XXIV 



Index. 



Typklops braminus, 192, 202. 



,, braminus var. arenicoia, var. nov., 192, 



199, 201. 

 ,, diardi, 192. 

 ,, limbrickii, 193, 199, 202. 

 ,, Notes on colour of, 201. 

 ,, porr edits, 192 (footnote). 

 ,, psammophilus , 193, 199, 202. 

 ,, socotranus, 201. 



U 



Udayi attains, arhatship, 16. 



Udirna Khadga, 86, 90. 



Udyan, Alphabets in the vicinity of, 45. 



Unidentified Animals in Piyadasi's Inscription , 



366, 367, 368, 369. 

 Upaka (ga), 12. 



,, Meeting of Buddha with, 12. 

 Uraons, Character of the, 166. 



Etymology of the name of the, 122. 



Language of the, 167. 



Marriage customs among the, t6i. 



Miscellaneous Customs and Beliefs of Lhc, 

 171. 



Origin of the, 122. 



Religion and Customs of the, 121-181. 



vSocial Customs among the, 154. 



The Cult of Ancestors, Belief regarding, 

 among the, 135. 



The family of the, 166. 



Villages and houses of the, 170. 

 Uromastix, 200. 



,, asmussii, 198. 

 Urumuiida, or king of mountains (Thibetan), 3. 

 Uruvela Kasyapa, 17. 

 Uthal described, 62. 

 Uttarakuru, in connection with a Thibetan scroll , 3. 



V 



Yajradhara, in a Thibetan scroll, 21. 



Vajrasana, in Thibetan scroll, 1. 



Vajravairava, custodian of Buddha's religion, 21. 



,, his charm and representation, 20-23. 



,, his power and functions, 21, 23. 



Vajrayani-putra Sthavira, 1, 2. 

 Valley of the Mortar, 414. 

 Vanavasi Sthavira, 2. 

 Var anus grisens, 197, 198. 

 Vasumitra, 5. 



Veda-Veyake (unidentified animal) in Piyadasi's 



Edicts, 368. 

 Velyellei (white rat), 221. 

 Venuvana given by Bimbisara to Buddha, 18. 

 Vespa cincta, 204, 211. 

 Vihula (mountain), 3. 

 Vikramanipura Atisa, a native of, 21. 

 Vowel-sign in Tibetan, 44. 

 Vulpes bengalensis, 221. 



W 



Wailai diram, 96. 



Wall, F. A., descriptive list of sea-snakes in the 

 Indian Museum, 277. 



Walsh, E. H. C, on a cup-mark inscription in the 

 Chumbi Valley, 271-276. 



Wartu characters as the origin of Tibetan al- 

 phabet, 43-45. 



Wazir Thusho, The murder of, 120. 



Weapons, Some Malayan, Supplement, ix-xi. 



Weighing beams, Supplement. " T . (Plate C). 



White-ant queen in Piyadasi's Edicts, 368. 



Wiyo, an incantation (Gilgit), 104-105. 



Worship of the Sthaviras, 6. 



Writing, Chinese account of the origin of, 272. 



Wroughton, R. C, and N Annandale, on the 

 Fauna of a desert tract in S. India, 183. 



X 



Xcnopus Icevis, 184. 



Xylocopa amethystina, 204, 211. 



Yalmo Hal Singh, 107. 



Yamuna-Dvipa, 3. 



Yan-lag-hbyuh (Sthavira), Tibetan, 2. 



Yasa, 12. 



Yasodhara asleep, 15. 



Yastivana, 17. 



Yathini, Story of, 106. 



Yeshkuns of Gilgit, 94. 



Yoga, Vajravairava as guardian of, 23. 



Zamenis diadema, 197, 198. 

 ,, karelinii, 197, 198. 

 ,, mucosus, 194, 199, 200, 201. 

 ,, rhodorachis, 198. 



