BLUE GUIDE INDIA
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INDEXES
To give a feel for the depth of information available in our books, we reproduce here in full the indexes of some of our Blue Guides.
Explanatory or more detailed references (where there are many), or references to places where an artist’s work is best represented, are given in bold. Numbers in italics are picture references. Dates are given for all artists, architects and sculptors. Ancient names are rendered in italics, as are works of art.
INDEX TO BLUE GUIDE INDIA
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Abbas, Shah, Persian emperor 23, 646
Abbé de Faria, priest 636
Abhaneri, Rajasthan 156
Abu, Mt 130, 185
Achalpur, Maharashtra 535
Ackerley, J.R., writer 466
Adham Khan, foster brother of Akbar 87
Adi Granth, holy book of Sikhism 64, 262, 290
Adil Shah sultans 634
Adinath, Adishwar, Jain saviour 63
Adityavarman, King 326
Adoni, Andhra Pradesh 735
Afghanistan and Afghans in Indian history 18,
20, 21, 23, 25, 49
Aga Khan, the 69
Agartala, Tripura 594
Agni, early Hindu god 55
Agra, Uttar Pradesh 22, 24, 206–18
European Cemetery 218
Fort 214
Mahtab Bagh 213
Taj Mahal 208–13, 210
Tomb of Itimad ud-Daula 217
Agroha, Haryana 278
Ahar culture 129
Ahilyabai Holkar, Maratha queen 43
Ahmadis sect 69
Ahmedabad, Gujarat 11, 362–68
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra 532
Ahmednagar Sultanate 24
Ahmed Shah Abdali, Afghan leader 25
Ahmed Shah, Gujarat sultan 361
Ahmed Sirhindi, Sufi saint 300
Ahobilam, Andhra Pradesh 735
Ahom Kingdom 590
Aihole, Karnataka 19, 38, 692
Airavateshwara Temple, Tamil Nadu 803
Ajaigarh, Madhya Pradesh 461
Ajanta, Maharashtra 9, 11, 19, 38, 527–31
Ajinta, Maharashtra 532
Ajmer, Rajasthan 9, 41, 144–47
Akali Dal, political party 288
Akbar, Mughal emperor 21, 23, 25, 64, 67, 79,
87, 102, 131, 133, 142, 144, 168, 169, 171,
175, 187, 188, 190, 206, 207, 214, 215, 242,
247, 252, 261, 272, 279, 290, 300, 317, 321,
361, 372, 384, 386, 394, 428, 429, 435, 502;
(armour of) 477; (at Fatehpur Sikri) 220ff;
(miniature of) 120; (religious beliefs of) 67;
(tomb of) 218–19
Aksai Chin region 341
Alamparai, Tamil Nadu 787
Alampur, Andhra Pradesh 734
Alappuzha (see Alleppey)
Alauddin Khilji, Afghan ruler 77
Alchi, Ladakh 349
Alexander the Great 17, 35, 111, 288, 670
Alibag, Maharashtra 510
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh 227
Aligarh Muslim University 68
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 252
Alleppey, Kerala 755
Almeida, Francisco de, viceroy 468
Almora, Uttarakhand 268
Alwar, Rajasthan 153
Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh 712, 733
Ambala, Haryana 275
Ambedkar, B.R., lawyer and writer 50, 61
Amber Fort, Rajasthan 141–44
Amherst, Lord, governor-general 304
Amritsar, Punjab 11, 289–93, 292
Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh 731
Anandpur Sahib, Punjab 301
Major or explanatory references, where many page numbers are cited, are given in bold; picture
references are rendered in italics. Gods, bodhisattvas, avatars and tirthankars are referenced only
to pages where their role or general significance is explained.
Bandel, West Bengal 566
Bandhavgarh, Madhya Pradesh 463
Bangalore, Karnataka 659–63
Bangladesh, independence from India 30
Bansberia, West Bengal 566
Barabar Caves, Bihar 35, 607
Baramullah, Kashmir 337
Bareilly 67
Barelvis, Muslim sect 67
Baripada, Orissa 631
Barmer, Rajasthan 174
Baroda, Gujarat 377
Baroli (see Badoli)
Barrackpore, West Bengal 568
Barrackpore Mutiny 561
Barua Sagar, Madhya Pradesh 450
Basavakalyan Fort, Karnataka 680
Basgo, Ladakh 346
Basham, A.L., historian 47
Bassein (see Vasai)
Bayana, Rajasthan 153
Bayram Khan, guardian of Akbar 23
Baz Bahadur, ruler 429, 433
Beatles, The 265, 266
Bedsa Caves, Maharashtra 505
Begg, John, architect 482
Beglar, J.D.M., historian 455
Bekal Fort, Kerala 763
Belgaum, Karnataka 706
Bellary, Karnataka 707
Belur, Karnataka 41, 670
Benares (see Varanasi)
Benfield, Paul, architect 777
Bengal (see West Bengal)
Bengal famine 29
Bengali language 16
Bengaluru (see Bangalore)
Bernier, François, traveller 327
Betjeman, Penelope, traveller 324
Beyt Dwarka, Gujarat 403
Bhadreshwar, Gujarat 66, 406
Bhagavad Gita, Hindu text 53, 57, 273
Bhagwan Mahaveer, Goa 653
Bhainsrorgarh, Rajasthan 193
Bhairavakonda, Andhra Pradesh 741
Bhairava, representation of Shiva 52
Bhaja, Maharashtra 36, 504
Bhakti movement 49
Bhandarej, Rajasthan 156
Bhand Sagar, Rajasthan 162
Bhangarh, Rajasthan 9, 156
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 31, 32, 50
Bharatpur, Rajasthan 151
Bharhut, Madhya Pradesh 36
Bharmour, Himachal Pradesh 319
Bharuch, Gujarat 384
Bhatinda, Punjab 297
Bhatkal, Karnataka 706
Bhavnagar, Gujarat 388
Bhawani Mandi, Rajasthan 195
Bhedaghat, Madhya Pradesh 463
Bheemunipatnam, Andhra Pradesh 731
Bhima, character in the Mahabharata 57
Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh 9, 11, 14, 34, 416
Bhimgarh Fort, Jammu 338
Bhitargaon, Uttar Pradesh 240
Bhitarkanika National Park, Orissa 631
Bhoganandishwara Temple, Karnataka 663
Bhojpur, Madhya Pradesh 416
Bhongir Fort, Andhra Pradesh 726
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 412–15
Bhubaneswar, Orissa 19, 619–22
Bhuj, Gujarat 404
Bhutias, people 586
Bidar, Karnataka 676
Bihar 12, 597–616
Bijapur, Karnataka 41, 682–86
Bijapur Sultanate 24, 25
Bijolia, Rajasthan 198
Bikaner, Rajasthan 160
Bikkavolu, Andhra Pradesh 732
Bindusara, Mauryan emperor 17
Bishnupur, West Bengal 580
Bithur, Uttar Pradesh 240
BJP, political party 31, 32, 50
Black Hole of Calcutta 26, 537, 538, 548;
(memorial to victims of) 547
Bodhgaya, Bihar 60, 605–7
Bodhisattvas in Buddhism 61, 62
Bodh Karbhu, Ladakh 353
Ananta, serpent-god 51
Andaman islands 12, 13, 829
Andhra Pradesh 12, 712–43
Andretta, Himachal Pradesh 318
Anegundi, Karnataka 705
Angamaly, Kerala 756
Anglo-Sikh wars 65
Anjengo Fort, Kerala 747
Anson, General George 273
Antichak, Bihar 605
Anupu, Andhra Pradesh 730
Anwa, Maharashtra 532
Aravalli Hills 13, 121, 129
Architectural styles in India 34–45
Arcot, Tamil Nadu 794
Ardhanarishwara, representation of Shiva 52,
493
Arikamedu, Pondicherry enclave 768, 791
Arjan, Sikh guru 64
Arjuna, character in the Mahabharata 53, 57
Arki, Himachal Pradesh 312
Artistic styles in India 34–45
Arunachal Pradesh 593
Arunachalam, mountain 795
Arvalem Caves, Goa 653
Aryans, ancient people 15
Arya Samaj movement 50
Asaf ud-Daula, Nawab ruler 230
Ashoka the Great 17, 18, 606, 610, 618, 624;
(and Buddhism) 49, 60, 62, 111, 122, 205,
597, 624; (pillars and inscribed edicts of) 1,
18, 35, 60, 78, 94, 111, 122, 123, 246, 248,
249, 252, 254, 261, 277, 279, 397, 420, 421,
496, 554, 604, 624, 682
Ashoka Palace 602
Assam 12, 590–93
Assyrian Church of the East 758
Atgah Khan 102
Athangudi, Tamil Nadu 816
Atma, concept in Hinduism 57
Aungier, Gerald, governor 468
Aurangabad, Maharashtra 25, 515
Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor 21, 24, 24–25, 42,
64, 67, 68, 79, 106, 109, 110, 134, 148, 164,
