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170; novels, beast stories, and fables,170, 171 ; post-Vedic theological

literature, the Puranas, 171, 172;

modern Indian literature, 172; attackson Brahmanism from the 6th centuryB.C. to the 19thcentury a.d., 174, 175 ;the Brahman caste analyzed, 242, 243.

Brahmaputra , one of the great rivers ofIndia , 45-48 ; its course and tributaries,45 ; discharge, 45, 46 ; silt islands, 46,

47 ; changes in course, 47 ; traffic, 47,

48 ; junction of Ganges , Brahmaputra ,and Meghna, 56 ; their combined deltaand estuaries, 56, 57 ; alluvial depositsof the Brahmaputra , 59; steam navi-gation on, 656.

Brahui hills, a southern offshoot of thenorth-western Himalayas , marking aportion of the boundary between Indiaand Baluchistan , 39.

Brandis, Sir D., fiirst Inspector-Generalof Forests in India , 622.

Brandreth, Mr. E. L., Papers on theGaurian languages, published in theJournal of the Royal Asiatic Society ,vol. x. pp. 102-105 (footnotes) ; vols.xi. and xii., 145.

Brass and copper work, 709.

Breweries, 719, 720.

Bridges of boats, 655.

Briggs, General John, quoted, on themilitary excellence of the aborigines,ii 3 *

Briggs’, Lieutenant-Colonel, Translationof Firishta ’s History of the Rise of theMuhammadan Power in India , 324(footnote); 326 (footnote); 327 (foot-note) j 338 (footnotes 2 and 4); 340* (footnote); 346 (footnotes).

British Administration of India , chap,xvi. pp. 507-574. Control of India in England under the Company andunder the Crown, 507 ; Council of the.Secretary of State, 507 ; the Viceroyand Governor - General in Council,507 ; Executive and Legislative Coun-cils, 508, 509 ; High Courts of

Justice, 510; Law of British India,511 ; Provincial administration, 511,512; ‘ Regulation ’ and ‘Non-Regula-tion’ territory, 512; duties of DistrictOfficers, 512, 513; Districts, numberof, in India , 515, 516 ; the Secretariatsof the Government of India and ofthe Local Governments, 515-517; theland-tax, 517-535 ; ancient land sys-tem of India , 517 ; the Musalman land-tax, 518; the Zaminddr made landlord,518; landed property in India , andthe growth of private rights, 519;rates of assessment, Government shareof the crop, 519,520 ; methods of assess-ment, 519, 520; the Permanent Settle-

ment of Bengal, creation of proprietorsbylaw, 520, 521 ; intermediate tenure-holders, 522; Statistical Survey ofBengal, 522 ; oppression of the cultiva-tors, 522; Land Law of 1859, 523;subsequent enhancements of rent andappointment of a Rent Commission,523 ; its recommendations, three years’tenant right, and compensation fordisturbance, 523, 524; Orissa tem-porary Settlement, 524; Assam yearlySettlement, 524; rdyatwdri .Settle-ment in Madras, 525 ; Sir ThomasMunro’s method of assessment, 525;Permanent Settlement in estates ofzaminddrs and Native chiefs in Madras,526 ; growth of cultivators into pro-prietors in Madras, and extension oftillage, 526, 527 ; reduction of averageland-tax in Madras, 527 ; Bombayland system, the ‘survey tenure,’ itsadvantages and disadvantages, 528;debts of the Deccan peasant, 529;Bombay Agricultural Relief Acts of1879 and 1881, and rural insolvencyprocedure, 529; Commission of En-quiry, 1891-92, 530; results of thisAct, 530; its working, 531; general re-commendations, 532 ; Land Settlementin the North-Western Provinces andOudh, corporate holdings, 533 5 landsystem of Oudh, the Tdluhddrs, 533,534 ; land system of the Central Pro-vinces, 534; land revenue of BritishIndia, 534 ; salt administration, sourcesof salt supply, and realization of saltduty, 534-536; working of the saltmonopoly, 536, 537 ; process of saltmanufacture, 536; excise on countryspirits, rice - beer, opium, gdnjd, andchoras> 538, 539 ; municipal adminis-tration and statistics, 540 ; municipalstatistics, 1890-91, 541 ; Imperial

finance, and the ‘ business ’ of theIndian Government, 54 L 54 2 > changesin systems of account and the obscur-ities resulting therefrom, 543, 5441gross and nett taxation of British India,

543- 546 ; English and Indian taxation,

544- 546; Indian taxation under theMughals and under the British, 547 *548 ; incidence of taxation in NativeStates and British territory, 54 ?“ 55 °»gross balance-sheet of British India, andanalysis of Indian revenues, 55 °> 55 1 >nature of the land-tax, 552; items ottaxation summarized, 552, 553 ; presentarrangement, 554 " 555 l Indian expend-iture, —the army, public debt, loss by ex-change, public works, railways, etc.,555.557 ; local and municipal finance,557, 558 ; constitution and strength 0.the three Presidency armies, 55 ^> 559 >