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INDEX 343 Souriwansjam, a division of the Ksha- triyaa, derivation of the name of, 240 Stables royal Indian, maintained for horses and elephants, 42 Strabo, Gi^eek traveller and geographer, 1 Opening sentences of the description of India by, 2-5 Sudras (Soudraes), the fourth caste of India. 142 Burn the bodies of the living, 190 The caste of the common people, divi- sions and subdivisions of the, 238, 242-247, 251, 258 Suicide among the Hindus, 149 Sun, directions for constructing an idol of the, 180 Sunda Islands, Portuguese power in the, advanced by Albuquerque, 227 Surat, wrongs or the English at, righted by Prince Khurram, 310-312 Sutras, Buddhist, 139 Suttee in India, according to Aristobou- los, 54 Derivation and meaning of the word, 68 Abolished by the English in 1829-30, 68,71 Discussion as to the date of the be- ginning of, 68, 71 The practice of, according to Greek, Latin, Arabic, Persian, Italian, Dutch, French, and English writers, 68-120 Late sporadic instances of, 71-72, 119- 120 Sydrakai (Oxydrakai), a tribe of North- ern India, 25 Said to be allied to Dionysos, 25 Tadwadi (or Madwa) Weistnouwa, a sub- sect of the Brahmans, 252, 255-256 Taxila, a ruined city of Northern India, 7 Fixed government of, 18 Customs of the people of, 53-54 Tearkon the Ethiopian advances as far as Europe, 4 Tellicherri, description of, by William Francklin, 319-322 Fortifications of, 319-320 Siege of, 320 Strength of the garrison of, in time of peace, 321 An important base of operations in case of war, 321 Thaneswar highly venerated by the Hindus, 177 A sacred pond at, 197 Reasons for the sanctity of, 199 Thrake, Sesostris conducts an army to, 4 Throne, Hindu, description of a, 132 Tigers in India, size of, 30 Time, Chinese account of Hindu meas- ures of, 126 Tolowa, an extinct sub-caste of the Su- dras, 246 Towns, Hindu, Hiuan Tsang's descrip- tion of, 130-131 Trevor, " Rhymes of Rajputana," ballad from, on the suttee of Goran's wife, 118-119 Tschectea, see Saktis " Twelve Chapters," the first book used in the education of the young, 136 U Utensils, household, 152 Uttaramanasa, a sacred pond, 191 Vaishnavas, a sect of the Brahmans, 251- 252 Vaishnavi, one of the " Seven Mothers " group of idols, 181 Vaisyas, the merchant caste of India, 142, 238, 241-242, 251 Burn the bodies of the living, 190 Duties of the, 241-242 Valerius Maximus, writes of suttee, 74 Valle, Pietro della, an Italian traveller in India, describes suttee, 81-87 Interviews a woman about to be burned with her husband, 83-87 Description of Ahmadabad by, 294 Varahamihira, extract from, regarding transmigration, 166-167 Varahi, one of the " Seven Mothers " group of idols, 181 Vasco da Gama, see Da Gama Vayu Purana, quotation from the, re- garding places of pilgrimage, 191- 194 Vedas, four, studied by Brahmans, 136, 239 Vellalars, see Wellala Vinaya, a Buddhist book, 139 Vinayaka, son of Mahadeva, directions for constructing an idol of, 181 Vishnu directions for constructing an idol of, 178-179 Vishnu, Dharma, extract from the, re- garding transmigration, 166 Vishnu Purana, extracts from the, re- lating to the hells of the Hindus, 170-172 Vishnupada, a sacred pond, 191