175, 242, 245, 282, 290, 301, 327, 340, 438,
502, 519, 520, 659, 712, 722, 725; (armour
of) 121; (at Aurangabad) 515ff; (grave of)
520; (site of coronation of) 123; (site of death
of) 533; (swords and dagger of) 379, 544,
718
Aurobindo, Sri, spiritual leader 50
Auroville, Tamil Nadu 50, 791
Austen, Jane, novelist 572
Avadh, Uttar Pradesh 27
Avalokiteshwara, bodhisattva 62
Avantipur, Kashmir 335
Avatars of Vishnu 51
Axial Age 17
Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh 56, 238
Azhicode, Kerala 757
B
Babri Mosque, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh 22, 50
Babur, Mughal emperor 21–22, 79, 131,
206–07, 221, 272, 436; (miniature of) 120;
(battle trumpets of) 177
Baburnama, historic text 22
Bacon Jr, John, sculptor 773
Badami, Karnataka 19, 39, 686–90
Badaun, Uttar Pradesh 229
Badoli, Rajasthan 193
Badrinath, Uttarakhand 267
Bagali, Karnataka 707
Bagar, Rajasthan 159
Bageshwar, Uttarakhand 269
Bahadur Shah Zafar, Mughal emperor 27, 68,
80, 86; (bow of) 121
Baha’is in India 75
Bahmanid Sultanate 634, 659
Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh 66, 239
Baijnath, Himachal Pradesh 318
Baijnath, Uttarakhand 268
Bairat, Rajasthan 156
Baisakhi festival 59, 65
Baker, Herbert, architect 113, 117, 307
Baker, Laurie, architect 755
Balag, Himachal Pradesh 313
Balasore, Orissa 631
Baleswar (see Balasore)
Balsamand, Rajasthan 166
Chandreshwar-Bhutanath Temple, Goa 652
Chantrey, Sir Francis, sculptor 480
Chanwa Fort, Rajasthan 170
Chapora Fort, Goa 650
Charaideo, Assam 592
Charan Mandir, Rajasthan 140
Char Dham pilgrimage sites, Uttarakhand 266
Charkhari, Madhya Pradesh 463
Charnock, Job 537, 539, 565, 572; (tomb of) 547
Chaul, Maharashtra 511
Chaurasi, Orissa 625
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 12, 770–80 (see also
Madras)
Chera Dynasty 18, 744, 768
Cherrapunji, Meghalaya 593
Cheruman Perumal, King 65
Chettinad, Tamil Nadu 816
Chezarla, Andhra Pradesh 733
Chhath festival 59
Chhattisgarh 11, 467
Chhota Udaipur, Gujarat 383
Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu 800
Chilka Lake, Orissa 632
Chingus Fort, Jammu 338
Chinsura, West Bengal 564
Chisholm, R.F., architect 378, 747, 777, 825
Chishti order of Sufis 66
Chitradurga, Karnataka 707
Chittor/Chittorgarh, Rajasthan 21, 131, 187–91
Chogyals, kings 586
Chola art and architecture 39–40, 40
Chola Empire 18, 19, 659, 768, 805
Chota Pandua, West Bengal 567
Christianity, Christians in India 46, 49, 70–71,
590, 593, 594, 635, 639, 744, 753, 758
(see also Cajetan, Jesus Christ, Francis Xavier,
Thomas the Apostle)
Chunar, Uttar Pradesh 249
Chunchura, West Bengal 564
Churchill, Sir Winston 720
Clive of India 26, 538, 773, 794
Cochin, Kerala 12, 21, 748–52
Congress (see Indian National Congress)
Conybeare, Henry, architect 473
Cooch Behar, West Bengal 583
Coonoor, Tamil Nadu 825
Coorg, Karnataka 669
Corbett, Jim, conservationist 270
Corbusier, Le, architect 9, 43, 282, 283, 368
Correa, Charles, architect 44, 368
Coryate, Thomas, biography of 411
Cossimbazar, West Bengal 571
Cotton, Bishop 310, 311
Courtorim, Goa 652
Cowper, Colonel Thomas, architect 480
Crafts, traditional 44
Cranganore, Kerala 65, 756
Craven, Roy, historian 39
Csoma de Körös, Alexander, Tibetologist 339
Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu 792
Cunningham, Alexander, historian 452, 553
Cutch (see Kutch)
Cuttack, Orissa 629
D
Dabhoi, Gujarat 383
Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet 11, 30, 62,
315, 316
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh 318
Dalits, in caste system 58
Dalrymple, William, writer 128, 259, 743
Daman enclave 11, 386
Dambal, Karnataka 706
Dance, Indian classical 44
Dancing girl of Mohenjo-daro 15, 15, 120
Dandi, Gujarat 386
Danes in India 25, 563, 808
Daniell, Thomas and William, artists 121, 544
Danish East India Company 809
Dara Mahal, Rajasthan 193
Dara Shikoh, brother of Aurangzeb 24, 68, 110,
156, 332
Darbhanga, Bihar 604
Darjeeling, West Bengal 12, 581
Darshan, act of worship 58
Dasavatara Temple, Deogarh 38
Datia, Madhya Pradesh 449
Daulatabad, Maharashtra 517
Day It Rained Gold, wartime incident 470
Deccan Plateau 13, 501, 658
Bogazköy, excavation site in Turkey 48
Bohras sect 69
Bolghatty Island, Kerala 752
Bollywood film industry 33, 45
Bomanji, Pestonji, painter 477
Bombay 25, 468–500 (see also Mumbai)
Bondla, Goa 653
Bond, Ruskin, writer 270
Bose, Subhash Chandra, nationalist leader 29,
561
Bragança House, Goa 652
Brahma, Hindu god 53
Brahmanas, Hindu text 57
Brahman, Hindu concept 58
Brahmanism 16
Brahmaputra, river 13, 590
Brahmin caste 16, 17, 49, 58
Brahmo Samaj movement 49, 550
Brihadishwara Temple, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu 20,
804, 807
Brindavan (see Vrindavan)
British East India Company 25, 26, 468, 561,
565, 761 (see also East India Company)
British in India 25, 26–29, 80, 132, 146, 206,
231, 305, 503, 561, 565, 568, 745, 770
Brock, Thomas, sculptor 544
Budaun (see Badaun)
Buddha Jayanti festival 61
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) 17, 35, 37, 49,
52, 60, 205, 603, 604, 608, 610; (ashes of)
36, 600, 603; (site of birth of) 255, 597; (site
of enlightenment of) 605, 606; (sermons
delivered) 239, 240, 247; (begging bowl of)
496; (site of death of) 256, 591; (museum)
604
Buddhism 17, 37, 60–63, 205, 586, 605;
(Ladakhi Buddhism) 341–42
Buddhist art and architecture 35–38, 37
Bundelkhand region, Madhya Pradesh 444
Bundi, Rajasthan 195
Bunniyar, Kashmir 337
Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh 435
Burne-Jones, Edward 544
Buxar, Bengal 26; (battle of) 598
C
Cabo de Rama Fort, Goa 653
Cajetan, St 645
Calangute, Goa 649
Calcutta 25, 26 (see also Kolkata)
Calico Museum, Ahmedabad 44
Calicut, Kerala 21, 760
Cambay, Gujarat (see Khambat)
Camőes, poet 638, 643
Cannanore, Kerala (see Kannur)
Cape Comorin, Tamil Nadu 823
Carey, William, missionary 72, 563
Carnatic Wars 26, 770
Caste system 16, 58
Cave paintings, Bhimbetka 416–17
Caves, Barabar 607–08
Cave shrines, Buddhist 35–36, 195, 348, 356,
395–96, 487–89, 504–05, 513–15, 517, 608,
652–53, 732; (Ajanta) 527–31; (Ellora) 521ff
Cave-temples, Hindu 38, 422, 487, 489,
687–88, 733, 756, 783–84, 786, 800, 812,
821, 825; (Elephanta) 490–94; (Ellora) 521ff
Cave-temples, Jain 527, 609, 622–23
Cawnpore (see Kanpur)
Central Asia in Indian history 49
Chail, Himachal Pradesh 311
Chainpur, Bihar 615
Chalukya Dynasty 19, 38, 658
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh 318
Chambal ravines, Madhya Pradesh 441
Chamba Valley, Himachal Pradesh 318
Champaner, Gujarat 380–83
Chanakya (see Kautilya)
Chandannagar, West Bengal 563
Chandela Kingdom 451
Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh 443
Chandernagore, West Bengal 563
Chandigarh, Haryana/Punjab 9, 282–87
Chandni Chowk, Delhi 64
Chand, Prem, writer 45, 259
Chandragiri, Andhra Pradesh 739
Chandragiri Fort, Kerala 764
Chandra Gupta I, founder of Gupta Empire 19
Chandragupta, founder of Mauryan Empire 17,
675
Delhi contd.
