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164,169,211,242,243,265,267,275,

277,279,293,298,301,305,307,311

313,314,316

Rhinoceros,63

Rhododendrum, a tree,97

Rice,63,65,73,74,82,217,222,265,

267,282,284,297,301,305,312,

see also Hakuya, Takmaro

Rillu, a territory,315

Rising, a lordship,171,182,184,238,239

Riti, a passage among the snowy mountains,298,301

Rivers in general,65,66,89,91,195

Roads and routes in general,180,181,220,233,

265,274,280,285,286

Routes by Bareh from Kathmandu to the Low Country,198

from Chatra on the Kosi to Nepal valley,166

from Dudhkunda to Lengleng,165

by Dudhkunda from the Kosi to Thibet,165

from Dewghat to Nilkantha,192-195

from the Gandaki to Nepal Proper,183

by Gar Pasara from Kathmandu to the Low Country,195

from Halesi to Lamja,165

from Hethaura to the Low Country,182

from Kathmandu to the Low Country by Gar Pasara,195,

by Bareh,198

from the Kosi to Thibet by Lamja,165,

by Dudhkunda, ib.

from Lamja to Halesi,165

from Lengleng to Dudhkunda,165

from the Low Country to Hethaura,182,

to Kathmandu by Bareh,198,

by Gar Pasara,195, to Siklik,243

from Nepal valley to Chatra on the Kosi,166,

to Sivapur on the Gandaki,193

from Nilkantha to Dewghat,192-195,

to Sivapur on the Gandaki,193

from Pokang to Vijaypur,157

from Siklik to the Low Country,243

from Sivapur on the Gandaki to Nepal valley,183,

to Nilkantha and Thibet,193

from Thibet to Chatra on the Kosi by Lamja,165,

by Dudhkunda,165,

to Sivapur on the Gandaki,193

from Vijaypur to Pokang,157

Roalpa, lordship,280

Rohani, a tribe,287

Rohuttut, a district,168

Routes, see Roads

Rudra Chandra, a chief of Kumau,292

Rudrapur, a fortress and territory,293

Rudravir, a chief of Gorkha,261

Rugun, a lordship,270,276,280

Rup Chiring, a chief of Sikim,119

Rupee, properly Rupiya, a coin,154,215,

That of Calcutta worth nearly 25 pence at the mint price,

Rupini, a land measure,216

Rupiya, see Rupee

Sa,Saha, orSahi, a surname among the Rajputs of the Gorkha,

Garhawal, Kalamakwani, and Shalivabana tribes,262,

263,282

Sabe, a kind of grass, see Ischæmum

Sabna, a territory,293

Sacrifice,236

Sacrifice, human,35,211, see also Samadi

Sadhu Ram Upadhyaya, his account and map of the Khas country,4,173

Sagora, a duty on each contract with a concubine,161

Saha, ) see Sa

Sahi, )

