Brahmutra or Brehmoter, lands held by a peculiar tenure,219
Brass, the metal,232
Breccia, a rock,66
Brehmoter, see Brahmutra
Brick,39,233
Bridges, see Sangga and Ihola
Brim, a medicinal herb,100
Brittiya, a person holding a kind of landed estate,107,219
Buddha, a deity or lawgiver of the Bouddha sect,25,29,32,56,
57,190,206
Budhkarna, a chief of the Kiratas,140
Buffalo or Bos Bubalus, a kind of cattle,76,217
Bukhshi, a high military officer,115
Burmah, a nation,189
Burmah dynasty, see Varma
Burning rock,312, see also Spring burning
Butaul or Binayakpur, a town and lordship,132,170,180,265,
274,277
Caltha, a kind of plant,99
Cannabis sativa, Charas, Gangja, Hemp, Ieea, or Subje, a plant,
226,231
Capitation tax, see Rajangka and Sayer
Cardamon, a seed,74
Casts, a hereditary division of professions,16, etc.30, etc.
234,242,265,266,267,268,274,275,
277,278,279,281,282,286,297
Catechu, see Khayer and Mimosa
Cattle, see Bos grunniens, Buffalo, Goat, Horse, Neat, Sheep, Swine
Cedrella, a kind of tree called Tungd or Toon,67
Chakor, ) a bird, see Perdix rufa
Chakuri )
Chakran, lands granted in fee for service, see Feodal
Cham, a lordship,280
Chamari, see Bos grunniens
Chamba, a lordship,315
Chamkal, a cast of Newars,37
Champa, a tree, see Michelia
Champaranya, a lordship, often called Rajapur, or Rajpur, from its
capital, see Rajapur
Champawati, a town, see Kumau
Chana, a grain, see Cicer arietinum
Chancelor, a high law officer, see Dharm’adikar
Chandangiri mountain,204,205
Chandi, a territory in Garhawal,299,301
Chandpur, a town and lordship,298
Chandel Rajputs, a tribe,268,269,307,310
Changgu Narayan, a temple,219
Changiya, a fortress,157
Changra, see Goat
Changwari, see Bos grunniens
Charas see Cannabis
Charity lands or Khairat zemin, see Melk
Chariyagarhi, a fortress,165
Chaturbhuja Raja of Yumila,15
Chaubisi, Chaubisiya, or twenty-four Rajas, a portion of the Gorkha
territory,145,237,268,269,270,276,278
Chaudanda, a town,151
Chaudandi Raja,146,165
Chaudas, a territory,294
Chaudhuri, an officer of government,102,105,150,152
Chauhan or Sisaudhiya tribe of Rajputs,129,130,240,297
Chaungri ) see Bos grunniens
Chaury, )
Chautariya or Choutra, called Hitan in Yumila, chief officer of
state,107,108,147,255,260,261,262,287
Chayenpur, a province or large district, and its capital,156
Chayenpur, a town on the San Kosi,168
Chesnut tree,83,217
Chhawa Raja, the title among the Bengalese for the heir-apparent of
Sikim,120
Chhinachhin, a town,283,285
Chhipi, a cast of Newars,37
Chilli, a lordship and town,279
China and Chinese empire called Hung (Hun) by the Gorkhalese,
51,122,176,248,272,288,289,298,
299; commerce with,212
Chirata, a kind of Gentiana used in medicine,85
Chiriyaghat hills and defile,197
Chiriyamahal, a duty on birds,68,153,163
Chisapani, a fortress,168,199,201
Chitaur, colony from,12,15,18,20,128,129,130,
178,184,240,297
Chitlong, a town,204
Chootraphul, see Berberis
Choutra, see Chautariya
Christians,38
Chronology of the Hindus,188
Chunra,20
Chuya, a grain, perhaps the Holcus Sorghum,315
Cicer arietinum, or Chana, a grain,284
Cinnabar, a mineral, see Mercury
Civil power subordinate to the military,109, see Establishment
Clay,81,83
Climate healthiness, see Air, Ayul ; influence on the human
appearance or colour,60; state of, or weather, see Register at
the end, and Weather
Clothing, see Dress
Coins,154,214,215
Colebrooke, Colonel,3
Colebrooke, H. T. Esq.3
Collector of revenue, see Bandari
Colonies of Hindus, see Asanti, Bhim Sen, Chitaur, Thor Chandra
Colour of men,60
Commerce, state of, see Custom-houses, Porterage, and
pages104,212,243
Exports and imports,124,126,157,212,284
Company, English East India,143,176,177,291
Company of troops, its establishment,110, etc.
Convolvulus Batatas, Sakarkandh, or sweet potatoe,230
Copper, the metal,76,203,242,264,267,269,
272,275,297,301,306
Copper manufacture,232,233
Corporal punishments,103,104
Corundum, a stone,79,267
Cotton,64,68,74,232
Cotton manufacture,232
Court of the Raja, see Rajdani
Courts of justice, see Law
Crawford, Colonel Charles, his maps and drawings,3, etc.