Tombs of South Extension 92
Town Hall 110
Tughlaqabad Fort 89
Turkman Gate 109
Vijay Chowk 116
Zeenat-ul Masjid 109
Deoband, Uttar Pradesh 229
Deobandis, Muslim sect 67
Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh 445
Deogarh, Rajasthan 182
Desai, Kiran, writer 585
Desai, Morarji, politician 31
Deshnoke, Rajasthan 162
Devanahalli, Karnataka 663
Devikund, Rajasthan 162
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh 428
Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh 11, 315
Dharma, dhamma 57
Dhar, Madhya Pradesh 428
Dhauli, Orissa 624
Dholavira, Gujarat 15, 34, 407
Dholka, Gujarat 9, 369
Dholpur, Rajasthan 441
Dhoni, Mahendra Singh 33
Diamond Triangle, Orissa 629
Dibrugarh, Assam 592
Digamber sect 63
Digboi, Assam 592
Dig, Rajasthan 151
Dilwara temples 186
Dimapur, Nagaland 594
Dinapore, Bihar 603
Dindigul, Tamil Nadu 821
Din Ilahi religion 67
Diu 11, 21, 392; (battle of) 393
Diwali festival 59
Dodda Gaddavahalli, Karnataka 673
Dost Mohammed Khan, Afghan adventurer 412
Draupadi, character in the Mahabharata 57
Dravidian language 15
Dravidian movement 769
Dravidians, people 15
Drew, Jane, architect 282
Dudhsagar waterfalls, Goa 653
Dumas, Alexandre, novelist 636
Dunagiri, Uttarakhand 268
Dundlod, Rajasthan 159
Dungarpur, Rajasthan 183
Dunghri, Himachal Pradesh 319
Dupleix, Joseph-François, governor 787
Durga, Hindu goddess 56
Durga Puja, festival 59
Dussehra festival 59
Dutch East India Company 385
Dutch in India 25, 564–65, 744, 748, 787, 811
Dwarahat, Uttarakhand 268
Dwarka, Gujarat 403
E
Early Classical Age 19
East India Company 25, 26, 27, 28, 132, 385,
537, 770 (see also British, Danish, Dutch,
United East India Company)
East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) 30
Edakal Caves, Kerala 764
Eid festivals 70
Eklingji, Rajasthan 181
Elephanta, Maharashtra 9, 11, 19, 39, 490–94
Ellichpur, Maharashtra 535
Ellora, Maharashtra 9, 11, 19, 521–527
Emerson, William, architect 483, 542, 544
Eran, Madhya Pradesh 38, 424
Erich, Madhya Pradesh 451
Ernakalum, Kerala 752
Erotic images in art 40, 159, 160, 182, 184,
195, 312, 367, 373, 424, 439, 591, 620, 625,
652, 661, 707; (Khajuraho) 451–60, 452,
453; (Konarak) 626–27
Esch, Vincent, architect 544, 717, 718
European influences on art and architecture 43
F
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh 237
Faridkot, Punjab 296
Farrukhnagar, Haryana 280
Fatehabad, Haryana 278
Fatehpur, Rajasthan 160
Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh 23, 42, 220–24
Fa Xien, traveller 598
Deccan sultanates 23
Deccan Traps 502
Deeg, Rajasthan 151
Deepawali festival 59
Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand 262
Delhi 9, 23, 76–128
Adilabad 91
Agarsen’s Baoli 119
Ajmer Gate 109
Anglo-Arabic Public School 109
Ashoka Rock Edict 94
Baha’i Temple 94
Ballimaran 110
Begumpur Masjid 91
Bhagirath Palace 110
Bijay Mandal 91
British Magazine 111
British Residency 110
Chandni Chowk 109
Chirag Delhi 92
Church of St Martin 123
Civil Lines 122
Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery 123
Connaught Place 118
Coronation Park 123
Crafts Museum 121
Daryaganj 109
Delhi Cantonment 123
Delhi Gate 109
Eremao Armenian Chapel 113
Fatehpuri Masjid 110
Feroze Shah Kotla 111
Gandhi Darshan 112
Gandhi Smriti, Birla House 119
Gaurishankar Hindu Temple 109
Hauz Khas 92
Humayun’s Tomb 96
India Gate 115
Indira Gandhi Memorial 119
Isa Khan’s Tomb 99, 100
Jaipur Column 117
Jama Masjid (Friday Mosque) 107
Jantar Mantar 118
Kalan Masjid 107
Kashmere Gate 111
Delhi contd.
Khirki Masjid 92
Lodi Gardens 93
Maiden’s Hotel 122
Masjid Moth 92
Mehrauli Archaeological Park 85
Metcalfe House 122
Mutiny Memorial 122
National Gallery of Modern Art 121
National Museum 120
New Delhi 113–122
Nicholson Cemetery 122
Nizamuddin 101
North and South Block 117
North Delhi 121–3
Northern Ridge 122
Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad) 106
Palace of Begum Samru 110
Parliament 117
Pir Ghaib 123
Presidential Palace 116
Purana Qila (Old Fort) 95
Qadam Sharif 112
Qudsia Bagh 122
Qutb Minar 82
Quwwat-ul Islam Mosque 83–84
Railway Museum 121
Raisina Hill 116
Rajghat 112
Rajpath 115
Red Fort (Lal Qila) 103
Roshanara Garden 123
Safdarjung’s Tomb 93
Secretariat 122
Shahi Idgah 112
Shalimar Bagh 123
Siri Fort 91
Sisganj Gurdwara 109
St James’ Church 110
Sulabh International Toilet Museum 121
Sultan Garhi’s Tomb 94
Sunehri Masjid 109
Surajkund 91
Teen Murti House 119
Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq 90
Goa 12, 21, 30, 634–57
Goa Velha, Goa 647
Gobind Singh, Sikh guru 64
Godavari, river 501, 515
Gokarna, Karnataka 706
Golconda, Andhra Pradesh 12, 721–25
Golconda Sultanate 24, 25
Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab 11, 31, 63,
65, 290–92, 292, 302
Gondal, Gujarat 398
Gooty, Andhra Pradesh 736
Gopalpur-on-Sea, Orissa 632
Gop Temple, Gujarat 402
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh 255
Gorkhaland movement 582
Gorkha nationalists 562
Govapur, Goa 647
Govardhan, Uttar Pradesh 227
Grand Trunk Road 22, 271, 598, 613
Granth Sahib, holy book in Sikhism 64
Granville, Walter, architect 546, 548, 552
Greco-Buddhist (see Gandhara)
Gujarat 11, 360–411
Gulbarga, Karnataka 680
Gulmarg, Kashmir 337
Guntapalle, Andhra Pradesh 732
Gupta Empire 19, 49, 598; (art of) 30
Gupta, Subodh, artist 121
Gurjara-Pratiharas, ancient people 19
Gurkhas 261, 303, 312; (see also Gorkhaland)
Guru Granth (see Adi Granth)
Gurus (see Arjan, Hargobind, Nanak, Ram Rai,
Rinpoche)
Guwahati, Assam 591
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh 436–40
Gyaltshing, Sikkim 587
Gyaraspur, Madhya Pradesh 423
H
Hadimba Temple, Himachal Pradesh 319
Hajo, Assam 591
Haldane, J.B.S. 51
Halebid, Karnataka 41, 670
Hamadani, Sheikh 340
Hampi, Karnataka 9, 12, 41, 694–704, 703
Hamsa, vehicle of Brahma 53
Hanamkonda, Andhra Pradesh 727
Hancock, Eliza, cousin of Jane Austen 572
Hansi, Haryana 276
Hanuman, monkey-deity 54, 56
Harappan art and civilisation 14, 15, 34, 129,
163, 407
Hardwar, Uttarakhand 9, 265
Hare Krishnas 53, 226
Hargobind, Sikh guru 64
Harihara, Hindu god 167
Harihara I Temple, Osiyan, Rajasthan 39
Harihara, ruler 659
Harihar, Karnataka 707
Harnai, Maharashtra 512
Harsha Vardhana, 7th-century king 19
Haryana 9, 271–281
Hastinapura, Uttar Pradesh 57
Hastings, Warren, governor-general 26, 237,
538, 556, 572
Hathygod, Rajasthan 195
Hatkoti, Himachal Pradesh 313
Havelock, General Sir Henry 235
Hazrat Gesu Nawaz, shrine to 681
Heber, Bishop Reginald 813
Heliodorus, ancient Greek ambassador 18
Hemis Monastery, Ladakh 354
Hemkund, Uttarakhand 267
Heniskot, Ladakh 352
Hickey, Thomas, painter 544
Himachal Pradesh 11, 303–324
Himalayas 13, 586
Hindi language 16, 33
Hinduism 46, 47–59; (festivals) 59
Hindu nationalism, nationalists 16, 50
Hindustan, historic name for India 22
Hindu temple architecture 38, 40
Hindu trinity 47
Hinglajgarh, Madhya Pradesh 193
Hirapur, Orissa 624
Hisar or Hissar, Haryana 277
Holi festival 59
Holkonda, Karnataka 681
Hooghly, West Bengal 565; (river) 25, 537,
560, 562
Fazlullah, Sheikh 88
Ferozepur, Punjab 296
Feroze Shah Kotla, Delhi 24, 111–12
Feroze Shah Tughlaq 20, 78, 82, 107, 122, 123,
250, 277, 296; (tomb of) 93
Festivals 59, 61, 844
Feuillide, Eliza (see Hancock)
Film industry in India 45
First World War 28
Firuzabad, Karnataka 682
Five Pillars of Islam 69
Flaxman, John, sculptor 773, 808
Forster, E.M., writer 466, 607, 616
Fort Aguada, Goa 649
Fort Reis Magos, Goa 649
Fortress of Naldurg, Maharashtra 510
Fort Unchagaon, Uttar Pradesh 228
Frampton, George, sculptor 542
Francis Xavier, St 71, 635, 642; (tomb of)
641–42
French in India 25, 26, 563, 745, 770, 787,
810
Fry, Maxwell, architect 282
Fuller, Col J.A., architect 479
G
Gadag, Karnataka 706
Gaekwad, Maratha General Pilaji 378
Gagraon, Rajasthan 195
Gama, Vasco da, explorer 21, 744, 748, 760,
761; (grave of) 750
Ganapati (see Ganesh)
Gandhara art 18, 36–37, 37, 61; (in museum
collections) 120, 225, 286, 476, 477, 553,
600, 759, 776
Gandhi, Feroze 30, 75
Gandhi, Indira 30–31, 65, 309; (memorial to)
119
Gandhi, Kasturba 367, 399, 506
Gandhi, Mahatma 28, 29, 116, 253, 268, 399,
470, 506, 598; (autobiography of) 411;
(birthplace of) 402; (homes of) 367–68,
399, 534; (epithet ‘Mahatma’) 57, 579; (Salt
March) 29, 367, 386, 411; (and Untouchability)
50, 58, 753; (assassination of) 30, 119;
(cremation of) 112; (museums) 112, 388,
485, 604, 821; (memorials to) 103, 403, 534
Gandhinagar, Gujarat 369
Gandhi, Rajiv 31
Gandhi, Sanjay 31
Gandhi, Sonia 31
Gandikot, Andhra Pradesh 736
Ganesh Chaturthi festival 59
Ganesh, Ganesha, Hindu god 52, 54, 54
Ganga Dynasty 21
Gangaikondacholapuram, Tamil Nadu 39, 769,
804
Gangas, people 658
Gangaur festival 59
Ganges, river 9, 13, 16, 17, 205, 242, 265,
560, 597
Gangetic plain 76
Gangotri, Uttarakhand 266
Gangtok, Sikkim 587
Ganjam, Orissa 632
Ganpati festival 59
Garhgaon, Assam 592
Garhi, Sultan 77
Garhkundar, Madhya Pradesh 450
Garhwal, Uttarakhand 262
Garstin, John, architect 546
Garuda, vehicle of Vishnu 51
Gauhati, Assam 591
Gaur, West Bengal 573–77
George V, King 28, 80, 113, 378, 442, 474,
480, 542; (portrait of) 160; (statues of) 123,
544, 774
Gezing, Sikkim 587
Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh 255
Ghaznavids, people 66
Ghengis Khan, Mongol leader 21
Gheriah, Maharashtra 512