Sailya, a country, see Madra

Sakarkandh, see Convolvulus

Sakhuya, a tree, see Shoræa

Sakti, see Devi

Sakya, a teacher or prophet of the sect of Buddha,10,27,29,

32,56-58190,191

Sal tree, see Shoræa

Salagram, a stone worshipped by the Hindus,79,273

Salagrami, a river, see Gandaki

Salasu river, see Karanali,

Salim, a cast of Newars,36

Saliyana, a lordship, town, and government,261,270,277,

278,280

Salpa pahar, part of the Himaliya mountains,160

Salt, culinary,93,214,286,301,316

Sama, a grain, see Panicum

Samadi, the custom of burying alive,138,152

Samal, a tribe,270,278,279

Samar Bahadur, his account of the Khas country,4,173

Samaran, see Gar Samaran

Sambhu, see Swayambhu

Sambhunath, see Swayambhunath

Samrigarhi, a fortress,151

Sand,80,82

Sanders, red, or Lal Chandan, a tree,85

Sandstone,82

Sangga, a kind of wooden bridge,274

Sanghu, a town,209,212

Sangkhasur, original lord of Nepal,207

Sangsar Chandra, chief of Kangra,303,304,310,311,314,

315,316

Sankara Acharya, sect of,30

Sankosi river,166

Sanpati, a medicinal plant,97

Saptari, a district,135,160,168

Sarayu, a river, see Karanali

Sarisha, a grain, see Sinapis

Sarki, a cast,18

Satadru river, see Satrudra

Satahung, a lordship,238,239,241

Satatala, a territory,276,279,280

Satbhai, see League

Satrudra, Satadru, or Sutluj river,91,288,307,315

Satya Raja, a dynasty governing the Kiratas, together with

their residence,133,152

Sayer, or direct taxes,153,154,156,161,162

Sayn, the name given by the Newars to the people of Thibet, etc,56

Scorpion, the insect,196

Seapoy, properly Sipahi, in Nepal applied to irregular armed

men employed in the police and revenue,106

Secretary, Kaliya, or Khurdar,107,108

Ser, a weight, that of Kathmandu weighing about 11,664 grains, that

of Calcutta about 14,360, page216

Serdar or Sirdar, one of the Baradar, or chief officers of government,

107,257

Serdar, a very high military rank,109,151,165

Serdar, a military officer among the Kiratas,148,149

Sesamum, Hamo, or Til, a seed used for oil,228,282

Seshant, a division of Malebum,274

Seshant or Siklik, a mart and passage through the Himaliya mountains,243

Setigangga, a river,244,282

Shalivahana Raja, and his descendants, the Shalivahana Rajputs,

12,282,287

Shawl goat, its wool, and shawls,315, see also Goat

Sheep, tame,75,214,217,274,298,301,307

Sheep, wild, called Argali,94

Sher Bahadur, a chief of Gorkha,254,260

Shivapuri or Siwapuri, a mountain,205

Shops,166

Shoræa robusta, Sal, or Sakhuya tree,67,198

Sial, a cast of Newars,36

Sidhi Pratap, chief of Gulmi,265

Siedburrooa, see Daphne

Sikh, a religious sect,313, see also Ranjit Singha

Sikim, a principality,1,118,119,124,126,127,

140,156,157

Siklik, a mart, see Seshant

Silajit, a mineral,80

Sili, a tribe,18

Siling, see Sining

Silkauli, see Laurus

Silver,76, see also Coin

Simul tree, see Bombax

Sinapis ramosa Roxb. or Ika, a grain,228

Sinapis, called Sarisha or Turi, a kind of mustard or rape,228

Sinduli, a fortress,168,199

Singgiya Bikh or Bish,86,98

Singha, a division of the Sikh sect,313, see also Ranjit Singha

Singha Pratap, king of Gorkha,171,196,246,247

Sining or Siling, a town in China,212

Sinkauri tree, see Laurus

Siragar, a territory,293

Sirdar, see Serdar

Sirmaur, a lordship,302-307,

Sirnet, a family or Rajputs,269

Sisau, a tree, see Dalbergia

Sisaudhiya, a tribe of Rajputs, see Chauhan

Sitakund, a burning spring near Chitagang,273

Siumali or Dimali, a mart,125

Siva, a deity,32,193,208,285,302,310, see also

Kedarnath, Nilkantha, and Pasupatinath

Siva, sect of, or Sivamarga, which worships Siva as the chief

deity,29,30

Siva, a lordship,314

Siva Chandra, a chief of Kumau,296

Siva Marga, see Siva

Siva Saha, chief of Gulmi,264

Siwapuri or Shivapuri mountain,205

Siwaraj, a territory,268,269

Siyena Bhotiya, a people, see Murmi

Slavery,37,234

Small-pox,25

Smilax, a plant,98

Smith, Mr, gave me information,2

Snow,69,88,89,90,234see also Himaliya

Sobhan Sahi, chief of Yumila,287

Solanum melongena, or Bera, a vegetable,229

Solanum tuberosum, or common potatoe,229

Sonabhadra river, see Karanali

Songat, a cast of Newars,36

Sor, a territory,292

Sorahbag, a ruin,152

Spikenard,98

Springs, burning,194,272,281; see Burning rock

Springs, heat of,197,200,203,204,205

Springs, warm,194,301

Subje, see Cannabis

Srinagar, present capital of Garhawal, often used for the whole

principality,299,301

Srishtas, a cast of Newars,33

Strata of minerals,66

Subah, governor of a large district, zila, or province104,105,

109,110,149,151,154,155,160,164,

167,179,183

Subahdar, a military officer,110

Sri Krishna Sahi, a chief of Gorkha,254,262

Suduriya, a register of lands,150

Sudarsan Sa, heir of Garhawal,301

Sugar and sugar-cane,228,284,312

Sujanpur, a town,310,312

Sukhet, a lordship and town,316

Suki, a coin,215

Sulphur,78,94,272

Superstition,33,208

Survey of Nepal, in 1792, by Ranjit Pangre,216

Suryabangsi, a tribe of Rajputs,287

Susarma, an ancient chief of Kangra,309

Sutluj river, see Satrudra

Swayambhu, or Sambhu, the Supreme being among the Bouddhas of

Nepal,32,208

Swayambhunath, or Sambhunath, a temple of Swayambhu,208,211

Swine,76

Syamphelang, part of the Himaliya mountains,160

Syphilis, the disease,71

Tadi, orTazi, a river,193

Taizbul, a tree, see Fagara

Takam, a town,270

Taklakhar, or Taolakhar Bhotiya, a lordship,288

Taklakot, a town,288

Taksal, a mart,306

Takmaro, a kind of rice,88

Talc, a mineral,79,94

Taluk, a division of territory subordinate to a zila,114,152

Tamlingtar, a town,158

Tamra khani, a village,203

Tanahung,a lordship,132,145,181,238,239

Tangni, a grain, see Panicum colonum

Tansen, a town and great military station,179

Taolakhar, see Taklakhar

Tapoban, a hot spring,301

Tarai,     ) or Hetoni, the low country, subject to Gorkha,60, etc.,

Tariyani,  )65,125,150,168,169

Tarki, a lordship,238,239,240,269

Taxes, direct,153; see Sayer, also Revenue

Tazi river, see Tadi

Tejpat, a tree, see Laurus

Telangga, the regular soldiers,110

Temperature, see Weather, and also Springs, and69,70,197

Temples,40,208,209,210,211,219,285,286,

302,311

Tenures of land, see Adhiyar, Feodal, Jaygir, Melk, Praja, Zemindar,

and also107,112,114,149,163,164,

218-221

Tepai, a cast of Newars,37

Terraces used in agriculture,223

Thakakuti, a town,273

Thakur, a title, see Rana

Thankot, a town,204,209

Thapa, a tribe,18,19,28

Tharu, a tribe,164,169


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