Bentinck, Lord William, 109, 321 n., 341 n., 445, 547, 548, 571, 614,
618, 619 n., 632 n. 
Berar, kingdom, 156 n., 458 n. 
Bernier, (1) Francois, on suttee, 26 n., 47 n.; historical work of,
273 n.; (2) Major, 606. 
Betel leaf, 216 n. 
Betiya (Bettia), Christian colony at. 11, 13 n.
Bhagavata Purana, 10 n.
Bhagvan = Vishnu = God, 2. 
Bharat, brother of Rama, 374, 382. 
Bharatpur (Bhurtpore), sieges of, 116, 355, 359-62, 377, 562 n. 
Bheraghat (-garh), 1, 6, 18, 54. 
Bhil tribes, 295. 
Bhilsa, town, 264. 
Bhojpur, 146. 
Bhonslas of Nagpur, 103 n., 286, 292, 381. 
Bhopal, 238.
Bhrigu-pata sacrifice, 103 n.
Bhumiawat, 245-52.
Bhumka, 60 n. 
Bhurtpore, see Bharatpur. 
Bias river, (1) = Hyphasis, in Panjab, 3 n., 165 n.; (2) in Central
Provinces, 204, 290. 
Bidar kingdom, 458 n.
Bigha, defined, 453 n. 
Bihari Mall, Raja, 348 n. 
Bijapur, great gun at, 241 n.; fall of, 286 n.; kingdom, 458 n. 
Bindachal, 590. 
Bindraban (Brindaban), 120. 
Bird, Robert Merttins, 575 n. 
Birju Baula, singer, 562. 
Birsingh Deo, Raja, 134, 164 n., 232, 237. 
Black buck, 236 n.; Hole, 582. 
Blake, Mr., murder of, 503, 504 n. 
Blights, 193-8. 
Boigne, General de, 271. 
Bombay land System, 576. 
Borak, Muhammad’s donkey, 541. 
Bow, use of, 80. 
Brahma, god, 7, 9, 45 n., 376 n., 594. 
Brahmans forbid marriage of widows, 26; sacrificed, 46. 
Bruce, Captain, (1) brother of (2), 270; (2) James, traveller, 270 n. 
Budha Gupta, king, 55 n. 
Budhuk dacoits, xxxv. 
Buffaloes, sacrificed, 46 n. 
Bulaki, Prince, 334.
Buland Darwaza, 352 n. 
Bullocks, price of, 437. 
Bundela Rajputs, 144 n., 185. 
Bundelkhand, 94 n., 111, 112, 149, 185, 207, 209 n., 227. 
Bundelkhandi dialects, 188 n. 
Burial, alive, 570; customs, 218 n. 
Burn, Lieut.-Col., 421 n. 
Bussorah, see Basrah. 
Buxar, battle of, 338 n.

Cairo, mosques at, 494 n. 
Calcutta, commercial crisis of 1883 at, 422. 
Canals, 158 n. 
Cannibalism, 152. 
Capital, foreign, 422. 
Carpets made at Jhansi, 217, 241. 
Caste, 45-51. 
Cattle-poisoning, 86 n. 
Cawnpore, rise of, 445 n. 
Ceded provinces, 434 n. 
Census, 194 n. 
Central India, 178. 
Central Provinces, 57 n., 94 n. 
Chambal river, 301, 303.
Chambeli, or jasmine, 33. 
Champat Rai, Bundela, 190 n.
Chandamirt (chandan mirt), 141, 588, 593. 
Chand Bardai, poet, 190 n. 
Chandel Rajputs, 144 n., 178 n., 185, 189. 
Chanderi State, 193, 251, 293.
Chandni Chauk, Delhi, 604 n. 
Chandra, Raja, 498 n.
Chaprasi, or orderly, 74 n.
Cheonkal (chhonkar) tree, 174. 
Cherry, Mr., murder of, 473. 
Chhatarpur State, 192. 
Chhatarsal, Raja, 94, 193. 
Chick-pea, or gram, 414 n.