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Mustagh, pass over the Himalayas onthe trade route from the Punjab intoEastern Turkistan, 38.
Mutiny, The, of 1857-58, 488-493 ; itscauses, 488, 489; outbreaks at Meerut and Delhi , 490, 491 ; spread of therevolt, 491; loyalty of the Sikhs, 491 ;massacre at Cawnpur , 492 ; siege andrelief of Lucknow , 492; siege of Delhi ,492-493; reduction of Oudh, 493;campaigns of Sir Colin Campbell (LordClyde) and Sir Hugh Rose (Lord Strathnairn ), 493.
Muttra , sacked by the Afghans, 373.
Myrobalams, Export of, 679.
Mysore , First war with, against HaidarAH (1780-84), 462; second Mysore war (1790-92), 463 ; Tipu ’s intrigueswith France , and the third Mysore war (1799)5467; fall of Seringapatam ,and death of Tipu in the breach, 467 ;Mysore taken under British administra-tion and protection, 476; rendition of,to its ancient hereditary Hindu rulers,499; 512.
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Nabhajf Das, Hindi poet of the 16th cen-tury, and author of the Bhakta-Mala, 404.
Nadir Shah ’s invasion of India and sackof Delhi , 372, 373.
Nadiya, the Brahman to/s or colleges at,
Nadiya rivers, Engineering works tokeep open the navigation of, duringthe dry season, 656, 657.
Nagas or Serpent-worshippers, Ancientdynasties of, 233, 234; 253, 254.
Nagpur , the territories of the MarathaBhonsla family lapsed to the Britishfor want of heirs (1853), 486.
Nairs, tribe of south-western India, theirpolyandry, 93 ; proposal to enlist inthe army, 115,
Nalanda , famous Buddhist monastery ofthe 7th century a.d., 202.
Nallamalai Hills, 72.
Nam Deva, Marathi poet of the 13thcentury, 404.
Nana Farnavis, Maratha minister, 381.
Nana Sahib , not recognised as heir tothe ex-Peshwa, 486 ; his proclamationas Peshwa attheoutbreak of the Mutiny,and the massacre of the Cawnpurgarrison, 491.
Nanak Shah , the founder of the Sikh religion, 273 ; 480.
Napier, Sir Charles, conquest of Sindby (1843), 48°? appointed Com-mander-in-Chief, 483.
Napier, Robert, Lord, of Magdala, hispublic works in the Punjab , 484.
Narayan Rao, fifth Maratha Peshwa(1772), his assassination, 380.
Narrative of Political and MilitaryTransactions of British India underthe Marquis of Hastings, by Henry T.Prinsep, quoted, 375 (footnote).
National Congress, The Indian, 504.
Native States of India, their relation tothe British paramount power, 76 ; areaand population of the seventeen groupsof States, 79 ; great increase in thepopulation of (1881-91:), 86, 87; Dal-housie’s policy towards, 485-487.
Nats , a semi-Hinduized gipsy tribe ofLower Bengal, 112.
Natural calamities.— See Famines.
Navigable canals, 657.
Nayak and Palegar chieftains of SouthernIndia, 342.
Nelson, Mr. J., Hindu Law as admini-stered by the High Court of Judicatureat Madras , quoted, 160 (footnote);244 (footnote).
Nepal , War with, 471 ; Gurkha assist-ance in the Mutiny, 493 ; trade with,692-693.
Nestorianism among early Indian Chris tians , 286 ; its wide diffusion, 287 ;its suppression and downfall, 291 -294 ; Nestorian remnants, 293, 294.
Newberry, James, early English traderin India, 427.
Nicholson, General, assisted Lawrencein the Mutiny, 491 ; his death at thestorm of Delhi , 492.
Nikaia, town founded by Alexander the Great , and identified with the moderntown of Mong in Gujrat District, 212.
Nil Daifan, a famous modern Bengali play, 170 ; 413, 414.
Nilgai or blue cow, 760.
Nilgiri Hills in Southern India, 69.
Nirvana, Buddhist doctrine of, 187.
Nizam, The, loyal in the Mutiny, 491.
Nizam Shahi, Muhammadan dynasty inSouthern India (1490-1636 A.D.), 341.
Nizam-ul-Mulk , the first, becomes inde-pendent in the Deccan, 371, 372.
Nobili, Robert de, founder of the MaduraJesuits (1606-56), 296.
Noer, Graf von, Kaiser Akbar , 346(footnote).
Nomadic cultivation, 41 ; 83 ; 622 ; themerits and destructiveness of nomadictillage, 628.
Non-Aryan or aboriginal races, 89, 90.—See also Aboriginal Tribes, chap,iii. and Appendix IV., 777*
Non-Aryan rites merging into Hinduism ,256, 257.
Non-Asiatic population of British Ind 1,Appendix VI., 779.