Page:The Land of the Veda.djvu/580

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
570
THE LAND OF THE VEDA
Page
Chronology of the Hindoos 76
Chupatties,” similar to the “Feast of the Moon Loaves” in China 226
Clive, Lord, laconic note of, to General Forde 273
Cotton famine, education in India stimulated by the 222
 
Dancing, forbidden by Hindoo sentiment to virtuous women 45
Delhi, massacre at 228
———, desolation of 413-416
———, Dr. B.'s arrival in 413
——— magazine, Willoughby's gallant defense of 229
———. news of the fall of, received 408
———, siege of, by a small English force 278
———, visit to royal captives awaiting trial at 425
———, visit to the Emperor of 421
Dewanee Khass, view of the 117
———, Christian service in 427
———, scenes of blood within the walls of the 125
———, utter ruin of the 113
Dhava, Rajah, builder of the Iron Pillar 168
Duff, Rev. Dr., disastrous voyage of, to India 262
———, kind reception by 103
———, on Mohammedan intolerance 277
Duleep Singh, character and influence of 50-53
———, education and conversion of 50
———, portrait of 48
Durbin, Rev. Dr., suggestion of, in regard to a mission field 213
———. extract from letters to 245, 291
Durga-Poojah festival 400
Dwarper Yug 76
 
East India Company, misrepresentation of Christianity by 358
———, idolatry patronized by 403
———. overthrow of as a governing body 458
———, their doctrine of “neutrality” 405
Editor, Hindoo 54
Edwards, Judge, incident concerning 270
Ellenborough, Lord, folly of, in the English Parliament 359
———, nobly answered by Baboo Duckinarunjun Mookerjee 360
Emperor of Delhi, portrait of 106
———, numerous beggarly dependents of 174
England, material interest of, in India 73
——— conscious of her high trust, and moral obligation to India 75
———, enemies of, the Fakirs, Brahmins, Thugs, and criminal classes generally 373, 374, 397, 401, 420
———, the Mohammedans in India generally opposed to 177, 275-277
Eternity, Brahminical attempts to map out 77
Etmad-od-Doulah's Tomb, view of 150
 
Fakir,” a self-torturing 196
———, import of the term 192
———, Himam Bhartee, and little babe 281
Fakirs, astonishment of Alexander and army at the sight of 92
———, expense of supporting 204
———, hold themselves superior to the claims of common decency 198
———, humorous verses on 197
———, numbers of, in India 203
———, painful pilgrimages of 198
———, portraits of 193
———, “the secret service” and postmen of the Sepoy rebellion 205
———, their appearance and influence 191
French rule deprecated by Hindoos 365
Friends of the Theological Seminary 530
Futtypore, Havelock's victory at 339
 
Garment of Praise,” the 270
Geography of the Hindoos 80
Glossary of Indian terms 559-568
Gowan, Colonel, wonderful escape of him and his party 247
———. interview of Dr. Butler with, at Meerut 430
———, munificence of 432
Greased cartridges, terror created by 223
Grihastha, an order of Brahminhood 35
Gymnosophists, Fakirs so designated by Alexander the Great 192
 
Harem, the term defined 478
Havelock, General, and his men at the Well of Cawnpore! 309, 341
———, defeats Nana Sahib at Ahirwa 340
———, fights his way through Lucknow to the Residency 345
———, last service of, conducting the ladies out of the Residency 354
———, leaves Calcutta for Cawnpore 333
———, opportune return of, from Persia to India 273
———, portrait of 334
———, prevented advancing to Lucknow 343
——— reinforced, and on his way again 344
———, sketch of life, conversion, and military service of 335-338
———, triumphant death of 355
———, victory of, at Futtypore 339
Himalayas, journey across the 412
Hindoo mind, freedom foreign to the 429
———, portrait of a 17
Hindoos, original home of the 16
———, astronomy of the 82
———, chronology of the 76