INDEX 339
In the temple of Mahadeva, 300-301
lenea, a sub-caste of the Sudras, 245
Ikkeri (modern Ikheri), a city in the
Mysore district of Southern India,
81
Illewanias (Illavars), a sub-caste of the
Sudras, 245
India, invasion of, by the Graeco-Bac-
trians, 3
Macedonian conquests in, 3
Accounts of, prior to the expedition
of Alexander, very obscure, 3-4
Rivers of, 5, 8, 9
Cities of, formed by accretions of earth
carried inland by the rivers, 6
Natural irrigation of, 6, 7-10
Subject to earthquake shocks, 9
Two harvests yearly in, 10
Abundance and productiveness of trees
in, 10-12
Animals in, 13
Produces medicinal drugs, roots, and
dyes, 13
Musical instruments of, 13
Southern, produces cinnamon and
nard, 13
Southern, climate of, 17
Northern, habitable and fertile, 17
Remarkable courage of dogs found in,
23
Exaggerated accounts of the popula-
tion in certain portions of, 25
Size, boundaries, surface, and climate
of, 125
Flora of, 151
Portuguese power in, advanced by
Albuquerque, 227
Indians frugal in their mode of life, 43
Customs of the, 43-45
Customs of the, as described by Near-
chos, 58-59
Gods of the, 63
Indra, directions for constructing an
idol of, 179-180
Indrani, one of the " Seven Mothers "
group of idols, 181
Indus, of a river of India, 5, 18
Change of course of the, 9-10
Size of the, 24
Contains the waters of fifteen smaller
rivers, 24
Different authorities on the width of
the delta of the, 25-26
Comparison of the width of the delta
of the, with that of the Nile, 26
Animals and fish inhabiting, 38
Infantry, a division of a Hindu army,
143
Innadi, a sub-caste of the Sudras, 245
Islam, teachings of, 159
Jahangir, royal state of, 307-309
Roe's first interview with, 309-310
Roe's second interview with, 312-
313
Jains, naked, worship the Arhant (Jina),
185
Jalam ibn Shaiban destroyed the idol
Aditya, and killed its priests, 177
Jihlam, see Hydaspes
Jina (Buddha), directions for construct-
ing an idol of, 180
K
Kaikos, formation of the plain of, 6
Kaikulle, a sub-caste of the Sudras, 245
Kalanos, an Indian gymnosophist, fol-
lowed Alexander to Persia and later
burned himself to death, 3, 55
Incidents of an interview of, with
Onesikritos, 56
Various accounts of the death of, 60,
63
Kamma Varus, see Camawaer
Kashmir, a place of Hindu pilgrimage,
199
Kathaia, situation of, disputed, 21-22
Customs of the inhabitants of, 22, 23
Kaumari, one of the " Seven Mothers "
group of idols, 181
Kaystros, formation of the plain of, 6
Kazvini, a Persian geographer, describes
the temple at Somnath, 200-204
Keteus, an Indian leader, Diodoros's
account of suttee at death of, 75-78
King, Indian, care of the person of an,
45-46
Of the Kshatriya caste, 142
Leave the palace on special occasions
and with great ceremony, 46
Komatis, see Comitijs
Kophes (Kophen of Kabul), a river
crossed by Alexander, 17
Kos (ancient Meropis), an island in the
JSgean Sea, 3
Krateros, letter of, to his mother, gives
added information of Alexander's
invasion of India, 27
Kshatriyas, simplicity of life of the, 134
Royal or warrior caste of India, 142,
238, 239, 251
Forbidden by a special law to burn
themselves alive, 190
Duties of the, 241
Kshetrapala, son of Mahadeva, directions
for constructing an idol of, 181
Kubera, the treasurer, directions for
constructing an idol of, 180
