INDEX. 
Memoirs of the Asiatic 
A 
Abdu-r-Rahman, 398. 
Abul-Fazl, 570, 571, 572, 600, 607. 608. 
Achabar (Akbar), 540, 541. 
Afridi stories, 364-371. 
Agarenes, 519. 
Abdul, Akbar’s ambassador, 521. 
Afghanistan, orography of, 617. 
Agate flakes, used for working chank, 414, 416. 
Agra, description of, 561-562. 
Ainu-s-San‘ah wa ‘Aunu-s-Sana‘ah, an alchemical 
treatise, 83. 
Akbar-— his Christian wife 531. 
— his letters to Goa, 547. 
— and Bible. 562. 
— Gospel translated for, 569. 
— and gladiatorial shows, 573. 
— and Sati, 574. 
— his kindness to Rudolf and Monserrate, 
575 - 
— and Kabul campaign, 578. 
—and Shah Mansur, 576-579, 590. 
— and the Moghul Camp, 1579. 
— and the Jogls, 598. 
— and Mlrza Hakim, 577, 592-593, 602-603, 
608, 611, 612, 617, 618. 
— conquests of, 622. 
—character sketch of, 640. 
Alabila, lowest grade of shell-sections, 436. 
‘‘ Alchemical Compilation of the 13th century 
A.D.”, by H. E. Stapleton and R. F. Azo, 57. 
Alchemy, 57. 
Al-Hakim, Fatimid king of Egypt, 77. 
Al-Imam Jamalu-d-Dln At-Tarql, 63. 
‘All Masjid, 613, 620. 
Amir Hamzeh’s saying, 396. 
Anautapur, prehistoric chank-fragments of, 411, 
414. 
Anderson, Dr. John, 256. 
Animals, gratitude of, 400-403. 
Apollonius, 67, 71, 73. 
Aquaviva, Fr. Rudolf, 515, 518, 521, 548, 621, 622, 
628, 629, 637, 638-640. 
Society of Bengal , Vol. III. 
Arabic alchemy, 58. 
Ardashir, 59. 
Aristatalls (Aristotle), 72. 
Armenians and Nestorians, 609. 
Arnuk, preparation of, 67. 
Aryadeva, author of CatuhSatika, 449, 450, 451. 
Arsenic Sulphide, whitening of, 66. 
Asiatic rivers, length of, 216. 
Atisa, the reformer of Tibet, 11. 
At-Tughra’l, a 10th century alchemist, 58. 
‘Aziz Koka, 578. 
B 
Baba Kapur, 557-558. 
Bairam Khan defeated by Akbar, 651. 
“ Bala,” bangle, quality required for, 435. 
lacquering of, 440. 
use of, 443. 
width of, 437. 
Bamse Ratnavajra, 451. 
Bangle manufacture, details of, 436. 
Bangles, buried by widows with body of husband, 
444. 
Barracoon (Bharat-kund), described by Rennell, 
177 - 
Bellary, prehistoric chank-fragments of, 411, 413, 
416. 
Bengal bangle-factories, 427. 
Bengal low castes, bangles of, 444. 
‘ Bengali,’ boundary of the kingdom of, 147. 
Bhitargarh, ruins of, 169, n. 1. 
Bhotias, 594. 
Bhutanese merchants and chank bangles, 447. 
Bib! Mariam. 531 ; picture of, 630. 
Bible, Akbar’s reverence for, 562. 
Birbhum, Pargannas of, 209. 
Rennell’s account of the great roads of, 
201 
“ Black Stone,” treatise on the making of, 58, 83. 
Blood money, 395. 
Boiling water, killing by means of, 3S3. 
Botelho, Fr , 529-530. 
Boutan country. 160. 
1 Brothers marrying sisters, 398. 
