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