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq 77, 78; (tomb of) 90
Ghoom, West Bengal 583
Ghorids, people 20, 66
Ghosh, Amitav, writer 45, 536, 558
Ghumli Temple, Gujarat 402
Gingee, Tamil Nadu 9, 796
Gir National Park, Gujarat 394
Girnar, Mt 394, 397
(cemeteries) 551, 752; (book on) 767
Jeypore, Orissa 631
Jhajjar, Haryana 280
Jhalawar, Rajasthan 194
Jhalrapatan, Rajasthan 194
Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 27, 444
Jharkhand 12, 617
Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan 158
Jinnah, Muhammad Ali 29
Jodhpur, Rajasthan 9, 21, 163–66
Jog Falls, Karnataka 706
Jones, Sir William, orientalist 26, 554
Jorbeer, Rajasthan 162
Joshimath, Uttarakhand 267
Judaism in India 72–73
Juggernaut, origin of 625
Jwalamukhi, Himachal Pradesh 318
Jyotirlingams 394, 427, 435, 515
K
Kabi Lunchok, Sikkim 587
Kachchh (see Kutch)
Kadamba Dynasty 634, 647
Kadirampura, Karnataka 705
Kaduthuruthi, Kerala 753
Kailashahar, Tripura 595
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh 732
Kalibangan, Rajasthan 15, 129, 162
Kalidasa, poet and dramatist 45
Kali, Hindu goddess 56
Kalimpong, West Bengal 583
Kalinga Empire 18, 618
Kalinjar Fort, Uttar Pradesh 22
Kalinjar, Uttar Pradesh 462
Kalki, avatar of Vishnu 52
Kalna, West Bengal 567
Kalo Dungar, Gujarat 405
Kalpi, Uttar Pradesh 240
Kalugumalai, Tamil Nadu 822
Kalyug (Black Age) in Hinduism 58
Kamalapura, Karnataka 704
Kaman, Rajasthan 152
Kama Sutra 19
Kamran Mirza, Mughal ruler 22
Kanchenjunga, Mt 581, 586, 587
Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu 768, 792
Kangra Fort, Himachal Pradesh 317
Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh 317
Kanishka, King of Kushana 18, 37
Kankwadi Fort, Rajasthan 156
Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh 19, 241
Kannur, Kerala 762
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 240
Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu 823
Kapilavastu, Nepal 256
Kappad, Kerala 761
Kapurthala, Punjab 294
Karadham, Uttar Pradesh 254
Karaikal enclave 787, 810
Karaikkudi, Tamil Nadu 816
Karauli, Rajasthan 152
Kara, Uttar Pradesh 254
Karbala, battle of 69
Karkala, Karnataka 676
Karla, Maharashtra 504
Karli, Maharashtra 36
Karma, concept 57
Karnal, Haryana 273
Karnataka 12, 658–711
Kartikeya, Hindu god 52, 54
Karwar, Karnataka 706
Kasaragod, Kerala 764
Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh 311
Kashmir, division of 30
Kashmir Valley 11, 325–37
Kasimbazar, West Bengal 571
Kathiawar (see Saurashtra)
Kausambi, Uttar Pradesh 254
Kausani, Uttarakhand 268
Kautilya, king’s advisor 17
Kaviyur, Kerala 755
Kawardha, Chhattisgarh 467
Kayalpattinam, Tamil Nadu 822
Kayamkulam, Kerala 756
Keane, Fergal, writer 596
Kedarnath, Uttarakhand 266
Kempe Gowde, chieftain 660
Hospet, Karnataka 705
Hoysala period 41; (people) 658
Hubli-Dharwar, Karnataka 706
Hughli (see Hooghly)
Humayun, Mughal emperor 21, 22, 23, 79,
97, 207, 247, 380, 381, 613; (death of) 96;
(tomb of) 9, 21, 22, 23, 42, 76, 79, 96–99
Husain, M.F., painter 44, 718
Hussainiwala checkpost, Punjab 296
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 12, 713–21
Hyder Ali, ruler of Mysore 26, 659, 660, 662,
664, 665, 668, 708, 748, 763; (mausoleum
of) 668
I
Ibn Battuta, traveller 78, 89, 128, 452
Ibrahim, Lodi sultan 21, 272
Idar, Gujarat 377
Iltutmish, Slave Sultan 77
Imphal, Manipur 594
Independence (1947) 29; (First War of, see
Uprising)
Indergarh, Rajasthan 150
Indian National Congress 28, 29, 30, 32
Indo-Aryans, ancient people 16
Indo-Greek kingdoms 18
Indore, Madhya Pradesh 426
Indo-Saracenic architecture 43; (examples of)
139, 147, 161, 162, 193, 194, 228, 378, 426,
441, 476, 479, 482, 599, 665, 773
Indra, early Hindu god 55
Indraprastha, possible site of 35
Indus, river 13, 15, 17
Indus Valley civilisation 14, 34, 163, 407
Irich, Madhya Pradesh 451
Irwin, Henry, architect 665
Isa Khan, tomb of 99, 100
Islam in India 65–70, 340
Islamic architecture 41–42
Islamnagar, Madhya Pradesh 415
Ismailis, branch of Shi’ism 69
Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 593
Itimad ud-Daula, advisor to Jehangir 23, 208;
(tomb of) 217
Ittagi, Karnataka 705
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 463
Jabbal, Himachal Pradesh 313
Jacob, Sir Samuel Swinton, architect 138, 139,
162, 193, 308
Jagannath, form of Krishna 625
Jagat, Rajasthan 183
Jagat Sukh, Himachal Pradesh 320
Jageshwar, Uttarakhand 268
Jahan, Shah (see Shah Jahan)
Jahanara, daughter of Shah Jahan 102, 145, 216
Jaigad, Maharashtra 512
Jaigarh, Rajasthan 140
Jainism in India 17, 47, 62–63, 384
Jaipur, Rajasthan 9, 131, 133–38, 137, 139
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan 9, 21, 170–73
Jaisamand Lake, Rajasthan 183
Jai Singh, maharaja 134
Jaitak Fort, Himachal Pradesh 311
Jalaladdin Khilji 77
Jalali, Uttar Pradesh 227
Jalasanghvi Shiva Temple, Karnataka 679
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 28, 293–94, 302
Jalore, Rajasthan 169
Jambughoda, Gujarat 383
Jammu and Kashmir 11, 325–59
Jammu city 337; (region) 337
Jamnagar, Gujarat 401
Jamyang, King 340
Janjira, Maharashtra 511
Janmashtami festival 59
Jantar Mantar observatories 118, 134, 136, 137,
226, 244, 428
Jataka tales 38
Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh 9, 250
Jeanneret, Pierre, architect 282, 286
Jehangir, Mughal emperor 21, 23, 64, 68, 79,
131, 144, 146, 216, 218, 221, 253, 290, 317,
327, 384, 438, 446; (depictions of) 120, 477;
(site of death of) 338
Jehangir, Sir Cowasji 477, 478, 480
Jejuri, Maharashtra 507
Jeolikot, Uttarakhand 268
Jesus Christ 69, 330
Jews, Jewish communities in India 72–73, 405,
Mysore Princes Cemetery 555
Nakhoda Mosque 549
New Market 552
Niyamutullah Ghat Masjid 551
Ochterlony Monument 545
Old Legislative Council building 546
Old Medical College Building 549
Old Silver Mint 551
Park Street area 552
Park Street Cemetery 554
Presidency College 549
Prinsep Ghat 545
Race Course 545
Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Centre 550
Raj Bhavan 546
Ronald Ross Laboratory 555
Semaphore Tower 542
St Andrew’s Church 548
St John’s Church 546
St Paul’s Cathedral 544
St Peter’s Church 542
Synagogues 548
Tagore’s Home 550
Thackeray’s House 556
Tipu Sultan Mosque 546, 556
Tollygunge Club 556
Tomb of Job Charnock 546
Town Hall 546
Victoria Memorial 542, 543
Vidhan Sabha 546
Writers’ Building 538, 547
Young Men’s Christian Association 552
Zoological Gardens 556
Kollam, Kerala 747
Kolvi, Rajasthan 195
Konarak/Konark, Orissa 9, 12, 40, 626–30
Kondapalli Fort, Andhra Pradesh 733
Kondavidu Fort, Andhra Pradesh 733
Konkan coast, Maharashtra 510
Kosala Kingdom 17
Kosam, Uttar Pradesh 254
Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu 825
Kota, Rajasthan 192
Kotay, Gujarat 405
Kottayam, Kerala 755
Kovalam Beach, Kerala 747
Kozhikode (see Calicut)
Krishna, Hindu god 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 57, 59,
273, 403; (birthplace of) 37, 225; (footprint
of) 140
Krishna, river 501, 712
Krishnamurti, J., spiritual leader 50
Kshatriya, warrior caste 17, 58
Kuchaman, Rajasthan 144
Kuchesar Mud Fort, Uttar Pradesh 228
Kuknur, Karnataka 705
Kulu, Himachal Pradesh 321
Kumaon, Uttarakhand 267
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu 801
Kumbhalgarh, Rajasthan 21, 180
Kumbh Mela festival 59
Kura, Ladakh 354
Kurma, avatar of Vishnu 51
Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh 734
Kurseong, West Bengal 583
Kurudumale, Karnataka 664
Kurukshetra, Haryana 57, 273
Kuruvatti, Karnataka 707
Kushanas, ancient people 18
Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh 256
Kutch District, Gujarat 403–08
Kuthar, Himachal Pradesh 311
L
Labrang Monastery, Sikkim 587
Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir 11, 325,
338–56
Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh 314
Lakhpat, Gujarat 406
Lakkundi, Karnataka 706
Lakshadweep islands 13, 763
Lakshman, Hindu god 56
Lakshmi, Hindu goddess 51, 55
in Diwali festival 59
Lalitaditya, King 326
Lalitgiri, Orissa 631
Lamayuru Monastery, Ladakh 352
Landor, Walter Savage, poet 554
Landour, Uttarakhand 264
Kennedy, Captain Charles, political agent 304
Kera, Gujarat 406
Kerala 12, 744–67
Kesariya, Bihar 604
Kesroli, Rajasthan 156
Ketevan, queen of Georgia 646
Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh 9, 11, 40, 451–59,
453
Khalanga, battle of 261
Khalsa, Sikh brotherhood 64
Khambat, Gujarat 372
Khandagiri Caves, Orissa 622
Khandala, Maharashtra 504
Khan, Sir Syed Ahmed 68
Kharwa Fort, Rajasthan 147
Khed, Maharashtra 512
Khilji Dynasty 20, 77 (see also Alauddin Khilji,
Jalaladdin Khilji)
Khimsar Fort, Rajasthan 170
Khuching, Orissa 631
Khuldabad, Maharashtra 520
Khurram (see Shah Jahan)
Khusrau, son of Jehangir 23
Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh 314
Kipling, J. Lockwood 483
Kipling, Rudyard, writer 195, 305, 324, 483,
537, 558
Kiradu temples, Rajasthan 174
Kishangarh, Rajasthan 148
Kittur, Karnataka 706
Koch Bihar, West Bengal 583
Koch, Ebba, art historian 259
Kochi (see Cochin)
Kodagu (see Coorg)
Kodai, Tamil Nadu 825
Kodungallur (see Cranganore)
Koenigsberger, Otto, architect 619
Kohima, Nagaland 594; (battle of) 594, 596
Koil, Uttar Pradesh 227
Kolar, Karnataka 664
Kolayat, Rajasthan 162
Kolhapur, Maharashtra 509
Kolikonda (see Holkonda)
Kolkata 9, 12, 537–59
Academy of Fine Arts 545
Kolkata contd.
