Chapter 15

Kanungo, register in a Subah’s office,155

Karanali, Salasu, Sarayu, or Sonabhadra river,5,91,289

Karara river,197

Karki, tribe,18,28

Karmi, cast,20,36

Karna Prakas, chief of Sirmaur,304,305

Karphul tree, see Myrica

Karuvirpur, a principality and town,12,129,291,292,

293,298

Karyi, Kazi, or, according to Kirkpatrick, Kajy, in Yumila called

Bist,102,107,108,147,259287

Kasachiet, a town,209

Kasai, a cast of Newars,37

Kasipur, a territory,293

Kaski, a lordship,27,238,239,242

Kasmir, a country,212

Kasuliya, a cast of Newars,37

Katauch Rajputs,310

Katha, a measure of land,216

Kath Bhotiya, a dynasty of princes from Thibet, called also Burmahs or

Varmas,59,189,190,191,209

Kath Mahal, duties on timber,153,155163

Kathmandu ) modern name of the capital of Nepal, and a

Kathmaro ) principality,209,210,211,212

Kausiki river, see Kosi

Kawa karpola mountain, part of Himaliya,124

Kazi, see Karyi

Kedarnath, a temple,302

Kengothal, one of the twelve lordships,306

Kerao, a grain, see Pisum

Kerung, or Kheero, a town and district of Thibet,195,272

Khachi, a lordship,171,173,238,239,263,265

Khaira, a tree, see Mimosa

Khanal, a family of Brahmans,103

Khari, space between two rivers,150

Kharka, tribe,18,28

Khas, the country between Nepal and the Kali river, with its

aboriginal inhabitants,4,8,18,19,23,

28,281,305

Khas, or Khasiya, a mixed breed between Hindu colonists and

aborigines,19,156,160,164,169,178,242,

244,265,266,268,270,275,277,279,

282,286

Khasant, part of the lordship of Malebum,275

Khasant, another name for Saliyana

Khasbasha, language of the mountain Hindus,16,287

Khasiya, see Khas

Khatang, a district,164,166

Khati, a tribe,287

Khatri, see Kahatri

Khawa, a cast or tribe,20

Khayersal, duties on Catechu,67,153,154,155,163

Kheero, see Kerung

Khet, or field, a measure of land,216

Khidim, a small territory,171,181

Khor, a mart,265

Khukri, a large knife or dagger,111

Khungri, a lordship,239,268,270

Khurchah, arbitrary exactions, under pretence of defraying expense,

105,154

Khurdar, see Secretary

Khuzanchee, or treasurer, a chief officer of the Raja’s household.108

Kichak, a dynasty, see Kirata

Kichak, a people, see Kirata

Kichak jhar, a ruin,152

King, see Raja

King supreme,283

Kirata, or Kichak, a nation,2,7,25,53,128,132,

148,160

Kirata, or Kichak, dynasty in Nepal,132,189,191

Kirkpatrick, Colonel, his account of Nepal,5,217

Kirti Prakas, chief of Sirmaur,302

Kirtipur, a town,158,205,209,211

Koch, or Rajhungzi, a tribe,119,125,156

Kodo, a grain of two kinds, Pangdu and Sana,226,227

Kohrya, land,231

Koncha, a kind of turf,81,223

Kosar, a cast of Newars,37

Kosi, or Kausiki, river,166,195

Kothar, one of the twelve lordships,306

Kotta, a fortress,311,312

Kottahar, a lordship,310,313

Kotwal, a beadle or messenger,150

Kow, a cast of Newars,37

Krishna river, see Gandaki

Kritimohun, a chief of Gorkha,254

Kshatri, Kshatriya, or Khatri, a cast,18,52,275

Kshir kangkri, a drug,86

Kuchar, a part of Bhotan or Thibet, south from the highest

Himaliya mountains,90

Kullu, a lordship,315

Kumarsen, one of the twelve lordships,306

Kumau or Almora, a principality and town, called also

Champawati and Kurmachul,12,13174,261,291-298

Kumbi, a fortress,168

Kuppardar or storekeeper,108

Kurarbas, a fortress,168

Kurin Namki, chief of Sikim,121

Kuriya, see Farmers who rent land

Kurmachul, see Kumau

Kurthi, a pulse,282

Kutki, a drug,100

Kutti, a province and town of Thibet,121,212

Labour, agricultural,233,234

Labour, rate of,233

Ladak, a town in Thibet,212,289

Lahaur, (vulgo Lahore,) king or chief of, see Ranjit Singha, and313

Lahuri Nepal,202,203,204

Lalita Patun, a town and principality,204,209,210,211

Lalit Sa, chief of Garhawal,295,299,303

Lal Singha, chief of Kumau,295

