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Non-regulation territory, 512, 513.
Normal schools, 569.
Northbrook, Earl of, Viceroy of India(1872-76), dethronement of the Gaek-war of Baroda ; visit of the Prince ofWales to India , 497.
‘ Northern Circars,’ ruled by the French ,(1751-60), 446; ceded to the English ,455-
North-West passage , Attempts to reachIndia by way of, 426.
Nott, General, his march from Kandahar to Kabul (1842), 479.
Numismata Orientalia (Ceylonfasc.), 214(footnote).
Nunpomar, Trial of, 457.
Nunes, Duarte, first Portuguese bishop inIndia , 296.
Nur Jahan , the queen of the EmperorJahangir, 359.
Nyaya, one of the six darsanas or Brah-manical schools of philosophy, 141.
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Occupation basis of caste, 245.
Ochterlony , General Sir David, threatenedKhatmandu, 38 ; his campaigns inNepal {1814-15), 471.
Odoric of Pordenone , quoted, on St.Thomas’ shrine, 288.
Oil-seeds, Cultivation of, 583 : export of,678.
Oldenberg , Professor Hermann, Buddha ,his Life, his Doctrine, his Order ,quoted, 207 (footnote).
Opium, Excise duty on, 539 ; cultivationof, in Bengal and Malwa, 593, 594 ;export of, 594; Bengal opium system,594-
Origin of Christianity in India , its con-nection with St. Thomas the Apostle,297.
Orissa , by Sir W. W. Hunter, quoted, 133(footnote); 220 (footnote); 242 (foot-note) ; 243 (footnote); 265 (footnote);274 (footnote); 275 (footnotes); 402(footnote).
Orissa Province, annexed to the Mughal Empire by Akbar ’s Hindu general,Raja Todar Mall (1574), 349 ; Orissa ceded to the Marathas (1751), 379;ceded to the British (1803), by theNagpur Bhonsla on the termination ofthe second Maratha war, 468; settlementof the land revenue, 524 ; canal system,635, 636 ; the famine of 1866, 644.
Orme’s Military Transactions in Indo -stan, quoted, 445 (footnote); 447 (foot-note).
Ostend East India Company, established1722; its factories at Covelong on the
Madras coast, and at Bankipur onthe Hugh', 436, 437; political objectsof the Ostend Company, 437, 438;destruction of the Bankipur settlementby the Muhammadans (1733), 438;bankruptcy and downfall of the OstendCompany (1784-93), 438.
Oudh, Sale of Allahabad and Kora to theWazir of, by Warren blastings (1773),459 » the Rohilla war, 459; plunderof the Oudh Begams, 460 ; annexationof, 486 ; Lord Dalhousie’s justificationof the measure, 487; the Mutiny in,491 ; inquiry into the status of thepeasantry in, 496.
Outram, Sir James, his work among theBhils of Khandesh, 114; annexation ofOudh, 486 ; relief of Lucknow , 492.
Overcrowded and under-peopled districts,81.
Owen, Sidney J., Selections from theDespatches of the Marquis of Wellesley ,quoted, 375 (footnote); Selectionsfrom the Indian Despatches of theDuke of Wellington , quoted, 375 (foot-note).
Oxenden, Sir George, defended English factory at Surat against Sivajl (1664),433-
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Pab Hills, a southern offshoot of theNorth-Western Himalayas, forming aportion of the boundary between India and Baluchistan , 39.
Pacheco, Duarte, Portuguese captain,his victories at Cochin, 419.
1 Padroado,’ or Portuguese right of eccle-siastical patronage in India , history of,307, 308 ; details of the dioceses under,313 -
Paikasht rdyais, or temporary cultivators,
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Palakollu,early Dutch trading station,425.
Palegar and Nayak chieftains of Southern India , 342.
Palghat Pass, a remarkable break or gapin the Western Ghats , 69.
Palitana, sacred temple city of the Jains ,205.
Palk , Dutch governor , gave his name toPalk ’s Straits, 426.
Palm-leaf writings, 144.
Palms, Varieties of, 585.
Pamir table-land, 36 ; Russian aggressionon the, 505.
Pandavas, the five brethren of the Maha-bharata; their quarrel and struggle withthe Kauravas, 163-165.