Crops of cultivated lands,217,222, etc.; see Produce, Grains
Crystal rock,94,195,272,301
Cuckoo, the bird,203
Cucumber, the fruit,229
Cultivation, extent of, see Agriculture
Cultivation by clearing forests,68
Cultivation by the hoe,274,275
Custom-houses, Golas, or Marts,125,126,150,152,153,
156,157,161,163,164,165,168,180,218,
242,265
Cynosurus, or Eleusine Corocanus, Maruya, or Pangdu Kodo, a grain,
226,275
Cypressus, a tree,97
Dahar, a fortress,316
Daibyghaut, see Devighat
Dalbergia, a tree called Sisau,67
Dalka, a town,167
Dalu Basandra, burning springs,281
Dalu Dailek, or Bilaspur, a lordship,279,280,281
Dama, a coin and money,214,215
Damai, a cast,20
Dami, a priest of the Magar tribe,26
Damodar kund, a place in Thibet,273
Damodar Pangre, an officer of Gorkha,173,175,176,248,
252,254,255,257-259,269,296
Danakoti, a town,274
Dang, a lordship and town,238,239,277,278,288
Danpur, a territory,293
Daphne, a tree called Siedburrooa,85,236
Darjiling, a fortress in Sikim,119,127,157
Darogha, a judge,102,114
Darwe, a tribe,279
Datarpur, a lordship,314
Debt, recovery of,104
Degarchi, a town of Thibet, residence of the Tishu Lama, see
Tishu, and pages57,212,213
Desa, in Hindu geography, denotes the56divisions of their
country Bharatkhanda,192
Desali, or Kamin, an officer of government,102,105,113
Deva Dharma Raja, title of the prince of Bhotan,56,119,120,
121,122
Devatas, deities of an inferior rank,32
Devi, Bhawani, Guhyiswari, Mahamaia, Parwati, Sakti, or Tulasi, a
goddess, spouse of Siva,193,204,310,312
Devighat, or, according to Colonel Kirkpatrick, Daibyghaut, a
town and place of pilgrimage,193
Devikot mountain,205
Dewan, chief minister of finance,2,148,149,150
Dewapatun, a town,209,212
Dewghat, a town and place of pilgrimage,185
Dhaka, a town in Bengal,212
Dhama, the holy land of Nepal,192
Dhana, gifts for the remission of sins,219
Dhangphiya, a bird, see Phasianus
Dharma, a territory and passage among the snowy mountains,276,
280,293,298
Dharm’Adikar, or Chancelor, a high officer of law,102,103,
105,114
Dharma Prakas, chief of Sirmaur,304
Dharmapur, one of the twelve lordships,306
Dharni, a weight,216
Dhayabung, a town,194
Dherna, a manner of recovering debt,104
Dhewar, a tribe,21
Dhimsa, a village,194
Dhor, a lordship,238,239,241
Dhoral, the castle of the chiefs of Malebum,271
Dhui, a tribe of Newars,36
Dhunchi, a village,194
Dhupi, a tree, see Juniperus
Dhurkot, a lordship,238,240,263,266
Dilli, Mogul kings of,299,301,303,311,312
Dimali, a tribe, see Mech
Dimali, a mart, see Siumali
Dimba Ray, chief of Malebum,270
Dinajpur, a district, formerly Matsya,7
Dip Chandra, a chief of Kumau,294
Dipal, a town,282
Diseases,71
Ditha, a minister of justice,105
Dolichos Mungo, Muk and Mugy May, or Mung, a grain,227
Dolichos Soia, Gya, Bhotmas, or Musa,228
Domestics,234
Dress or clothing,232
Drugs,74,85,285
Duck, a bird,223
Dudhkunda, a mart in Thibet,166
Duhalde’s account of China,289
Dun, a large valley in the hilly region,68,313
Dun, a territory in Garhawal,299,301,303
Dun, a territory west from the Satrudra,313
Dungoda, a mineral concretion,81
Durbar, a term adopted from the Muhammedans for the Raja’s
court,108; see Rajdani
Duti, a lordship,279,282,287,292,293
Duties on adultery, see Adultery
on birds, see Chiriyamabal
on boats,163
on catechu, see Khayersal
on concubines, see Sagora
on goods imported, see Custom-house
on marriage, see Bihadani
on timber, see Kathmahal
Duyariya, chief and magistrate of a small extent of
territory,149,150
Elephant,63,66,218
Eleusine, a grain, see Cynosurus
Emodus mountain, see Himaliya
Ervum Lens, Mosu, or Mosuri, a grain,228,284
Erythrina monosperma, or Palas tree,63
Establishment of civil government,149, etc.155,162
Establishment, military, see Military Estates, landed, management of,220
Europeans,246,300
FAGARA, a kind called Tinmue or Taizbul,84
Fairs or Melas at Devighat,193,
at Dudhkunda,165,
at Kalesi,165,
at Nilkantha,194,
at Rerighat,180
Fallow in agriculture,231
Farms and gardens cultivated on the Raja’s account,217
Farmers who rent land to cultivate,220
Farmers of rents and duties,162,163
Fenugreek, a pot herb,229
Feodal tenure, or lands held in fee for service, called Chakran and
Jaygir by the natives; see Jaygir, and pages107,150,
156,163,164,212,218
Fevers,71
Fines imposed as a punishment or expiation,103
Fines as a source of revenue,103,161,164,218
Fir tree, see Pinus picea
Fish,65
Fluxes,71
Food,236
Forests,64,196,197,198,200,202,217,218
Foujdar, the military chief of a district or Taluk,114
Fouzdar, the chief officer of revenue in a district or Taluk,105,150,
152,155,161