Agrihorticultural Society of India 556
Alipore 556
Alipore Observatory 556
Armenian Church 549
Ashutosh Museum of Indian Art 549
Asiatic Society 554
BBD Bagh 547
Belur Math 552
Belvedere 556
Bhukailash Rajbari 556
Botanical Gardens 552
Catholic Cathedral 548
Chinatown 549
Choto Rashbari 556
Chowringhee 552
Civic Centre 545
College Street 549
Dalhousie Barracks 542
Dalhousie Square 547
Eden Gardens 545
Fort William 537, 538, 542
General Post Office 548
Government College of Art and Crafts 552
Grand Hotel 552
Great Eastern Hotel 546
Greek Orthodox Church 555
Gwalior Monument 545
Hare School 549
Hastings House 556
High Court 546
Howrah 551
Howrah Bridge 551
Indian Museum 552
Jorasanko Thakurbari 550
Kalighat Temple 555
Kidderpore 556
Kitchener House 542
Kolkata Maidan 542
Kolkata Panorama 546
Kolkata Police Museum 551
La Martiniere schools 554
Marble Palace 550
Metcalfe House 548
Mother Teresa’s Home 555
Mapusa, Goa 650
Maratha Empire 25
Margao, Goa 651
Margherita, Assam 593
Mariam, mother of Jehangir 219, 221
Martand, Kashmir 336
Martel, Yann, writer 828
Martin, Claude, mercenary and adventurer 26,
231, 544, 554
Marwar, Rajasthan 170
Mashobra, Himachal Pradesh 313
Masrur, Himachal Pradesh 317
Matheran, Maharashtra 503
Mathura style of sculpture 37
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh 37, 225
Matsya, avatar of Vishnu 51
Mauryan Empire 16, 35, 597, 634
Mayer, Albert, architect 282
McLeod Ganj (see Dharamsala)
Medak, Andhra Pradesh 725
Medd, Henry, architect 534
Meenakshi, Hindu goddess 55; (temple of,
Madurai) 817–18, 819
Meerabai, female mystic 147
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 227
Megasthenes, 3rd-century bc diplomat 8, 17,
618
Meghalaya 593
Mehrangarh Fort-Palace, Jodhpur 164
Mehrauli Archaeological Park, Delhi 85
Mehta, Deepa, film-maker 260
Mehta, Gita, novelist 619
Mehta, Zubin, conductor 75
Menal, Rajasthan 198
Menander, Indo-Greek king 18
Mercara, Karnataka 670
Mercury, Freddie, rock star 75
Merta, Rajasthan 147
Metcalfe, Sir Thomas, Resident at Delhi 87, 122
Mewar (former state), Rajasthan 174
Michell, George, writer 204, 711
Milinda (see Menander)
Miniature paintings 42
Mir Shah, Muslim ruler 326
Mistry, Rohinton, writer 45, 75, 500
Mizoram 594
Modern art and architecture 43
Modhera, Gujarat 373
Moghul (see Mughal)
Mohangarh, Rajasthan 173
Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan 15, 34; (Dancing girl
statuette) 15, 15, 120; (seal) 48
Moinuddin Chishti, sufi 66, 69, 145
Moira, Goa 650
Mongol forces 20
Moore, Thomas, Irish poet 328
Morbi, Gujarat 400
Morni Hills, Haryana 275
Morvi, Gujarat 400
Moscheni, Antonio, painter 675, 750
Mother Teresa 72, 537
Motihari, Bihar 604
Mountbatten, Lord 29
Mudabidri, Karnataka 675
Mudgal, Karnataka 694
Mughals, rule of 21–26, 27, 28, 49, 64, 67, 86,
87, 131, 144, 146, 148, 161, 164, 168, 175,
206, 230, 271, 317, 326, 327, 361, 384,
435, 502, 515, 561, 598, 769 (see also Akbar,
Aurangzeb, Babur, Humayun, Jehangir, Shah
Jahan etc)
Mughal art and architecture 41, 42–43, 44, 65,
78–80, 120, 141, 147, 331, 440; (at Agra)
206ff; (at Aurangabad) 515–16; (at Delhi)
95ff; (at Fatehpur Sikri) 220–24; (at Sikandra)
218–19; (Srinagar) 332–33; (oldest extant
building) 272
Muhammad, Prophet of Islam 70; (foot- and
handprint of) 239
Muhammad of Ghor 20, 66, 77
Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor 25
Muhammad bin Tughlaq 20, 78, 89, 91, 502,
518
Muharram festival 70
Mukhalingam, Andhra Pradesh 732
Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand 268
Mulbekh, Ladakh 353
Mumbai 9, 11, 468–500
Afghan Church 473
Albless Hospital 483
Languages in India 33
Lansdowne, Uttarakhand 267
Late Classical Age 19
Lauriya Nandangarh, Bihar 604
Lawrence, Sir Henry, leader at Siege of Lucknow
235, 311
Ledo, Assam 593
Leh, Ladakh region 343–46; (Treaty of) 340
Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh 737
Lepchas, people 586
Licchavi, ancient republic 603
Likir, Ladakh 348
Lingam, representation of Shiva 52, 245, 335
(see also Jyotirlingams)
Literature in India 45
Lodi Dynasty 21–22, 78, 206, 218, 250, 272,
436; (Lodi architecture and tombs) 41, 87,
92, 93, 240, 272, 614
Lodrava, Rajasthan 173
Lok Sabha, in parliament 32
Lonar Lake, Maharashtra 501, 534
Lonavla, Maharashtra 504
Lothal, Gujarat 15, 34, 371
Lotus Temple, Delhi 75
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 9, 27, 229–37
Lumbini, Nepal 255, 831
Lutyens, Sir Edwin, architect 115, 117, 450
M
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh 734
MacLeod, Duncan, architect 569–70
MacMahon Line 593
Madgaon (see Margao)
Madhopur, Rajasthan 150
Madhya Pradesh 11, 412–66
Madikeri (see Mercara)
Madras 25, 26 (see also Chennai)
Madurai, Tamil Nadu 9, 817–21, 819
Magadha Kingdom 17, 597
Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra 508
Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu 12, 19, 39, 768,
781–86
Mahaban, Uttar Pradesh 227
Mahabharata, Hindu epic 16, 35, 48, 57, 273
Mahakali, Hindu goddess 56
Mahakuta, Karnataka 689
Mahanadi, river 618
Maharashtra 11, 501–36
Maharishi, Ramana, guru 796
Mahavir, founder of Jainism 17, 63, 603, 613
Mahavir Jayanti, holy day in Jainism 63
Mahayana Buddhism 61
Mahé enclave 745, 761, 787
Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh 433
Mahishasura, Hindu demon 56
Mahmud of Ghazni, Muslim leader 20, 66
Mahoba, Madhya Pradesh 463
Maitreya, bodhisattva 62
Majuli, Assam 592
Makar Sankranti festival 59
Malcolm, Sir John, soldier and historian 480
Malda, West Bengal 573
Maliabad, Karnataka 708
Malik Kafur, general 769
Malinathan, Arunachal Pradesh 593
Malpannagudi, Karnataka 705
Malpem, Goa 650
Malwa, historic region of Madhya Pradesh 425
Mamallapuram (see Mahabalipuram)
Mamluk Dynasty 20, 66
Manali, Himachal Pradesh 319
Manan, Himachal Pradesh 313
Manapad, Tamil Nadu 822
Mandawa, Rajasthan 159
Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 322
Mandla, Madhya Pradesh 463
Mandore, Rajasthan 166
Mandovi, river 635
Mandu, Madhya Pradesh 429–33
Mandvi, Gujarat 406
Maneckshaw, Sam, field marshal 75
Maner, Bihar 602
Mangaladevi, Kerala 759
Mangalore, Karnataka 675
Mangeshi Temple, Goa 653
Manipur 594
Manjushri, bodhisattva 62
Mant, Charles, architect 509
Manto, Saadat Hassan, writer 302
Manucci, Niccolo, traveller 98
Mumbai contd.
