Chapter XVIII: Section IV (5)

Day. 1 Thick fog. Emodus clouded. Valley clear. 2 3 No fog. Emodus clear. In the morning a little hoar-frost on the straw, but none on grass. 4 Some fog. Emodus clouded. 5 Much fog. id 6 Id Emodus clear in the forenoon. 7 No fog. Hoar-frost. Emodus clear. 8 Id Emodus clear. 9 Id Emodus clouded. 10 Id Emodus at times visible. 11 Id id 12 Id id 13 A little fog. Emodus clouded. 14 Id id 15 No fog. id 16 Id id

CALCULATION OF THE ALTITUDES OF SOME OF THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS FROM THE VALLEY OF NEPAL. BY COLONEL CRAWFORD.

Time of Observation 26th October 1802 at 3 hours P.M. Name of the Mountain A C D E F K L Dhaya-bung M Double Altitude as taken in the Mercury 4°.16′.00′′ 5.37.30 6.47.30 6.03.25 6.18.45 10.09.15 10.10.00 9.07.30 Double Altitude as corrected for the error in Sextant = 1′18′′ 4°.14′.42′′ 5.36.12 6.46.12 6.02.07 6.17.27 10.07.57 10.08.42 9.06.12 Angle of Altitude 2°.07′.21′′ 2.48.06 3.23.06 3.01.03 3.08.43 5.03.58 5.04.21 4.33.06 Allowance for Terrestrial Refraction = 1/12 distance 5′.39′′ 4.55 3.41 2.44 3.15 2.10 2.44 1.55 Angle at the Station corrected for Terrestrial Refraction 2°.01′.42′′ 2.43.11 3.19.25 2.58.21 3.05.28 5.01.48 5.01.37 4.31.13 Angle at the Mountain’s top 87°.58′.18′′ 87.16.49 86.40.35 87.01.39 86.54.32 84.58.12 84.58.23 85.28.47 Base or distance (Miles & Furlongs) 78. - 68. 3 51. - 40. - 45. 2 30. 2 40. 7 26. - Height by Trigonometry (Feet & Decimals) 14,548.8 17,016.6 15,637.2 10,966.8 12,830.7 13,941.6 18,900 10,890.1 Additional Height for the Earth’s Curvature (Feet & Decimals) 4,050 3,098 1,727 1,062.4 1,345.5 607.59 1,060.32 448.86 Height of the Mountain above the Station (Feet & Decimals) 19,634.8 20,114.6 17,364.2 12,029.2 14,176.2 14,549.19 19,960.32 11,346.97 Thermometer 63° Barometer (Inches & Decimals) 25.18

No correction for the state of the air has been attempted.

INDEX.

ABORIGINES, page 9, 23, 24, 25, 287, 305

Acham, a lordship, 280

Achar, a priest of the sect of Siva among the Newars, 29, 30

Adhikar, see Negi

Adhiyar, people cultivating for a (half) share of the crop, 149

Adultery subject to fine, 161

Agalmatolite, 79

Agam Singha, hereditary chief of the Kirata tribe, 2, 54, 133, 140

Aggregate rocks, including granite, etc. 66, 76, 82, 203

Agnidanda, a family of Brahmans, 103

Agriculture, general state of, 64, 68, 73, 217, 221, 274,

275, 282, 298, 305, 312

See also for a detail, Cattle, Crops, Gardens, Grains, Implements,

Labourers, Pasture, Produce, Rent, Tenures, Vegetables for the
kitchen.

Ahira or Cowherd, a dynasty, see Gupt

Ahir, a tribe or cast, 297

Air, temperature of, see Weather: degree of salubrity, see Ayul,

and pages 65, 69, 71

Ajil Sen, a powerful chief, 129, 130

Alamnagar, a stronghold in Kangra, 311

Alangchang, a mart, 157

Ale, a tribe, 279

Alluvial matter, 80, 205

Almora, a principality and town, the former most commonly called

Kumau, see also 112, 287, 293, 297, 298

Alpine region, 75, 87, etc.