Lama, an incarnation of a Buddha, and a priest of that sect in

Thibet,1,25,27,52-57,158,287

Lama dangra, a chain of mountains,167,200

Lama, residing at Lassa,10,56,58

Lama Tishu, see Tishu

Lamja, a mart,165

Lamjun, a lordship,238,239,243

Land measures,153

Land rent, see Rent of land

Land, value by sale,220

Langna, narrow vallies among the Alpine mountains,28

Language of the Gods, that is, according to the Hindus, Sangskritta,292

Language of men, that is, spoken language,292

Gurung,29

Jariya,28

Khas or Parbatiya,16

Kirata,54

Limbu,54

Magar,26

Murmi,52

Newar,50

Parbutiya, see Khas

Lapcha, a people,25,55,118

Lassa, a country in Thibet,10,56,212,213, see Lama

Laurel, ) called Sinkauli, Sinkauri, and Tejpat,83,84

Laurus, )

Law, courts of,102, etc.114,150,155,212

Laws,101, etc.150, see also Torture, Corporal punishment, Process,

Fine, Prayaschitta, Panchayit, Police

Lead, the metal,76,78,297

League for defence, called Athabhai,239

League for defence, called Satbhai,239

Leontice, a tree called Jumne Mundroo,85

Leprosy,72

Liberty,108

Lichens, a drug called Jhul,87

Limbu, a people,25,54,118,160,164

Limestone,66,82

Limi, a town,241

Lodi, a tribe,297

Lohangga, founder of a dynasty, and its history,132,134, etc.

146, etc.

Lordships Twelve, a territory subject to Gorkha, see Bara Thakurai

Lulu, see Bos grunniens

Madarmali, the common silver coin215

Madder Indian, see Manjit

Madra, an ancient name for Bhotan, derived from a prince by

whom that country called properly Sailya, was governed,8

Magar, (Mungur of Kirkpatrick,) a people,25,28,156,160,

164,169,171,178,240,244,264,291,297

Mahadatta, Raja of Palpa,170,172,250,268

Mahalok, one of the twelve lordships,306

Maha Maia, see Devi

Mahamandal, a peak of Himaliya, containing mines,195

Mahatari, a district,135,160,162,168

Mahato, a petty officer,102, see Mokkuddum

Mahes, a river,193

Mahes Domohana, a town,193

Mahipat Sa, chief of Garhawal,298

Maingmo or Meyangma, part of the Himaliya mountains,89,158,160

Maize, a grain,284,312

Majhi, a tribe,18,21,28,279

Majhoya, a mart,124

Makunda Sen, son of Rudra, Raja of Palpa,131,170

Makunda Sen, son of Udyata, Raja of Palpa,170, etc.245,

264,268

Makwani, ) a principality and district,130,132,133,

Makwanpur, )144,164,167,195, etc.

Makwanpur, a fortress,168,198

Mal family, chiefs of the Newar tribe,29,52,187,191

Mal family, chiefs of Malebum,271

Malaneta, a lordship,276,280

Malay, a nation,52

Malayagiri, a tree,84

Malebamba, ) called also Parbat, a lordship,28,238,239,245, Malebum, )269,275, see Mal

Malebum, a town, see Beni shahar

Malibang, a lordship,269

Mana, a measure of grain,216

Manal, a bird, see Meleagris

Manasa Sarawar, ) a lake,90,288

Manasarawar, )

Mandhata, Raja of Vijayapur, and his descendants,139, etc.

Manik, Raja of Makwanpur, and his descendants,144

Manjit or Indian madder,74

Manners, dissoluteness,72,204

Manu, a passage among the snowy mountains,301

Manufactures,232, see also Bell metal, Brass, Cotton, Iron,

Mint, Paper, Woollen

Manure, in agriculture,223

Manuriya Rajputs, a tribe,293

Maps, by Colonel Crawford,3

Maps, by various natives,2,3,4,5,124,160

Marichangdi river,244,246

Markets,152,161,164,168,220

Marts, for trade, see Custom-houses

Maruya, a grain, see Cynosurus

Mas, May, or Mung, several kinds of pulse, see Dolichos and Phaseolus

Masha, a weight,290

Mastang, a lordship in Thibet,272,273,283

Matagari, a town,281

Materia Medics of India,100

Mataya, an ancient kingdom, now the district of Dinajpur,7,119

Matsyendranath, a deity, and his temple,32,211

May, a pulse, see Mas

Measures,153,154,216

Mech or Dimali, a tribe,119,125,156

Meleagris Satyra or Manal, a bird,95,285

Melk or charity land, or Khairat zemin, land held in perpetuity, which

does not pay rent to the prince,149,179,212,218,