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Index. 



Apsaras, celestial beings, 140, 151, 163 



Aqa Hasan Rumf, 197 



Aram Shah, son of Aibak, 279 



Arboricola rt/fogularis, 332 



architecture, influence of the Greek, on 

 Hindu architecture, 212 



Arctomyx collaris, 332 



arghya, water containing sandal, rice, 

 flour, and betel-nut, 144w. 



arha, or arhaka, a measure of grain, 9 



Arhud, one of the fourteen Gohiyas, 173 



Arkat, mint town of, 300 



arnd, " no more", in names, 85w. 



Artha, (wealth), 139«, 



Arundhati, wife of Yasistha, 156 



Asam Sais ki Masjid, in Rajmahall, 301 



Asdr ugganddid, quoted, 278 



Asitamuni, 145 



AsokaBatka, garden of Raghunatha, 150 



Astika Muni, 168 



Asuras, dynasty of, 184 



Asvamedha (horse sacrifice), 132, 133 



'Atapur, ruins of, 190 



Atrai River, 284, 290 



Audh, 276 ; vide Ayodhya 



Aufrecht, on the Unnadi Sutras, 18w. 



Aurangzib, silver coin of, 128, 193 



Aushodinath, kings of the race of, 13 



Ava, 189 



Avantika, called Ujjain, the foot of "Vish- 

 nu, 133, 135 



Awartak, parganah of, 20 



Ayodhya Mahatmya, or "Pilgrimage to 

 Ayodhya," translation of the, 129 



Ayodhya, derivation of, 130 ; vide Audh 



A'zam Shah, king of Bengal, 287 



B, 



► ABA'-I-KHWESHAGf, 195 

 Bacala, in South-East Bengal, 181 

 Badakhshan, 200 

 Badaon, 276 



Badri, one of the nine Gohiyas, 173 

 Bagura (Bogra), 183, 282, 287 

 Bahadurpur, in Bengal, 300 

 Bahadur Shah, King of Bengal and N. 



Bihar, 295, 300 

 JBahdr-i- Ajam, quoted, 297 

 Baha uddin Sam, conqueror of Rai Pithora, 



34, 35 

 Bahrain Sultan, ruler of Ghur, 32 ; genea- 

 logical table of, 35 

 Bahrampur, 195 ; in Bengal, 292 

 Bairam Khan, 193 

 Bakhtdb&d, a doubtful name for ' Gaur', 



285 

 Bakht Mall, Raja of Nurpur, 195 

 Bakhtyar Khilji, conqueror of Bihar and 



Bengal, 276 

 Balarama, one of the tutelary divinities of 



Mathura, 148, 214 

 Baldah Barbakabad, Mahall of, 292 



Balhawan Pass, (Kangrah), 196 



Bal Gosain, Raja, of Kiich Bihar, 295 ; son 



of Kara Narayan, 306 

 Balka-Tigin, 27 



Ballal Sen, predecessor of Su Sen, of Ben- 

 gal, 3 

 Bamadeva, 142 

 Ban Raja, city of, 1 

 banabas, penitential ceremony, 184 

 Banaras, 300 

 Bandi Devi, 160 

 Bangaon, in North Bengal, 292 

 Baqirganj, in Bengal, 1 

 Barah Bhuyas of Bengal, 181 

 Barbak Shah of Bengal, 190, 287, 289 

 Barbakabad, 291 

 Barbaria, mahall of, 292 

 Bardhankot (Varddhanakuti) , ruins of, 282 

 Barendra, or Barind, 184, a division of 



Northern Bengal, 183, 287 

 Bar! Diiab, 193 



Barrail mountain, in Asam, 309 

 Barsul in Bengal, not identified, 285 

 Basaki, king of serpents, 3 

 Basdaul, in Bengal, 292 

 Basudeva, 155 

 Basu Raja, of Kangrah, 196 

 Batani or Bah-Tani, or Tabrfn, Shaikh. 33 

 Baudhayana, commentary on the S'ulva- 



sutra, 229 

 Bayazid Shah (II), king of Bengal, 287, 



296 

 Beames, J., the Alti Hills in Katak. 19 ; 



on the Rhapsodies of Gambbir Rai, the 



bard of Nurpur, 192 

 Bengal, Contributions to the History and 



Geography of, 375 ; vide Westmacott, 



Wise, O'Donnel. 

 Bhabha (priests), 349 

 Bhadra-Subhadra, 131 

 Bhagavad Gita (Dr. Lorinser's), 15 

 Bhagwat, parganah of, near Chanar, 281. 

 Bhairava, 167 

 Bhalua, vide Bulua 

 Bhao Sing, of Nurpur, turns Muham- 



madan, 193, 201 

 Bharadvaja, 9, 148 

 Bharata, 136, 142, 163 

 Bharata Kunda, 166 

 Bharkundah, in Western Bengal, 296 

 Bhar Mata, a Bhil deity, 349 

 Bhaskara, (maker of lights), 159 

 Bhath, or Bhatghora, territory of, 286 

 Bhati, or Sundarban, 286 

 Bhaturiah, in Northern Bengal, 287 

 Bhavishyat Parana, 7 

 Bhils, of Mai war, account of, 347 

 Bhima, 184 



Bhima Devi, daughter of Dev Pal, 191 

 Bhoili parganah, near Chanar, 2S1 

 Bholiya Dewat, deity of, 349 

 Bhufnhar or Bhaman zamindar tribe, 184 



