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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