Amaranthus, a species called Anardana or Phaphar, 275, 284, 315

Amar Singha Karyi, or Bara Amar Sigha, a chief of Gorkha, 19, 112,

259, 260, 300, 304, 307, 311, 312

Amar Singha Thapa, a general of Gorkha, father of Bhim Sen, 112, 176,

178, 179, 261, 266, 296, 299

Ambar Sen, first Raja of Palpa and Butaul, 170

Ammonite, a petrifaction, see Salagram

Ana, a money of account, 214

Anirudha, grandson of the god Krishna, 206

Anirudha, a chief of Kangra, 311

Antimony, the mineral, 78

Aniwar, a tribe of military Brahmans, 48, 164, 169

Architecture, 38, 210

Argha, a lordship, 172, 173, 238, 239, 263

Aristocracy or nobility, 108, 110, 255, 257

Arjal, a family of Brahmans, 103

Arki, one of the twelve lordships, and a town and military station, 306

Arms, military, 111, 112, 116 148, 246

Army, see Arms, Company, Military

Arsenic the mineral, 79

Artificers, 233

Arun river, 89, 91, 166

Asanti, Raja of Karuvirpur, leader of a Hindu colony, 12, 287, 293

Ashruffy, a coin, 214

Asoph ud Doulah, the Nawab Vazir, 173, 174

Astrology, or Jyotish, 251

Athabhai, see League

Ayul, an unhealthy air, 65, 194, 196, 199, 200

BADRINATH, a temple, 301, 302

Baglungchaur, a town, 274

Bahadur Sahi, regent of Gorkha, 173, 174, 247-250, 271, 277,

281, 299

Baisi Raja, or twenty-two lordships, a part of the dominions of

Gorkha, 268, 270, 276, 278, 279

Bala, a cast of Newars, 87

Balihang, a lordship, 171, 172, 264, 280

Balance of power, 283

Bandar, a small district, 172

Bandari, a collector of revenue, 113, 114

Bangra or Baryeau, called Bahauras and Bhauras by Colonel Kirkpatrick, priests

of the Bouddha sect among the Newars, 29, 31, 219

Bangphi, a lordship, 270, 276, 280

Bangsi Raja, a Hindu chief, subject to the Company, 268

Baragarhi, a town and district, 167, 168

Barahat, a territory, 299

Barakadwar, a mart, 265

Barapul, a weight, 216

Bara Thakurai, or twelve lordships, a territory

subject to Gorkha, 303, 304, 306, 307

Barley or Hordeum sativum, 226, 274, 282, 284, 298

Barometer, the instrument, its height, see Meteorological Tables at the

end, and page 200

Baropathi, a territory, 293

Baryeau, see Bangra

Basnat, a tribe, 18, 28

Batar, a tribe, 164

Bayas river, see Bepasa

Baz Bahadur, a chief of Kumau, 293

Bear, the wild beast, 68

Belahari, a territory, 293

Belka, a lordship, 129

Bell metal, 232

Belortag, a mountain, 94

Beni means the junction of two rivers

Beniji or Benishahar, the town of Malebum, which, with Dhorali, the chief’s

residence, formed the capital of that lordship, 271, 274

Bepasa or Bayas river, 315

Bera river, 195

Bera, a vegetable, see Solanum Melongena

Berberis, called Chootraphul, 85

Besar, a lordship, 307

Besariya, a lordship, 299

Beyas, a passage between the Snowy Mountains, 298

Bhairopati, a medicinal herb, 97

Bhajji, one of the twelve lordships, 306

Bhar, see Bhawar

Bharadar, the great council of state, and supreme court of justice, 103,

108

Bhat, a cast of Newars, 34

Bhat, a cast of Kasiyas, 305

Bhatgang, a principality, and its capital town, 209, 210, 211

Bhawani, see Devi and Tulasi

Bhawar or Bhar, a tribe, 47, 128, 164

Bhemagarhi, a town, 161

Bhimphedi, a station, 200

Bhim Sen, son of Pandu, first Hindu colonist, 9, 25, 167

Bhim Sen, a chief of Gorkha, 19, 108, 112, 176, 258,

260-262, 277

Bhingri, a lordship, 239, 268, 270

Bhitari Tarayi, a territory, 278

Bhomor, a lordship, 313

Bhot or Bhotan, the country occupied by Bhotiyas, including what

Europeans call Bhotan and Thibet, 55-60, 90, 243

Bhotan, formerly Madra and Sailya, see these words, Deva Dharma Raja, and

page 8

Bhotiyas, Hindus, so called from living near the frontier, 24, 215 see

also Kath Bhotiyas, and Seyena Bhotiyas

Bhotiyas, a nation occupying Bhot, 25, 50-60, 118, 158, 165,

194, 242, 243, 248, 287, 288, 293, 307

Bhurjapatra, ) a medicinal herb, 97

Bhuryapatra, )