Walkeshwar Temple 485
Watson’s Hotel 477
Wellington Circle 476
Western Railway Offices 479
Yacht Club 474
Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan 24, 178,
208, 211, 212, 215; (site of death of) 435
Munger, Bihar 604
Munnar, Kerala 760
Murad, 4th son of Shah Jahan 24
Murshidabad, West Bengal 568–571
Murud-Janjira (see Janjira)
Murugan, south Indian god 54
Music, Indian classical 44
Muslim architecture 41–42
Muslim League 29
Muslims in India 46, 49, 130, 288 (see also
Islam in India)
Mussoorie, Uttarakhand 263
Mutiny of 1857 (see Uprising)
Muttichira, Kerala 754
Muziris, Kerala 744, 758
Mysore, Karnataka 12, 664
Mysore Kingdom 26, 659
N
Nadir Shah, Persian emperor 25, 79
Nagaland 594
Nagalapuram, Andhra Pradesh 740
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu 811
Nagar, Himachal Pradesh 320
Nagarjunakonda, Andhra Pradesh 712, 728
Nagasena, early Buddhist monk 18
Nagaur, Rajasthan 168
Nagda, Rajasthan 182
Naggar, Himachal Pradesh 320
Nagore, Tamil Nadu 810
Nagpur, Maharashtra 534
Nahan, Himachal Pradesh 311
Nahargarh Fort, Rajasthan 140
Naini Tal, Uttarakhand 267
Nair, Mira, film-maker 500
Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh 312
Nalanda, Bihar 61, 610–13
Nalnad Palace, Karnataka 670
Namakkal Fort, Tamil Nadu 825
Namgyal Dynasty 340, 586
Nanak, guru, founder of Sikhism 63, 65
Nandi Hills, Karnataka 663
Nandi, vehicle of Shiva 52
Nara Nag temples, Wangath, Kashmir 9
Narasimha, avatar of Vishnu 51
Narayan (Vishnu) 50, 51
Narayan, Jayaprakash, politician 598
Narayan, R.K., writer 45, 711
Narnaul, Haryana 22, 279
Narwar, Madhya Pradesh 442
Nasik, Maharashtra 513
Nasranis, Christian sect 71
Nast, Himachal Pradesh 320
Nataraja, representation of Shiva 40, 52
Nathdwara, Rajasthan 182
National Museum, Delhi 34, 77, 120
Nauraspur, Karnataka 686
Navsari, Gujarat 386
Nawab period, Nawabi style of architecture 229,
230, 231, 232, 233, 236
Nawalgarh, Rajasthan 159
Neelkanth temples, Rajasthan 156
Neemrana, Rajasthan 143
Neermahal Palace, Tripura 595
Nehru, Jawaharlal 29, 30, 268, 282, 316, 532;
(memorial to) 112; (museums/homes of)
119, 253
Nelcynda, Kerala 747
New Delhi 28, 113–122
Nicholson, General John 122
Nicobar Islands 12, 13, 829
Nimaj Palace, Rajasthan 170
Nizamuddin Aulia, Sheikh 101
Norbugang Park, Sikkim 588
Northeast India 590–96
Nowicki, Matthew, architect 282
Nur Jahan, wife of Jehangir 23
O’Dwyer, Michael, governor of Punjab 294
Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad) 24, 106–12
Old Goa 639–47
Mumbai contd.
Anjuman-i Islam building 483
Apollo Bunder 474
Armenian Church of St Peter 478
Army & Navy building 477
Art Deco residential apartments 479
Ballard Estate 481
Banganga Tank 485
Bhau Daji Lad Museum 484
Bhika Behram Well 479
Byculla 484
Cama Hospital 483
Central Telegraph Office 479
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 481
Christ Church 484
Churchgate Station area 479
Colaba 473
Cowasji Jehangir Hall 476
Crawford Market 483
Dargah of Haji Ali 485
Elephanta 490–494
Elphinstone Technical High School 483
Eros Cinema 479
Flora Fountain 479
Forts 485
Framji Cowasji Institute 483
Gateway of India 474
General Post Office 482
Haffkine Institute 485
Hanging Gardens 485
Heras Institute of Indology 483
High Court 479
Horniman Circle 479
Institute of Science 476
Jehangir Art Gallery 477
JJ School of Art 483
Jogeshwari Cave Temple 487
Kala Ghoda 477
Kanheri Caves 488
Kereseth Eliyahoo Synagogue 478
Kondivte Caves 487
Kotachiwadi 485
Little Colaba 473
Magen David Synagogue 484
Mahakali Caves 487
Mumbai contd.
Maharashtra State Police HQ 476
Mahatma Phule Market 483
Majestic Hotel 476
Malabar Hill 485
Mandapeshwar 489
Mani Bhavan 485
Metro Cinema 483
Mulji Memorial Fountain 481
Mumbadevi Temple 484
Municipal Corporation Headquarters 482
National Gallery of Modern Art 476
Old Customs House 481
Old Secretariat 478
Opera House 485
Oval Maidan area 478
Parel 485
Police Commissioner’s Office 484
Presidency Magistrates Court 483
Prince of Wales Museum 476
Public Works Building 479
Rajabai Tower 478
Raj Bhavan 485
Rampart Row 478
Readymoney Mansion 480
Regal Cinema 476
Reserve Bank of India 481
Sassoon Dock 473
Sassoon Library 477
Scots Kirk 478
Senate Hall 478
Sopara 496
St Andrew’s and St Columba’s Scottish
Church 478
St George’s Hospital 482
St Thomas’s Cathedral 480
St Xavier’s College 483
Taj Hotel 474
Times of India Offices 483
Towers of Silence 485
Town Hall area 480
Vasai 494
Veermata Jijabai Bhonsle Udayan 485
Victoria Gardens 485
Victoria Terminus 481
Pondicherry 12, 787–91
Pongal festival 59
Poona (see Pune)
Porbandar, Gujarat 402
Portuguese in India 21, 25, 30, 43, 71, 386,
392, 468, 494, 511, 566, 634, 744, 748
Post-Gupta period of art and architecture 38
Prabhas Patan, Gujarat 393
Prasad, Dr Rajendra 598
Pratapgarh, Maharashtra 508
Priestland, Gerald, journalist 46
Prinsep, James 27, 246; (memorial to) 545
Prithviraj Chauhan, King 66, 77
Puducherry (see Pondicherry)
Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu 815
Puja ceremony 58
Pulakesin II, King 658
Pulicat, Tamil Nadu 780
Pune, Maharashtra 505
Punjab 11, 288–302
Purana Qila, Delhi 22, 35, 57, 76, 79, 95–96
Puranas, Hindu text 57
Purandhar, Maharashtra 507
Pure Land Buddhism 62
Puri, Orissa 625
Pushkar, Rajasthan 148
Q
Qadianis sect 69
Quepem, Goa 652
Questions of Milinda, Buddhist text 18
Quilon, Kerala 747
Quit India movement 29, 293
Qutb Minar, Delhi 9, 19, 20, 41, 66, 77, 82–85
Qutbuddin Aibak, sultan of Delhi 20, 66, 77
Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, head of
Chishti order 67
R
Rabdentse, Sikkim 587
Rabia Durani, wife of Aurangzeb 516
Rachol, Goa 651
Radha, consort of Krishna 53
Raichur, Karnataka 708
Raigad, Maharashtra 507
Raipur, Chhattisgarh 467
Raisen, Madhya Pradesh 415
Rajagriha, Bihar 17
Rajasthan 9, 129–204
Rajatarangini, Kashmiri epic 326
Rajgad, Maharashtra 507
Rajgarh, Maharashtra 507
Rajgir, Bihar 608
Rajim, Chhattisgarh 467
Rajkot, Gujarat 399
Rajpipla, Gujarat 384
Rajput caste 21 (period, architecture) 43, 130
Rajsamand, Rajasthan 182
Rajya Sabha 32
Raksha Bandhan, Rahi festival 59
Rama, Ram, Hindu god 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53,
56, 59; (pronunciation of name) 51; (birthplace
of) 239; (leaves mortal world) 238
Ramadan 70
Ramakrishna Mission 50, 552, 777
Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu 822
Ramanujan, S., mathematician 803
Ramanuja, philosopher 792
Ramayana, Hindu epic 16, 48, 56, 59
Rambhar, Uttar Pradesh 256
Ram Das, Sikh guru 64, 289
Ramgarh, Himachal Pradesh 312
Ramnavami festival 59
Rampur, Himachal Pradesh 313
Rampur, Uttar Pradesh 228
Ram Rai, Sikh guru 261
Ramshahr, Himachal Pradesh 312
Ramtek, Maharashtra 534
Rana Bhoj, King 412
Ranakpur, Rajasthan 63, 179
Rangpur, Assam 592
Ranikhet, Uttarakhand 268
Rani of Jhansi 27, 444, 445
Ranipur Jharial, Orissa 631
Rann of Kutch, Gujarat 407
Ranthambore, Rajasthan 131, 149
Raphael 773
Rashtrakuta Dynasty 39, 658
Rashtrakutas, ancient people 19
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra 512
Old Malda, West Bengal 578
Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh 435
Onam festival 59
Ootacamund (see Ooty)
Ooty, Tamil Nadu 824
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh 446–9
Orissa 12, 618–33; (architecture of) 39
Orwell, George, writer 604
Osiyan, Rajasthan 167
Oudh (see Avadh)
P
Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh 417
Padmanabhapuram, Tamil Nadu 823
Padmapani, bodhisattva 62
Padmini, queen of Chittor 188, 190
Paithan, Maharashtra 534
Pakistan, Partition from India 29, 65
Palai, Kerala 754
