Chapter 13

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


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