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Pre • Buddhistic Scythian influences inIndia , connection of the Horse-Sacrificewith the Human Sacrificeofpre-Buddh-istic India , 222, 223; 231, 232 ; Scythicand Naga influences on Hinduism , andon the religious and domestic life ofmodern India , 237, 238.
Precious metals in India , imports oftreasure, 666, 669, 672 ; gold-mining,727, 728.
Precious stones, 708 ; 731 ; 732 ; 741.
Predatory hill races ; their conversionfrom marauding tribes into peacefulcultivators and good soldiers, 112-
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Presbyterian missions, 316.
Prithwf Raja, defeated by Muhammad ofGhor, 330.
Prithwirdj Rdsau , early Hindi poem,330-
Primary education, 566, 567.
Primitive Aryan burial, 126, 127.
Prince of Wales’ visit to India (1875-76),
497-
Prinsep, Henry T., Narrative of Politicaland Military Transactions of BritishIndia under the Marquis of Hastings ,quoted, 375 (footnote).
Proclamation of the Queen as Empress ofIndia, 498.
Products and Agriculture.— See Agricul-ture and Products.
Protestant missions in India , 313-319 ;first translation of the Bible into thevernacular, 314; Schwartz, Kiernander,Marshman, Carey,and Ward, 314, 315;opposition of the Company to Christianmissionaries, 314; withdrawal of theCompany’s opposition, 315 ; Bishopricof Calcutta , 315; statistics of Pro testant missions, 315-319.
Provincial Administration, ‘Regulation’and ‘ Non-Regulation ’ territory, Dis-trict officers and their duties, 511-516.
Prussian and Embden East India Com-panies (1750 and 1753), Dutch andEnglish jealousy of, and their down-fall, 438-440.
Ptolemy , mentions the Savars, 103.
Public Works expenditure, 557.—alsoMeans of Communication, Rail way System , Roads, Canals , etc.
Puliars, a wild aboriginal tribe in theAnamalai Hills, Madras, 93.
Pulses, Cultivation of, 583.
Punjab , conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni ,327 ; ceded to Ahmad Shah Durani (1752), 373 ; Ranjit Singh ’s rule in the,481; garrisoned by British troops,482; annexed, 483; pacified, 483,484 ; loyalty in the Mutiny, 491.
Punjabi language, 400, 401.
Old,’ 139; their place in Indian literature, 266, 267.
Pushkara, only great seat of worship ofBrahma, 140.
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Race origin of caste modified by ‘occu-pation ’ and ‘ locality,’ 241, 242.
Rae, G. M. , The Syrian Church inIndia , quoted, 280 (footnote 4); 282(footnote 3) ; 283 (footnote 1).
Raghavaiyangar , S. Srinivasa , Memoran-dum on the Progress of the MadrasPresidency, quoted, 527 (footnote);537 (footnote).
Raghuba, claimant to the Peshwaship,381.
Raghujf Bhonsla invaded Bengal, 379.
Raghu-vansa, Sanskrit epic, 168.
Raigarh , enthronement of Sivajt as anindependent monarch at, in the Deccan(1674), 377.
Railway system of India , inauguratedby Lord Dalhousie , 648; extended byLord Mayo , 648, 649; the eightguaranteed trunk lines, 649, 650 ; Stateand ‘Assisted’ railways, 650, 651,652 ; railways in Native States, 652 ;statistics of traffic and capital invested,652-654.
Rainfall, Himalayan , 39; Western Ghats ,70 ; Southern India , 70, 71 ; statisticsof rainfall for 435 Indian stations,750-752.
Rajendrala Mitra, Buddka-Gayd t quoted,178 (footnote 1).
Rajputana, Princes of, become feudatoriesto the British, 473.
Rajputana becomes practically independ-ent of the Mughal Empire (1715)) 37 2 *
Rajputana literature and sacred poetry,402.
Rajputs , their reputed Scythian origin,227; number of Raj put castes in modernIndia , 243 ; distribution of Rajputs inthe 12th century a.d., 329, 33° iRajput revolts against the Slave kings,333 1 against the Khilji dynasty , 335 ;against the Tughlak dynasty, 337'33^ 1conciliation of Rajputs by Akbar , 348 ;revolt against Jahangir , 359 ; againstAurangzeb , 367, 368.