Palampet, Andhra Pradesh 727
Palampur, Himachal Pradesh 318
Palanpur, Gujarat 376
Palas, ancient people 19
Palasi, West Bengal 573
Palghat, Kerala 760
Palitana, Gujarat 391
Pallavas, ancient people 19, 768
Palliport, Kerala 757
Pallipuram, Kerala 757
Panaji (see Panjim)
Pancha Ratha, Tamil Nadu 39
Pandav Lena Caves, Maharashtra 513
Pandey, Mangal, mutineer 27, 568
Pandharpur, Maharashtra 510
Pandits, people 325
Pandua, West Bengal 567, 577
Pandya Dynasty 18, 768
Panhala Fort, Maharashtra 509
Panipat, Haryana 272; (battle of) 21
Panjim, Goa 635–8
Panna, Madhya Pradesh 461
Pansaimol (see Ugsalimol)
Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh 312
Parapalli, Kerala 761
Parashuram, avatar of Vishnu 52
Parenda Fort, Maharashtra 510
Parihaspura, Kashmir 337
Parsis 46, 73, 384, 386, 469, 503, 505, 539,
549
Parthians, ancient people 18
Partition in 1947 29–30, 65, 68, 172, 288,
290, 295, 326–27, 341, 561, 569; (film
about) 259
Parusnath, Jain saviour 63
Parusurampura, Rajasthan 160
Parvati, Hindu goddess 52, 55
Pashupati, representation of Shiva 52
Passage to India, A 607, 616
Pataliputra (ancient Patna), Bihar 17, 35, 597,
602
Patan, Gujarat 374
Pataudi, Haryana 280
Pathari, Madhya Pradesh 424
Patiala, Punjab 297
Patna, Bihar 598–601
Patnaik, Biju, politician 619
Patnaik, Naveen, politician 619
Pattadakal, Karnataka 19, 38, 690
Pattalam, Kerala 758
Pavagadh (see Champaner)
Pelling, Sikkim 587
Pemayangtse, Sikkim 587
Penukonda, Andhra Pradesh 736
Periyar Nature Reserve, Kerala 759
Pernem, Goa 650
Persepolis, Iran 35
Persia and Persian empires in Indian history 18,
22, 23, 25, 49, 73, 74, 75
Persian art 35
Phodong Monastery, Sikkim 587
Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen 441
Pilar, Goa 647
Pillar of Heliodorus, Madhya Pradesh 423
Pinjore, Haryana 275
Pink City (Jaipur), Rajasthan 135
Piprahwa, Uttar Pradesh 255
Plassey, West Bengal 573; (battle of) 26, 568,
573
Pokharan, Rajasthan 174
Ponda, Goa 653
Sayajirao III, ruler 378
Sayyid Dynasty 21, 78
Schwartz, C.F., missionary 806, 813
Scott, Sir George Gilbert, architect 478, 480, 547
Scythians, ancient people 18
Sen, Amartya, economist 579
Sen, Aparna, film-maker 559, 585
Sengge Namgyal, King 340
Sepoy Mutiny 27
Serampore, West Bengal 563
Seringapatam, battle of 26, 635, 659, 667;
(see also Srirangapatnam)
Seth, Vikram, writer 45, 558
Sevagram Ashram, Maharashtra 534
Shah Abbas, Persian emperor 23, 646
Shah Jahan, begum 413
Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor 21, 23–24, 42,
68, 79, 103, 127, 144, 175, 178, 195, 206,
207, 253, 327, 333, 444, 566; (and Taj
Mahal) 208ff; (other buildings commissioned
by) 103, 107, 215, 520; (last years of) 241,
216; (ring of) 718
Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi) 24, 42, 79, 106–12
Shahpura, Rajasthan 191
Shakas, ancient people 18
Shakti, devine feminine force 55, 58
ShamlajiIdar, Gujarat 377
Shankar, Ravi, musician 44
Shanti Niketan, West Bengal 579
Shastri, Lal Bahadur 30
Shatrunjaya, Gujarat 389
Shekhawati region, Rajasthan 157–60
Sher-Gil, Amrita, painter 43, 121
Sher Shah Suri, warlord 22, 79, 97, 249, 279,
598; (tomb of) 613
Shey, Ladakh 353
Shia Islam 69
Shillong, Meghalaya 593
Shimla (see Simla)
Shivaganga Fort, Karnataka 664
Shiva, Hindu god 40, 40, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52–53,
54, 56, 59, 242; (pronunciation of name) 51
(see also Ardhanarishwara, lingam)
Shivaji, Maratha leader 24, 25, 502, 507, 508,
796; (hand prints of) 512
Shivneri Fort, Maharashtra 512
Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh 442
Shivratri festival 59
Sholapur (see Solapur)
Shravana Belagola, Karnataka 17, 673
Shuja, son of Shah Jahan 24
Shuja ud-Daula, nawab 230
Sibi, Karnataka 664
Sibsagar, Assam 591
Siddhartha Gautama (see Buddha)
Siddhpur, Gujarat 376
Siege of Lucknow 235
Sihor, Gujarat 389
Sikandra, Uttar Pradesh 218
Sikh Empire 64, 288
Sikhism in India 46, 63, 288
Sikkim 12, 586–89
Siliserh, Rajasthan 156
Simhachalam, Andhra Pradesh 731
Simhanath, Orissa 629
Simla, Himachal Pradesh 11, 303–11
Simlipal National Park, Orissa 631
Sindhudrug, Maharashtra 512
Singh, Dr Manmohan, prime minister 65
Singh, Duleep, maharaja 64, 65, 302
Singh, Gobind, Sikh guru 64, 267, 300, 301,
312; (birthplace of) 602
Singh, Manmohan, economist 31
Singh, Ranjit, maharaja 64, 289, 303
Singh, Sardar Sobha, painter 318
Singh, Udham, nationalist 294
Singh, Zorawar, general 340
Sinhagad, Maharashtra 507
Siraj ud-Daula, ruler of Bengal 26, 538
Sira, Karnataka 664
Sirhind, Punjab 299
Sirhindi, saint (see Ahmed)
Siri, historic name for Delhi 77
Sirpur, Chhattisgarh 467
Sisupalgarh, Orissa 623
Sita, Hindu goddess 53, 56
Skanda, Hindu od 54
Slave Dynasty 20, 66, 77
Solanki Dynasty 361
Solapur, Maharashtra 510
Ratnagiri, Orissa 630
Ravan, Ravana, demon-king in the Ramayana
56, 59
Ray, Satyajit, film-maker 45, 172, 204, 260,
539, 559, 560, 579
Raza, S.H., painter 121
Razia, female sultan 20, 297; (mosque) 246;
(tomb of) 107
Reagan, Ronald 596
Red Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 21, 42, 214
Red Fort, Delhi 9, 21, 24, 76, 103
Redi, Maharashtra 512, 650
Reinhardt, Walter 110, 218, 228
Rekong Peo, Himachal Pradesh 314
Rewal, Raj 44
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh 463
Richards, Norah 318
Rigveda, Hindu text 48, 51, 56, 58
Rinchen Shah, ruler 340
Rinpoche, Sikh guru 586
Rishabdeo, Rajasthan 183
Rishabdeo, Rishabnath (see Adinath)
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 9, 265
Rizong Monastery, Ladakh 352
Roerich, Nicholas, artist 321, 666
Rohetgarh, Rajasthan 170
Ross, David, traveller 274
Ross, Ronald 555
Roy, Arundhati, writer 45, 767
Roy, Jamini, artist 545, 554
Roy, Raja Rammohan, campaigner 550–51
Rudra, Hindu god 53
Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim 587
Rushdie, Salman, writer 45, 500, 767
Russell, Samuel, architect 718
S
Saadat Khan, ruler of Lucknow 230
Sabarimala, Kerala 759
Sadras, Tamil Nadu 787
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh 425
Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh 229
Sainj, Himachal Pradesh 313
Salabhanjika, statue 423, 440
Salar Masud of Ghazni 66
Salem, Tamil Nadu 825
Salihundram, Andhra Pradesh 731
Salt March 29, 293, 386, 411,
Saluva Dynasty 695
Samalkot, Andhra Pradesh 732
Samarkand, city in central Asia 20
Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh 228
Samode, Rajasthan 143
Samru, Begum 110, 218, 228
Samsara, concept in Hinduism 58
Samthar, Uttar Pradesh 451
Sanauli, Uttar Pradesh/Nepali border 256
Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh 9, 11, 18, 36, 418–21
Sandrocottus (see Chandragupta)
Sanga Choeling Monastery, Sikkim 588
Sangama Dynasty 695
Sangam poetry 45
Sanghol, Punjab 300
Sangla, Himachal Pradesh 314
Sanjan, Gujarat 386
Sankaram, Andhra Pradesh 731
Sankaridrug, Tamil Nadu 825
Sankari Fort, Tamil Nadu 825
Sankar, novelist 558
Sannathi, Karnataka 682
Sanskrit language 16
Sarahan, Himachal Pradesh 313
Saraswati, Hindu goddess 55
Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh 228
Sardul Singh, Shekhawati leader 157
Sariska, Rajasthan 156
Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh 9, 18, 35, 60, 247–49
Sarvarkar, Veer 50
Sasaram, Bihar 22, 613
Saspol, Ladakh 348
Sassoon family 73, 474, 483, 506
Sassoon, David 474, 477, 484
Sassoon, Sir Albert 473, 474
Sasvad, Maharashtra 507
Satara, Maharashtra 509
Sati, goddess 268, 318
Sati, widow-burning (campaign against) 27,
49, 550, 551; (memorials to) 161, 165, 226,
462, 740
Saurashtra Peninsula, Gujarat 387–403
Thiruvalla, Kerala 755
Thiruvananthapuram (see Trivandrum)
