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THE LAND OF THE VEDA
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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 |