INDEX. 



439 



Hodv, a fishing boat of the Bombay harbour, 



147-8. 

 Hornell, J. Origms and ethnological significance 



of Indian boat designs, 139-256. 

 Hornell, J. Significance of the oculus in boat 



decoration, 247-56. 



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Indian boat designs, light shed upon eastern 

 ethnological problems by, 225-46 ; 

 ,, boat designs, origins and ethnological 



significance of, 139-256. 

 ,, boat types in existence at present, 139-90. 

 ,, boat worship when first launched, 249-51, 



254- 

 ,, boats and the eye symbol, 249-53. 



,, colonization of Java, 214. 



,, commerce in the time of Chandragupta, 



211. 

 ,, coracles, 224. 

 ,, inscriptions and documents on sea-trade 



upon the East Coast of India, 210. 

 ,, overseas trade and colonization in ancient 



times, 212-13. 

 ,, ports resorted to by Chinese junks, 202. 

 ,, river crafts having Egyptian and Baby- 

 lonian affinities. 222-4. 

 ,, ships trading between India and the Red 



Sea, 209. 

 ,, timber in Babylonian ruins, 208. 

 ,, traders attacked by Naga pirates, 213. 

 ,, vessels carrying on sea-trade with Baby- 

 lon, 208. 

 Indian-built ships in past sea trade, 207-14. 

 Indicopleustes, Kosmas, on the mercantile im- 

 portance of Ceylon, 212. 

 Indigofera linifolia Retz. var. Canipbellii, 300. 

 Indo-Sabsean trade, 208-9. 

 lonidium siiffruticosiim Ging., 306 

 Ipomoea biboba Forsk., 311. 



,, sepiaria Koen., 310. 

 Iritkka-maram, a variety of sea-craft, 171. 

 I- Tsing, on the prosperity of Tamralipta, ci2. 



Jaft'na dhonis, 179, 252-3. 

 ,, schooners, 159. 



Jairopha gossypifolia Linn., 303. 



Javanese legends in connection with Indian colo- 

 nization, 213. 



Jews, Phoenicians and Persians with reference to 



ancient sea-trade with India, 192-5. 

 Jiisticia difusa Willd. var. prostrata Roxb., 314. 



Kadisu, a kind of balance board, 164-5. 



Kalld dhoni, a balance-board boat of Kodikarai, 



166-9. 

 Kanniamma, a sea-goddess in Madras, 249, 251-2. 

 Kapal, Malay term for a large ship, 222. 

 Karathurai Vellalas, oculus and inscription incised 



on the boats of, 168. 

 Kaveripattanam, sea-borne commerce of, 210-11. 

 Kilakarai outrigger fishing boats, 160-2. 

 King Solomon (c. 950 B) and direct sea-trade with 



India, 193. 

 Kodikarai, a port and a fishing centre, 166. 

 Kolamaram, or ''flying-fish catamaran," 172. 

 Kolandiophonta or Kolandia, an Indian trading 



vessel, 215-6. 

 Konkan coasters, 146-7. 



,, fishing boats, 147-50. 

 Kotia, a kind of vessel, 142. 



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Labbai caste (Muhamniadans), head measure- 

 ments of, 246. 



Laccadive sailing crafts, 182-3. 



Leptadenia reticulata Wt. and Arn., 310. 



Light shed upon eastern ethnological problems 

 by Indian boat designs, 225-46. 



Lipocarpha argentea R. Br., 291. 



Lippta nodiflora Rich., 312. 



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Machwa, a kind of vessel, 144. 



Malabar and Travancore boat types, 150-1. 



Maldive boats, 180-2. 



Mari Amman, a village goddess in Kodakarai, 



252. 

 Maritime knowledge and skill since Strabo's days, 



196-7. 

 Meretrix casta Chemnitz, 270. 

 Mariscus sp. nov., 292. 



,, albescens Gaud, 292. 

 Mimusops hexandra Roxb., 308. 

 Mollugo Spergula Linn., 297. 



„ stricta Linn., 296. 

 Morinda tinciona Roxb., .316. 



