Index. 



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Gano, an incantation (Gilgit), 104, 105. 



Ganoni Ceremony (Gilgit), 97. 



Garai Patan, 108. 



Garhwal, British, Notes on the Bhotias of, 93. 



Gaya, Buddha subdues the Naga at, 17. 



Gecko verticillatus , 186. 



Gehyra mutilata, 186. 



Gelate, unidentified bird (?) in Piyadasi's Inscrip- 

 tions, 367. 



Ge-lug-pa sect of Thibetan monks, 21. 



Gem-triad, Ratnatraya, 89-90. 



Genesis, according to the Uraons, of the world 

 127-128. 

 ,, of the Bhuts or Devils, 128-131. 



Geocoris tricolor, 205. 



Gerbillus indicus (part.), 221. 



Gerris fossarum, 205. 



Ghi used by the Danyals, 103. 

 ,, a soul made of, 117. 



Ghulam Muhammad on the festivals and folk- 

 lore of Gilgit, 93. 



Gilgit, Capture of, 115. 



,, Festivals and folklore of, 93-127. 



,, Geographical description of , 93-95- 



,, A short history of, 94. 



,, Principal tribes inhabiting the valley of, 



94-95- 



., The capture of, by Skurdu Chiefs, 115. 

 Gilit, Native name of Gilgit, 93. 



,, Derivation of the word, 93. 

 Girkis (ruler of Hunza) (Gilgit song), 100. 

 Glauconia blanfordii, 198, 201. 



, myopica, 201. 

 Gnas-brtan (Buddhist saints), 1. 

 Goat in Piyadasi's Edicts, 371. 

 Goat-sacrifice in " Shino Bazono " (Gilgit), 96. 

 Gongylophis conicus, 193. 

 Goose in Piyadasi's Inscriptions, 367. 



,, in ancient Indian literature, 367. 

 Gopaka Sthavira, 1, 3. 

 Gosala, Maskari, 13. 

 Grahn, the giant lover of the moon, 107. 

 Grants of Devakhadga deciphered, 85-91. 

 Gridhrakuta, 3, 20. 

 Gryllotalpa africana, 204, 209. 

 ., vulgaris, 209, 210. 



Gryllus gracilipes, 210. 

 Gser-behu (Tib.) Sthavira, 3. 

 Gyantse, Tibetan scrolls and images from, 1-28. 



Gymnodactylus sp., 197. 

 Gypsum, Supplement, ix. 



H 

 Hair used in exorcism amongst Muhammad an s, 



31. 



,, its medical use amongst the Arabs, 34. 

 ,, its chemistry (as an alchemical drug), 39. 

 Hajl of lvbwabjan, Story of the, 391. 

 Harvest festivals of Gilgit, 97. 

 Hazrat Khizar drives away the giantess, 113. 

 Headed characters in Tibetan, 44. 

 Headless characters in Tibetan, 43, 44. 

 Hemidactylus brookii, 185, 186, 198. 



,, fiaviviridis, 185, 186, 188 (footnote). 



,, frenatus, 185, 186, 198. 



,, leschenaultii, 186, 198, 200 



,, triedrus, 186, 198, 201. 



Heteropoda faurei, 216. 



,, venatoria, 206, 216, 218. 



Hierodula coarctata, 204, 208. 



,, modesta, 186. 

 Himalaya (mountain), 3. 

 Historical folklore of Gilgit, 114-127. 

 Hoof mark of a horse, Wonderful story of the, 113. 

 Hooper, D., and Mann, H. H., on earth-eating 



in India, 249. 

 Horse in Piyadasi's Edicts, 374. 

 House, Plan of a Persian Gentleman's, Supple- 

 ment, x-xi, (Plate F.). 

 Huo-shah Sthavira (Chinese), 3. 

 Hvashang Sthavira (Chinese), 3. 

 Hydra, Common, Dr. N. Annandale on the, of 

 Bengal, 339"359- 

 ,, dicecia, 341, 342, 348, 350. 

 •,, Distribution of the genus in Asia, 342. 

 fusca, 342, 349, 350. 

 grisea, 341, 342, 350, 359. 

 ,, hexactinella , 342. 

 ,, oligactis, 341. 



orientalis, 339, 340, 342, 343, 346-49. 35*" 



359- 

 „ „ Colour of, 358. 



,, ,, Conditions favourable and un- 



favourable to, 352-354. 

 ,, ,, Feeding of, 354. 



,, ,, Movements of, 355. 



,, ,, Reproduction and dur?tion of 



life of, 343-352. 



