, i. 286. Different modes of in India, ii. 390. 



Abul Fazel, secretary to Akber, iii. 148. His amiable character 148. His charming 

 portrait of Akber, 307. 



Abyssinians, slaves, their promotion in India, iv. 201. 



Adawlet, court of, at Baroche, ii. 252. 



Adjutant-bird, or argali, ii. 124. 



Adulation, extravagant instance of, iii. 300. 



Afghans, conquerors of Hindostan, iii. 142. 



Aftaphgere, state umbrella, ii. 41. 



Agates, at Cambay, their manufacture, ii. 20. 



Agra, its former magnificence and modern ruin, iv. 3(i. 



Agricola, remark from Tacitus, iv. 174. 



Agrippina, her poisons compared with those administered in India, iii. 384. 



Ahmed-abad, conquest of that city by general Goddaid, iii. 51. Magnificent ruins, 

 100. Its desolation illustrated by scripture, 104. When founded, 1 17. Ancient 

 extent and splendour of, 1 17- Causes of its decline, 120. Miseryof the Mogul inha- 

 bitants, 121. Wells, mosques, and public buildings, 127, &c. Privileged to coin 

 gold, 129. Conquered by the Mahrattas, 147. Taken by the English, 147. 



Ahmed Sultan, founder of Ahmed-abad, iii. 124. His mosque and cemetery, 125. 



Ahrnood, town and purgunna, described, iii. 52. 



Akber, emperor of Hindostan, his general character, i. 91. Character by oriental 

 historians, ii. 23. Compared with Alfred, iii. 309. Amiable portrait, in his chari- 

 ties, largesses, domestic arrangements, &c. 310. Presents on being weighed, 310. 

 coinage, 310. 



Akber-abad, city of Agra so called, iii. 106. 



Akberpore, iv. 77- 



Albatros, bird, i. 9- 



Albicore, fish, 1. 9. 



Alexander the Great, bounds of his conquests in India, i. 411. 



Alexandrian library, burnt by Omar, ii. 28. 



Alhinna, beautiful flower in India, i. 32. 