Bhutkes, ) a medicinal plant, 86, 98

Bhutkesar, )

Bichari, a judge, 102, 105, 150

Bichhakor, a custom-house, 196

Bidur Sahi, a chief of Gorkha, 261

Biga, a measure of land, 153, 154, 216

Bihadani, a duty on marriages, 161

Bikh, ) a medicinal herb, 98, 99

Bikhma, )

Bilasi, a mart, 124

Bilaspur, Easter, see Dalu Dailek

Bilaspur, Wester, a lordship, 303, 304

Bilaspur, a town in Kahalur, 313

Binayak, first Raja of Butaul, 132, 170

Binayakpur, see Butaul

Birch tree, 83, 97

Birds, kinds of, 67, 95

Birkot, a lordship, 238, 239, 241

Birtha, a kind of melk land, 219

Bish ) a medicinal herb, 98, 99

Bishma, )

Bishtako, a tribe, 18, 28

Bist, see Karyi

Bisuli, a weight, 216

Bitalpa, a person holding land by a certain kind of tenure, 107, 219

Bitrawati river, 194

Bombax heptaphyllum or Simul tree, 63

Borax the drug, 214

Borbhakan, one of the twelve lordships, 306

Bos Bubalus, see Buffalo

Bos grunniens or cattle, the tails of which are called Chamari, Changwari,

Chaungri, or Chauri, with different breeds of the same species,

called Lulu and Jhogo, 76, 93, 217, 285

Bos Taurus, see Neat cattle

Bouddha, sect of, see Buddhas, and pages 10, 25, 30, 32, 40,

189, 208, 209

Bouddhama, a temple, 209, 211

Brahma, a deity, 32

Brahma, a sect and tribe, 189, 279

Brahmans

Introduction into Nepal, etc. 10, 25, 305

Manners, 16

Privileges, 104, 179, 219, 234, 251

Number, 242, 244, 252, 265, 266, 267, 269,

275, 277, 279, 281, 282, 286, 297

Military, 48

Of Mithila, 46

Brahmaputra river, 91, 214

Brahma Sahi, a chief of Gorkha, 254, 255, 261, 298, 301

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

pages 104, 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 pages 57, 212, 213

Desa, in Hindu geography, denotes the 56 divisions 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 pages 107, 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

