XVI 



Index. 



Disease, Amulets as agents in the prevention of, 



by A. N. Moberly, 223. 

 Distira, 278, 279. 



,, andamanica, 279, 289, 290. 

 ,, brugmansii, 278, 290, 292. 

 ,, cyanocincta, 277, 291, 292, 294. 

 gillespice, 279, 284, 285. 

 hendersonii, 278, 294. 

 jerdoni, 278, 279, 293, 297. 

 lapemidoides, 281, 286, 287, 291, 292. 

 major, 292. 



ornata, 278, 289, 290, 292, 296. 

 ,, robusta, 83, 288, 290. 

 ,, tuberculata, 279, 291, 292. 

 viperina, 278, 279, 292. 

 Doclea ovis, 73. 

 Dombini, 23. 



Doosum, ancient hero of Gilgit, 98. 

 Dorvlcea ornata, 206. 



,, rhombifolia, 207. 

 Dracha bhat, sweetmeat of Gilgit, 96. 

 Drona as a measure of volume and area, 86. 

 Dronavapa, a measure of area, 86, 87. 

 Drum of Rushoo, the miraculous, 113. 

 Dryophis anomalus, now var. , 196. 



mycterizans , 195-196 (footnote), 199, 200. 

 ,, pulverulentus, 196. 



Duban Ceremony (Gilgit), 100. 

 Dugong, 222. 



Duma Nikha Ceremony (Gilgit) 97, 98. 

 Dams of Gilgit, 94. 

 Dus-ldan (Tib.) Sthavira, 2. 



Ear-rings, Supplement, iv. 

 Earth, Use of as a medicine, 266. 

 Earth-eaters in India, 251. 



Earth-eating and earth-eating habit in India, 

 by D. Hooper and H. H Mann, 

 249-270. 

 ,, Extent of, in other countries. 249. 



in Sanskrit and Arabic classics, 251- 

 252. 

 ,, Materials used in, 255. 



Echinoplax pungens. 85. 

 Echis carinatus, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200. 

 Eclipse, Lunar, Belief regarding, 107. 

 Solar, Belief regarding, 107. 

 how accounted for (Gilgit), 107. 



Elapatra snake changed into Chakravartti , 17. 



,, Story of, 20. 



Elephants in Piyadasi's Edicts, 373. 

 Endere inscriptions, 45. 



, , Tibetan relics from , 44 . 

 Enhydrina valakadyen, 83, 278, 279, 294, 296. 

 Enhydris, 279. 



curtus, 278, 279, 295, 296. 

 ,, hardwickii, 278, 279, 295, 296. 



Epacromia tamulus, 204, 208. 

 Eremias guttulata, 198. 



,, velox, 197, 198. 

 Erinaceus micropus, 221. 

 Eristocophis macmahonii, 198. 

 Eryx, 2Co. 



,, conicus, 193, 199. 

 ,, jaculus, 197. 



iohnii, 193, 194, 199. 

 Ethnographica Miscellanea, Supplement, i. 

 Eumenes conica, 204, 211. 

 Eutima mira, 347. 

 Evil spirits, Belief regarding, in Bengal, 235. 



Fairies, 112, 113. 



Farmaish, a ruler of Yasin, 126. 



Felts viverrina, 222. 



Ferryman and Buddha, 14. 



Festivals of Gilgit, 93. 



Fish (boneless) in Piyadasi's Edicts, 368. 



Five Brahmans, first disciples of Buddha, 11. 



Flute that uttered the secret of asine foot of 



Malik, 114. 

 Folklore of Gilgit, 93. 

 Foot of Malik the Ra of Gilgit, 113. 

 Fowl in Piyadasi's Edicts, 372. 

 Francke, A. H., on the similarity of the Tibetan 



to the Kashgar-Brahmi Alphabet. 



43-45- 

 , , on the Dards at Khalatse (Tibet) , 413-419. 

 Fratercula arctica, 202. 

 Funambulus palmarum, 221. 



G 



Gach (a kind of cement), Supplement, ix. 

 Gamga-puputake (unidentified animal) in Piya- 

 dasi's Edicts, 369. 

 Gallerucella , 212. [grants, 85-91. 



Gangamohan Laskar, on Ashrafpur copper-plate 



