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origin, 119; caste and widow-burningunknown, 119; Aryan civilisation inthe Veda, 120 ; the gods of the Veda,120-124; a Vedic hymn, 124, 125;Vedic prayers, 124, 125 ; Vedic legendof Yama , the king of death, 126 ; Vedicconceptions of immortality, 127 ; theRig-Veda composed during the marchof the Aryans through Upper India ,127, 128; the Sama-Veda , Yajur-Veda,and Atharva-Veda composed at a laterdate than the Rig - Veda, after theBrahmans had established their priestlypower, 129; the Brahmanas, or inspired♦ guides to the four Vedas, 130.

Vegetables, Cultivation of, 584.

Vellore , Mutiny of (1806), 469.

Velvet work, 706.

Verapoli, Roman Catholic Vicariate, 309.

Verelst , H. , Governor of Bengal, en-couraged mulberry cultivation for silkin Bengal, 609.

Vernacular journalism, 570, 571.

Vernaculars (Indian ) and their Litera-ture, chap. xiii. pp. 383-415.— SeeIndian Vernaculars and theirLiterature.

Viceroys and Governors - General ofIndia , 452.

Victoria-Gitika, a Sanskrit ode, in celebra-tion of the sovereigns of England, 154.

Victoria Point, marking the extremeeastern and southern limits of BritishIndia, at the mouth of the Kra river,the boundary between Tenasserim andSiam , 35.

View of Hindu Law , by Mr. Nelson,C. S., 244 (footnote).

Vijayanagar, Hindu kingdom of SouthernIndia (1185-1565 A.D.); subjugationby the Muhammadans at the battle ofTalikot, 339; 341.

Vikramaditya, King of Ujjain (57 B.C.);his war with the Scythian invaders, 228.

Vincent’s, Dean, Commerce and Navi-gation of the Ancients in the Indian Ocean , quoted, 211 (footnote); 416(footnote).

Vindhyas , range of mountains, 67, 68 ;geology of, 737.

Virgil, quoted, 34.

Vishnu , the Preserver, the second personof the Plindu trinity, 140.— See alsoHinduism .

Vishmi Purana , The, by Dr. H. II .Wilson, quoted, 266, 267, and foot-notes.

Vishnu -worship, 265-276; Vishnu andSiva compared, 265 ; incarnations ofVishnu , 265, 266; the Vishnu Purana,the eighteen Puranas, 266, 267 ; Brah-manical and popular Vishnuism , 267;Vishnuite religious reformers (1x50-

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1520 A.D.), 267-272; Vishnuite sects,273 ; theistic movements in Vishnuism ,273 ; Jagannath , 274, 275 ; the truth about the Car Festival, 274, 275;bloodless worship of Jagannath , 275,276.

Vishnuite symbols in Hinduism , 256.Viswamitra , an Aryan sage, 128; linkbetween priest and king, 134.Vitahavya, a royal ‘Rishi,’ 134.

Vital statistics of India , chap, xxv.,pp. 768. The principal sources ofhealth returns, 768; untrustworthyregistration statistics, 769; death-rate,769,770.

Von Bohlen , Das Alte Indien ,' quoted,152 (footnote).

Vrihaspati , quoted on Indian laws, 160.Vyasa , Brahman sage, the legendarycompiler of the four Vedas (3101 B.c.),and of the epic of the Mahabharata ,

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Wajid AH, King of Oudh, deposed(1856), 487.

Wales, Prince of, visits India , 497.

Wandewash, Battle of, and defeat of theFrench under Lally (1761), 447.

War, Art of, in Vedic and Sanskrit times, 152.

Ward, W., Baptist missionary, 314.

Wargaum, Convention of (1779), 461.

Waring, E. S., History of the Marathas,375 "(footnote 1).

Warora coal-field in the Central Pro-vinces, 724.

Warren Hastings . — See Hastings,Warren .

Water-mills in the Himalayas , 41.

Watson, Admiral, bombardment andcapture of Chandarnagar, 449.

Watt, G., Dictionary of Economic Pro-ducts of India, quoted, 152 (footnote i).

Webb, Dr. Allan, The Historical Rela-tions of Ancient Hindu with GreekMedicine , quoted, 152 (footnote 1).

Weber, Professor, History of IndianLiterature , quoted, 135 (footnote) ; 143(footnote); 147 (footnote); 152 (foot-note) ; 171 (footnote); 199 (footnote);215 (footnote); 219 (footnotes); 222(footnote); 223 (footnote) ; IndischeStudien, quoted, 207 (footnote) ; hisviews on Sanskrit as a spoken tongue,393 -

Wellesley, General (afterwards Duke of Wellington )—the victories of Assayeand Argaum, 381 ; 469.

Wellesley, Marquees, Governor-Generalof India (1798-1803), 464-469 ; French influence in India , 464, 465; Lord