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and Rajput revolts, 332, 333; Balban,his cruelties and royal pensioners, 333.
Slavery and serfdom, 84.
Sleeman, Sir W. II., suppressed ihagi,476.
Slow progress of Muhammadans in India ,Hindu resistance and internal revolts ;reconquest of India from the Musal-mans, 322, 323.
Smarta Brahmans of Southern India ,259, 260.
Smith, Colonel Baird, Calcutta Journalof Natural History , quoted, 60.
Sobraon, Battle of (1845), 481.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel,316; number of converts, 317.
Society of the Holy Childhood, RomanCatholic missionary organization, 313.
Somnath , Sack of, by Mahmud of Ghazni (1024 ; A.D.), 327 ; the Proclamation andprocession of the so-called gates of, byLord Ellenborough , 479.
Son canal and irrigation works, 636, 637.
Spices, Cultivation of, 584, 585.
Sridhar, Marathi poet of the 16th century,and compiler of the Marathi paraphraseof the Sanskrit Puranas, 404.
Srimanta Sadagar, famous Bengali poemof the 16th century, by Makunda Ram,410.
Stamp revenue, 552.
State railway system, 650, 651.
Statistical Survey of Bengal, completionof, 522.
St. Bartholomew the Apostle , his preach-ings and alleged conversion of India testified to by Pantsenus (190 a.d.)and Hippolytus (220 A.D.), 285.
St. Thomas the Apostle, the traditionaryfounder of Christianity in India , 279,280 ; the three St. Thomases of India ,and the legends connected with each,281-282 ; tradition of the Indian KingGondaphorus and St. Thomas, 282,283; Gondaphorus an Indo-ScythicPunjab monarch, 283 ; wide meaningof India in the writings of the Fathers,283, 284 ; St. Thomas’ work in Persia and Central Asia instead of in India proper, 284 ; localization of the legendof St. Thomas in North India orPersia , 288 ; shrine of St. Thomas atMadras , 288 ; mixed worship at St.Thomas’ Mount, Madras ; 288; St.Thomas’ relics at Goa , 289 ; the St.Thomas Nestorian Christians, a power-ful and respected military caste inSouthern India , 291 ; downfall ofNestorianism , 290-294.
St. 7 'homas the Apostle of India , by theRev. Dr. Kennet, quoted, 283 (foot-note) ; 285 (footnote); 288 (footnote);290 (footnote).
Steel, Mr. Arthur, Law and Custom ofHindu Castes , quoted, 244 (footnote).
Stephen, Sir J. F., Story of Nuncomar,quoted, 457.
Stephens, Thomas, the first authenticEnglish traveller in India , and rectorof the Jesuit College at Salsette (1579A. D.), 427.
Stevenson, David, Canal and RiverEngineerings quoted, 55.
Stewart, W., History of Bengal , quoted,330 (footnotes 3, 4).
Strachey, General Sir R., calculationson the age of the Bengal delta, 61.
Strachey, Sir John, Hastings and theRohilla War, quoted, 460 (footnote 2).
Straits Settlements, India ’s trade with,682; 685, 686.
Strathnairn, Lord. — See Rose, SirHugh.
‘ Strikes ’ among Indian castes, 248.
Su, a Tartar tribe, their overthrow ofthe Greek settlements in Bactria , 222.
Subuktigin , first Turk! invader of India (987 A.D.), 325.
Sudhanwan’s alleged persecution of theBuddhists , 240 and footnotes.
Sudras, the servile caste of ancient India ,132.
Suez Canal , Trade with India vid, 667,668, 687.
Sugar-cane, Cultivation of, 585.
Sugar duties, Abolition of inland (1836),665. ^
Sulaiman range of hills, marking aportion of the western boundarybetween British territory and Afghanis-tan, 35, 38.
Sun-spot cycles, 752, 753.
Sun worship, traces of, among the San-tals, 97.
Surat , beast hospital at, 250; English obtain leave to trade at (1612 a.d.),429 ; defeat of the Portuguese fleet atSwally, the port of Surat , by CaptainBest (1615 A.D.), 429; Surat , thechief seat of the Company’s govern-ment in Western India till 1684-87,when it was transferred to Bombay ,433; Surat pillaged by Sivajl (1664),433 ; treaty of Surat between Rag-hunath Rao and the British, 461.
Sur Das, poet of Mathura in the i6ihcentury, and author of the Sursagar,404.
Surendra Mohan Tagore, Sir, his en-couragement of Hindu music, 153,154 -
‘ Survey ’ land tenure in Bombay , itssimplicity, advantages, and disadvan-tages, 528.