Fox, 63

Fruit, 73, 230

Fuel, 225

Futeh Sa, a chief of Garhawal, 299

GAJAL, a lordship, 276, 280

Gajarkot, a lordship, 171, 184, 238, 239

Galkot, a lordship and town, perhaps the Ghoorikote of

Kirkpatrick, 238, 239, 269, 275

Gandaki, Kali, Krishna, Narayani, or Salagrami river, 79, 91, 181,

272, 273

Gandharbha Sen, Raja of Palpa, 171

Gandhauk, capital of the part of Sikim remaining independent, 122

Gandi river, 244

Gang or Gram, a small division of territory, a village, a

manor, 102, 113, 150, 155

Gangaye, a tribe, 156, 164

Ganges river sources, or Ganggotri, 3, 301, 302

Ganggoli, a town, 297

Ganggotri, see Ganges

Gangja, see Cannabis

Gar, see Garhawal

Garahang, a lordship, 238, 239, 241

Gardens, kitchen, 230, see also Fruit

Garhawal or Gar, a principality, often called Srinagar from its modern

capital, 248, 283, 295, 298-302, 303

Garhi, a district or considerable portion of territory, 150

Garlic, the root, 228, 229

Gar Pasara, a fortress, 168, 196

Gar Samaran, a ruined city, once the capital of Mithila or

Tirahut, 45, 49, 129, 188, 190, 191

Gautama, a deity of the Buddhas, 57

Gautamiya, a tribe, 270, 271

Gelpo, title of the chief of Sikim, 118

Gengdi, a town, 241

Gentiana, called Chirata, 85

Ghaman, chief of Kangra, 310

Gharti, a tribe, 18, 19, 28, 279

Ghiring, a lordship, 171, 184, 238, 239

Ghosts, worship of, 26

Ghowasin, a lordship, 310

Ginger root, 75, 229, 306

Giuseppe, Father, his account of Nepal, 7

Goat, common, 76, 217

Goat producing the shawl-wool or Changra, and its wool, 76, 93, 217

Gods of the Hindus, 288 ; see also Brahma, Devi, Gautama, Gorakhanath,

Kangkali, Salagram, Siva, Tulasi, Temples, Vishnu

Goitre or swelled throat, 72, 87

Gola, see Custom-house

Gold, 76, 93, 272, 289, 298

Gomashtah, an officer of revenue, 103

Gootum, a lordship, 280

Gopal dynasty, or second family of Cowherd kings in

Nepal, 188, 191, see Gupt

Gorakhanath, tutelar deity of the reigning family, 210, 211 244

Gorakhpur district, once subject to Tirahut, 129

Gorayit, a messenger employed in the police and revenue departments, 155

Gordonia, a tree, 83

Gorkha, a lordship, 238, 242, 243

Gorkha Rajas extraction and genealogy, 26, 52, 240, 243, 262,

263

policy, 64, 120, 172, 174, 175, 178, 179, 180,

239, 249, 278, 284, 300

present power, 7, 117, etc.

conquest of the Baisi and Chaubisi Rajas, 145, 173, 248,

269, 271

conquest of Butaul, etc. 177

conquest of Chaudandi, 146

conquest of Garhawal and the countries to the west of the

Ganges, 259, 299, 304, 307, 311

conquest of Khidim, 171

conquest of Kumau, 174, 296,

conquest of Makwanpur, 144, etc.

conquest of Morang, 140, etc.

conquest of Nepal, 145, 192, 245

conquest of Palpa, 177, 261,

conquest of Sikim, 120, etc. 248

conquest of Yumila, 250, 287

Gosaignsthan, one of the chief peaks of Emodus 194

Got, a cast of Newars, 34

Gotoo, a cast of Newars, 37

Government, 101, etc. 287

Govindapur, a town, 313

Grains, see Amaranthus, Barley, Cynosurus, Dolichos, Ervum, Holcus,

Paspalum, Phaseolus, Pisura, Rice, Sesamum, Uya, Wheat, Produce

Gram, see Gang

Granite, see Aggregate rocks

Guhyiswari, an idol and temple of Devi, 208

Gular, a lordship, 312, 314

Gulmi, a lordship and town, 171, 173, 174, 238, 239,

251, 263

Gunpowder, 164

Gupt or Ahira, that is, the (1st) cow-herd dynasty in Nepal 188,

189, 190, 191, see Gopal

Guru, the spiritual guide of a Hindu, 211, 255

Gurung, a people, 25, 27, 28, 242, 274, 275, 287

HAKUYA, a preparation of rice, 224

Hamo, see Sesamum

Hang, chief of the Kirata nation, 133, 146

Hang, chief of the Lapcha nation, 118, 121

Hanur, a lordship, 304, 307

Harbhang Rajas, a dynasty governing the Kiratas, 132

Hare the animal, 68

Hariballabh, his information concerning the countries west from the

Kali river, 5

Hariharpur, a fortress, 168, 197

Haripur, capital of Gular, 314

Hari Singha, Raja of Mithila and Garsamaran, 190, 191

Harsha Deva, a turbulent Brahman, 295, 296, 299, 311

Hasthadal, a chief of Gorkha, 261

Hatiya, a mart, 157, 159

Hatuya, a fortress, 165

Hawoo tribe, 25

Hedang, a town, 157, 158, 165

Heir apparent, 107

Hemp, see Cannabis

Hethaura, an important station, 198

Hial, a cast of Newars, 36

Hilly country or region, 66, 125, 168, 197, 199, 200

Himachul, ) Also called Humla, the Emodus

Himadri, ) of the ancients, 28, 62,

Himaleh, ) 88-93, 124, 159, 164 242,

Himalichul, ) 243, 284, 288, 298, 301,

Himaliya, ) 315

Hindus of the mountains, called Parbatiyas or Highlanders, Colonies, see

Colony, and 9, etc. 23, 28, 165, 286, 287,

291, 302, 305

Conversion, 98

Intolerance, 23, 37, 293, 297, 302, 312, 315

Manners, 21, 204, 208, 247

Hindustan, 91

Hindoo Coosh mountain, 92

Hingwalka bara Saral, see Yew tree

Hingwalka chhota Saral, see Pinus picea

Hitan, see Chautariya

Hodoya Bikh or Bish, a drug, 99

Hoe, the implement, 221

Hog deer, 68

Hog wild, 68

Holcus Sorghum, Kaungni, Muccai, or Muruli, a grain, 227, 231,

see Chuya

Holly tree, 83

Hornbeam tree, 83

Hornstone rock, 66

Horse, 76, 217, 284

Houses, kind, 38, etc. 210, 241, 242, 263, 265,

266, 267, 268, 275, 277, 278, 281,

297, 313

Number, see Population

Taxed, 154, 162, 217

Humla, see Himaliya

Hung, see China.