Thomas, George, mercenary 26, 271, 278
Thomas the Apostle, St 71, 744, 778, 780
Thotlakonda, Andhra Pradesh 731
Thrissur, Kerala 758
Thuggee cult 441
Tibetan Buddhism 62, 342
Tillotson, Giles, historian 204, 259
Timurids, Mughal people 21
Timur, Mongol leader 20, 21, 78
Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore 26, 659, 660, 663,
665, 666, 669, 707, 748, 758, 759, 760, 762;
(birthplace of) 663; (palaces of) 660, 663,
668; (portrait of) 668; (defeat of) 667; (mausoleum
of) 668; (family of) 771, 794, 795
Tiracol Fort, Goa 650
Tiracol, Maharashtra 512
Tirthankars, Jain saviours 63
Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu 822
Tiruchirappalli (see Trichy)
Tirukalukundaram, Tamil Nadu 786
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 738
Tirupparankunram, Tamil Nadu 821
Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu 795
Tod, James, political agent 203
Tomar Dynasty 77
Tonk, Rajasthan 150
Towers of Silence 74, 469
Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu 808
Travancore (see Trivandrum)
Treaty of Leh 340
Treaty of Sugauli 303
Tribeni, West Bengal 566
Trichur, Kerala 758
Trichy, Tamil Nadu 811
Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra 515
Tripunithira, Kerala 752
Tripura 594
Trivandrum, Kerala 745
Tsunami of 2004 770, 786, 787, 809, 810,
811, 829
Tughlaq Dynasty 20–21, 77–78, 111, 171, 250,
278, 317, 370, 372, 502, 678, 680 (see also
Feroze Shah, Ghiyasuddin, Muhammad)
Tughlaq architecture 41, 89–90, 92, 103, 107,
111–12, 112, 119, 250, 276, 277, 278, 279,
280, 372, 443, 685
Tughlaqabad Fort, Delhi 89–90
Tumlong, Sikkim 587
Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu 822
Twain, Mark 242
Tzangpo, Rinchen 340
U
Ucha Pind, Punjab 300
Udaipur, Rajasthan 9, 174–9
Udayagiri Caves, Orissa 622
Udayagiri Fort, Andhra Pradesh 741
Udayagiri, Madhya Pradesh 38, 422
Udayagiri, Orissa 630
Udayamperur, Kerala 753
Udayapur, Madhya Pradesh 425
Udayapur, Tripura 595
Udhagamandalam (see Ooty)
Udupi, Karnataka 676
Udwada, Gujarat 386
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh 18, 427
Umarkot, Pakistan 23
Unakoti Rock Carvings, Tripura 595
Undavalli, Andhra Pradesh 733
UNESCO World Heritage Sites 76, 515, 606,
694, 807
United East India Company 565
Untouchables 50, 58, 753
Upanishads, Hindu text 57
Uprising of 1857 27, 80, 132
Usgalimol, Goa 652
Uttarakhand 9, 261–70
Uttaranchal (see Uttarakhand)
Uttar Pradesh 9, 32, 205–260
V
Vadnagar, Gujarat 377
Vadodara, Gujarat 377
Vaikom, Kerala 753
Vaishali, Bihar 603
Vaishya, merchant caste 58
Vajpayee, Atal Behari, politician 31
Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand 267
Somnath, Gujarat 66, 393
Somnathpur, Karnataka 667
Sonamarg, Kashmir 336
Sonkh, Uttar Pradesh 227
Sopara, Maharashtra 496
Spice Hills, Goa 653
Spiti, Himachal Pradesh 314
Sravasti, Uttar Pradesh 17, 239
Sreeramulu, Potti, politician 712
Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh 731
Srikurman, Andhra Pradesh 731
Sri Lanka, in the Ramayana 56
Sri Lankan civil war 31
Srinagar, Kashmir 328–34
Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu 792
Srirampur, West Bengal 563
Srirangam, Tamil Nadu 813
Srirangapatnam, Karnataka 667
Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh 730
Step-wells 375
Stevens, Charles, architect 426, 476
Stevens, F.W., architect 476, 479, 481, 482
Stok, Ladakh 353
Subathu, Himachal Pradesh 311
Subramaniam, South Indian god 54
Suchindram, Tamil Nadu 823
Sudra, farming caste 58
Sufism, Sufi shrines 49, 66, 67, 69, 86–87,
97,145, 239, 272, 274, 280,300,340, 354,
520,603, 681
Sultanate period 20, 77
Sultan Battery, Kerala 764
Sultan, M.A., writer 809
Sunni Islam 69
Sun Temple, Konarak, Orissa 12, 21, 626–30
Sun Temple, Martand, Kashmir 39, 336
Sun Temple, Modhera, Gujarat 373
Surat, Gujarat 25, 384
Surya, Hindu god 55
Suttee (see Sati)
Suvarnadrug, Maharashtra 512
Svetamber sect 63
T
Tabo, Himachal Pradesh 314
Tadpatri, Andhra Pradesh 736
Tagore, Rabindranath 44, 45, 209, 539, 545,
554, 555, 560, 579; (book about) 585;
(house of) 550; (memorial room) 366
Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 9, 21, 23, 42,
208–13, 210
Talbehat, Madhya Pradesh 445
Taliparamba, Kerala 763
Talkad, Karnataka 667
Tambdi Surla, Goa 654
Tamerlane (see Timur)
Tamil Nadu 12, 768–829
Tamil nationalism 769
Tanjore, Tamil Nadu 9, 39, 769, 805
Tantra, Hindu-Buddhist concept 58
Tantric Buddhism 62
Tara, bodhisattva 62
Taragarh, Himachal Pradesh 318
Taragarh, Rajasthan 147
Taranga, Gujarat 377
Tashiding Monastery, Sikkim 588
Tashi Namgyal, King 340
Tashi Tenka, Sikkim 588
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, traveller 214
Tawang Monastery, Arunachal Pradesh 593
Tegh Bahadur, Sikh guru 25, 64, 68
Tehla, Rajasthan 156
Telangana state 713
Tellicherry, Kerala 761
Tendulkar, Sachin, cricketer 33
Tera, Gujarat 406
Ter, Maharashtra 510
Terekhol (see Tiracol Fort)
Tezpur, Assam 591
Thackeray, William Makepeace 556
Thalassery, Kerala 761
Thanesar, Haryana 19, 274
Thangasseri, Kerala 747
Thanjavur (see Tanjore)
Tharangambadi (see Tranquebar)
Thar Desert 129
Thekkady, Kerala 759
Theravada Buddhism 61, 62
Thikse Monastery, Ladakh 354, 355
Thirumayam, Tamil Nadu 815
Vamana, avatar of Vishnu 52
Varaha, avatar of Vishnu 38, 51
Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh 9, 25, 241–47
Varkala Beach, Kerala 747
Varma, Raja Ravi, artist 43, 121, 378, 666, 718,
747
Vasai, Maharashtra 21, 494
Vedas, Sanskrit religious texts 15, 35, 45, 56
Vedic Age 15, 35
Vedic Brahmanism 48
Vellore, Tamil Nadu 794
Vembanad Lake, Kerala 752
Vereshchagin, artist 544
Vesakha festival 61
Victoria, Queen 28, 64, 720; (memorials to)
207, 542–44, 543; (statues of) 368, 399, 427,
484, 542, 544, 662
Vidarbha region, Maharashtra 534
Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh 423
Vighneshvara (see Ganesh)
Vijayadrug, Maharashtra 512
Vijayanagar (Hampi), Karnataka 21, 694–704
Vijayanagar Empire 41, 634, 659, 695, 769,
796, 805
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 732
Vijay Mandir Palace, Rajasthan 155
Vikramshila, Bihar 605
Vinayaka, Rajasthan 195
Viratnagar, Rajasthan 156
Visakhapatnam (see Vizag)
Visapur Fort, Maharashtra 504
Vishnu, Hindu god 51
Viswanath Temple, Varanasi 52, 245
Vivekananda, Swami, spiritualist 552, 777
Vizag, Andhra Pradesh 730
Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh 731
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh 226
Vultures 74
Vypeen Island, Kerala 752
W
Wadhwan, Gujarat 401
Wagha, Punjab 294
Waheguru, the Sikh God 64
Wailes, William, stained-glass designer 473
Wajid Ali Shah, nawab 231
Wangath, Kashmir 336
Wankaner, Gujarat 400
Warangal, Andhra Pradesh 712, 726
Wardha, Maharashtra 534
Wayanad, Kerala 764
Wellesley, Arthur, Duke of Wellington 668
West Bengal 12, 560–85
Western Ghats, Maharashtra 501, 658, 759, 824
White Huns, ancient people 19
Willingdon Island, Kerala 752
Wittet, George, architect 476, 481, 482
Wodeyar Dynasty 659, 660, 665
Wood, Michael, writer 828
X
Xuan Zang, traveller 248, 598, 603, 607, 610
Y
Yadava Dynasty 502
Yadav, Laloo Prasad, politician 598
Yaganti, Andhra Pradesh 735
Yahya Maneri, tomb of 603
Yamuna, river 24, 76
Yamunotri, Uttarakhand 266
Yanam, Andhra Pradesh 712, 732, 787
Yercaud, Tamil Nadu 825
Yudhishtara, character in the Mahabharata 57
Yuksom, Sikkim 588
Z
Zafarabad, Uttar Pradesh 251
Zain-ul Abedin, Muslim ruler 326
Zamorin, ruler 760
Zanskar 339
Zarathustra (see Zoroastrianism)
Zen Buddhism 62
Ziegenbalg, Bartholomäus, missionary 71, 809
Zoffany, Johann, painter 544, 668
Zoroastrianism in India 46, 73–75, 361, 377,
386, 469