Index. 



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Prasenajit of Kosola, Address by Buddha to, 13. 

 Prayer on the conclusion of harvest, (Gilgit), 97. 

 Preta, a Thibetan figure, 21. 

 Priyahgu dvipa. in connection with a Thibetan 



scroll, 3. 

 Promachus, 213. 

 Proverbs, Persian, 301-337. 

 Pseudoglomeris flavicornis, 204, 207, 217. 

 Pseudomantis maculata, 210. 

 Puradasa, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91. 

 Purana Kasyapa, 13. 

 Purvavideha, in connection with a Thibetan scroll, 



Q 



Quicksilver for destroying a stream, 121. 



R 



Ra of Gilgit, 95, 96, 97, 108, 119, 124, 126. 



,, with the ass's foot, 113. 

 Raff (shelves in a Persian house), Supplement, xi. 

 Rahula Sthavira, 2, 3. 

 Rain, miraculously obtained in Gilgit, 112. 

 Rajagrha, Budha at, 12. 

 Rajaraja Bhatta, son of Devakhadga, 85. 



,, makes a grant of land, 85, 88, 89, 90. 

 Ramanad, Fauna of, 183. 

 Rana brevipalmata , 185. 



,, cyanophlyctis , 184. 



,, greenii, 184, 185, 201. 



,, limnocharis, 184, 185. 



,, nilgirica, 185. 



,, tigrina, 184, 195. 

 Rashoo ai Yudaini. the miraculous drum, 113. 

 " Rato " ceremony (Gilgit), 109. 

 Rato-denaken (Gilgit). 109. 

 Ratufa bicolor, 202. 

 Rawats or Shokas, 96. 

 Rdo-rje-hchah, an Adibuddha, 21. 

 Rdo-rje-hjigs-byed, vide Vajravairava, 20. 

 Rdo-rje-mo-yi-bu (Tib.) Sthavira, 2. 

 Religion and Customs of the Uraons, 121- 181. 

 Religion of the Bhotias of Almorah and British 

 Garhwal, 115. Vide also " Ceremonies 

 among partially Hinduised Bhotias," 



97- 

 Religion of the Uraons, 124-154. 

 Reptiles from Seistan, 196. 



,, from the Afghan- Baluch Expedition, 197. 



rS 4 . 



Rhacophorus leucomystax , 10^ 



Rhinoceros in Piyadasi's Edicts, 370. 



Ring, A huge, 126. 



Rishi Parvata Guha, 2. 



Rohita, Buddha on the banks of the, 12. 



Rones of Gilgit, 94, 95. 



Ruddy Goose in Piyadasi's inscriptions, 366. 



,. in ancient ndian Literature, 366-367. 



Sakina, name of Miyo Kha q.v. 

 S'akyasimha, Buddha, 10. 

 Sal- Ammoniac, 25-41. 



Pliny on, 25. 

 ,, The Arabic equivalent of , 28. 



Samghamitra, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91. 

 Saiijaya, teacher of Sariputra, 15, 19. 

 Safijaya Vairatthi Putra, 13. 

 Sankar village, miraculously founded, in. 

 Sanskrit, the ancient language of Gilgit, 95. 

 Saptaparni Guha, in connection with a Thibetan 



scroll. 

 vSarat Chandra Das on the origin of the Tibetan 



alphabet, 43. 

 S'ariputra's attainment of Arhatship, 15. 

 Story, 15. 

 ,, visit to Buddha, 15. 



,, and Mandgalya receive pravrajya 



together, 19. 

 Sathrophyllia rugosa, 209. 



Satis Chandra Vidyabhusana, Mahamahopa- 

 dhaya ou certain Tibetan scrolls and images, 

 1-28. 

 Saws and proverbs, Persian, 302-337. 

 .Scald-head, Adventure of the, 380. 

 Scalpellum aculiim, Hoek, 82, 83. 

 alcockianum, 82. 

 balanoides, 79. 

 bengalense, 82. 



Complemental males of, 78, 79 

 gruvelii, 82. 



,, var. quadratum, 82. 

 indicum, 73 (footnote). 

 inerme, 74, 75 (Plate VIII, fig. 1 



76 (Plate I. figs. 1, ia). 

 laccadivicum , 82. 



,, var. investigatoris , 82. 



molle, 74. 

 moluccanum, 74. 