ICHHANG LIMA, a part of the snowy mountains, see Himaliya

Ika, see Sinapis

Implements of agriculture, 221, 226

Indus river, 91, 289

Information, sources of, 1, etc.

Inhabitants, 9, etc. see Aborigines, Population

Intoxication, 22, 25, 26, 35, 38, 55, 224, 226, see

also Cannabis

Iron, blue earthy ore, a mineral, 81

Iron manufacture, 232

Iron mines, 76, 77, 264, 265, 266, 269, 272,

275, 278, 297, 306, 316

Irrigation, as a manure, 195, 203, 223

Ischæmum, called Sabe, a grass used for ropes, 64

Isma, a lordship, 238, 239, 263, 267

Izaradar or Renter, an officer of revenue, 105

JACKAL, the wild beast, 68

Jagajit, a chief of the Pangre family, 296, 299

Jagannath, an idol’s temple, 209

Jagat Chandra, a chief of Kumau, 294

Jagat Gar, a fortress, 303

Jagat Prakas, chief of Sirmaur, 303

Jahari lordship, 270, 276, 280

Jainti, a drug, 86

Jajarkot, lordship and town, 270, 276, 280, 283, 284, 286

Janaka Rajas, ancient chiefs of Mithila, 45, 161

Janaka Pur, their capital, 45, 161

Jar or Jariya tribe, 25, 28, 270, 291, 297

Jarapani, a mart, 277

Jat, a tribe, 297, 312

Jatamangsi, a drug, 97

Jausi, a tribe of illegitimate Brahmans, 17, 178, 275, 277,

279, 281, 282

Jausi, a tribe of Newars, 33

Jayadeva, see Jaydeva

Jaya Kirti, chief of Garhawal, 295

Jaya Krishna, a turbulent Brahman, 294

Jaya Singhapur, a town, 310

Jaydeva or Jayadeva, a Brahman of note, 291, 294

Jaygir, land held by feodal tenure for the performance of

service, 107 155, 156, 164, 169, 212, 298,

299, 301, 303, see Feodal

Jaysalmer, a lordship in the Rajput country, 302

Jajurbedi Brahmans, a sect, 17

Jeea, see Cannabis

Jethabura, a chief officer of government, 107

Jhausi, a town on the Ganges, 291

Jhogo, see Bos grunniens

Jhola, a bridge made of rattan ropes, 27

Jhula, a drug, see Lichen

Jimri, see Rapti river

Jopu, a cast of Newars, 34

Joyar, a territory and passage among the snowy mountains, 293, 298

Jumnemundru, a tree, see Leontice

Juniperus, called Dhupi, a tree, 96

Juniperus, called Thumuriya Dhupi, a tree, 96

Jury, or Pangchayit, 102, 114

Jyotish, see Astrology

Jwalamukhi, a town, temple, and burning rock, 312

KAHALUR, a lordship, 307, 312, 316

Kaigo, a pulse, see Pisum

Kailasa mountain, 90, 288

Kajy, an officer, see Karyi

Kakun, a grain, see Panicum italicum

Kalagong lordship, 280

Kalamakwani family, 263

Kalap gram, a cave famous in legend, 302

Kali river, there are two of this name, see Gandaki, and 282

Kaliya, see Secretary

Kalsi, a town, 303, 306

Kamalgar, a fortress, 316

Kamal Lochan his maps, 4

Kami, a tribe, 20

Kamm, an inferior officer of government, see Desali

Kamiya Brahmans 17

Kamrup, the district of Ranggapur and the adjacent part of Asam, 7,

119, 156

Kanak Nidhi Tiwari, his account and map of the Khas country, 4, 291

Kanet, a tribe, 305

Kangkali, a deity, 48

Kangkari, a fruit, 229

Kangra, a lordship, temple, and town, 304, 305, 309-312, 313

Kanguni, a grain, see Panicum italicum

Kankayi river, 124, 159

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, 259 287

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, 155 163

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, 13 174, 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, and 313

