INDEX 



JOURNAL, ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, Paet I, 



1876. 



ABHAN, Bajputs, 303 



Abhishekha, or rite of bathing the Empe- 

 ror, 390 



Achm, supplies sulphur, 70 



ddhdna, or bit for horses, 388 



agni-aster, a Sanskrit fire-arm, 44, 45 



Ahirs, in Audh, 302 



Ahmad Shah Bahmani, coin of, 296 



Ahmad Shah, ruler of Skardu, 119 



Aibak, Kutb-uddin, 334 



Aish, a frontier village in Gilgit, 136 



Aitareya Brahmana, mentions human 

 sacrifices, 118 



alcaras, modes of birth, 9n. 



Akbar, coin of, 292 



AllahaMd, the ancient Varanavrata, 371 



Alor, battle of, 39 



Amba, wife of Rudra, 389 



Americans, human sacrifices of, 84, 86 



Amethia, a clan in Audh, 302 



Anumiti, divinity of fertility, 387 



dpamdrga (Acherantes aspra), 389 



argJiya, 378 



Arniya, or Dardu, a dialect, 141 



Arrian, says that Indians were not ac- 

 quainted with the use of the bit for 

 horses, 388 



Artemis, the Indian Kali, 82 



artillery, introduction of, in Europe and 

 Asia, 54, 55, 60 



Asiatic Fire weapons, 30 



Astor Valley, 119 



astvawiedha, or horse sacrifice, required a 

 human sacrifice, 111 



Audh, Bhars of, 297 ; races of, 300 



Ayudhya, 2, 24 j coins found at, 297, 298 9 

 299 



Azro Shamsher, a mountain god, 129 



Aztecs, their human sacrifices, 85 



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>ABAR, artillery of, 57 

 Babhru-vahana, a city of Manipura, 47 

 Bacola (Bakla), 72 

 Bahadur Shah, of Dihli, coin of, 294 ;— of 



Bengal, coin of, 295 

 Bais, of Baiswara, 301 

 Bakla (Bacola),' 72, 76 

 Baku, on the Caspian, 42^. 

 Bal and Dal, Bhar chiefs, 303 

 ballistarius, 56 



baloshbut, or pot-stone, found in Gilgit, 134 

 bamboo, used for conducting inflammable 



air, 43 ; etymology of — , 44 

 B ami an, siege of, 35 

 Banaras, Bhars of, 297 

 Banaudha, 305 



Bandelgot, a clan in Audh, 302 

 Banke Bihari Temple, at Brindaban> 312 

 Barbuni valley, 122 

 Barjur, in Gilgit, 135 

 Barnawah, west of Mirath, 371, postscript* 

 barter, in Wakhan, 233 

 bdrud, or gunpowder, 37^. 

 Bashgali, or Kafir country, 125 

 Basors, or sweepers, in Hamfrpur, 280 

 Bedar Bakht, of Dihli, 294 ; coin of, 293 

 Bengal, Muhammadan coins of, 291 

 Benett, W. 0. Mr., his views on the 



Audh Bhars, 306 

 Beveridge, H., on ' "Were the Sundarbans 



inhabited in ancient times f, 71 

 Bhakt-Mala, 312, 313 

 Bhalesaltan, a clan in Audh, 302, 306 

 bharddis, or Bhar-abadis, 305 

 Bhars, 281, 297 ; parganahs and towns 



named after them, 303 ; the same as 



Ahirs, 303 

 Bharudi Bais, 307 

 Bharwara, 303 



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