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 coin 215

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,

see also Bitalpa and Brittiya

Menjoo Dev’, a deity, (probably Manyu, son of Brahma,) 206

Mercury, the metal, 78, 264, 272

Meyangma, see Maingmo

Mica, a mineral, 94, 195, 272

Michelia or Champa, a tree, 83, 217

Military establishment or army, 110, 115, 148, 149, 246,

262, 298, 306, see Seapoy, Telangga

Military rank, higher than civil, 109

Military tenure, see Feodal

Mill water for grain, 221

Mimosa, called Khaira, 67

Minerals, 66, 76, 195, see Mines

Mines, see Copper, Corundum, Crystal, Gold, Iron, Lead, Mercury,

Mica, Salt, Sulphur, Zinc, also 76, 154, 156, 164,

166, 169, 181, 184, 195, 218, 264, 275,

277, 306

Mint at Almora, 293, at Kathmandu, 213, 293

Mirgu, part of the snowy mountains, 89, 158, 159

Mitha, a root, 99

Mithila or Tirahut, an ancient kingdom, 156, 191

Mohan Singha, a chief of Kumau, 294

Mohur, a coin, 214, 215

Mohurer, register in the Fouzdars office, 155

Mokuddum, a petty officer, called also Mahato, Pradhan, and

Umra, 102, 113, 150, 153, 155

Money of accounts, 214, see Coin

Money, rent, 220

Moon, family of, 291

Morang, a lordship and district, 138, 151, etc.

Mosu, ) a pulse, see Ervum Lens

Mosuri, )

Mountainous region, 69, 87, 168, 202

Muhammedans, see Musulman

Mujumdar, an officer of accounts, 102

Mukhola, salt mine, 286

Muktanath, hot springs, a place of pilgrimage, 79, 272

Mundi, a lordship and town, 304, 318

Mung a pulse, see Mas

Mungur a people, see Magar

Munsiyari, a territory, 293

Munsuf of Bahadurgunj, his information, 2

Muri, a measure of grain, 216

Murmi, a people, 25, 52, 59, 169

Musa, a fruit tree, called Plantain by the English, 230

Musa, a kind of pulse, see Dolichos

Music, 37 111

Musikot, two lordships, 238, 239, 263, 266, 270,

276, 280

Musk, a drug, and the animal producing it, 94

Mustard, see Sinapis

Musulmans, properly Moslemin or Muhammedan, 38

Myrica, called Karphul, a tree, 85

NADAUN, a town, 311, 312, 314

Nahan, a town, 302, 306

Nagarjun, a mountain, 205

Nag Bamba Mal, chief of Malebum, 270, 271

Nai, a cast, 20

Nalagar, a town, 308

Nanakamata, a territory, 293

Nandapur Tisuti, a lordship, 129

Narabhupal or Nribhupal, Raja of Gorkha, 244, 262

Naragarhi a town, 161

Narayan Das, a chief of Morang, 2

Narayani river, see Gandaki

Nau, a cast of Newars, 36

Nawab Singha, chief of Dang, 278

Nawab Vazir, Muhammedan Prince of Oude or Ayodhya, 277, 278, 301

Nawalpur, a town, 183

Nayakot, a lordship, and its capital, 238, 239, 241

Nayakot, a town of Nepal Proper, 194

Neat cattle, including oxen, (Bos taurus,) 76, 217

Neb, an inferior minister of a prince, 2, 147

Negi or Adhikar, an inferior officer of government, 114

Nepal Proper, conquest by the Gorkhalese, 7

Definition, 7, 164, 167, 186 192

Description, 3, 80, 88, 205, etc,

History, 187, etc,

Name, 187, 192

Originally a lake, 206

Newar, a people 25, 29, etc, 48, 50, 59, 190, 191

210, 225 229, 269

Nilkantha or Bara Nilkantha, a place of pilgrimage among the snow,

192, 194

Nirbikhi, ) a root, 99

Nirbishi, )

Nitre or saltpetre, 164

Niyam Muni, (Nymuni of Kirkpatrick,) first king of Nepal, 187, 190

Nobility, see Aristocracy

Nribhupal, see Narabhupal

Nuggerkotie, tribe, 25

Nurpur, a lordship and town, 303, 314

Nymuni, see Niyam Muni,

OAK TREES, 83, 202, 217

Oaths, 103

Orange, a fruit, 73, 230

Ordeal, trial by, 103, 104

Oriswa, a country, 46

Ox, see Neat cattle,

PADAM CHHAL, a medicinal herb,100

Pagan, Mr, his accounts of the country, 2

Paisah, a copper coin and money, 214, 215

Palaces, 210

Palas tree, see Erythrina

Pali, a district and town, 293, 297

Paliya, a people, 119

Palpa, a principality, 131, 170, etc, 238, 239, 245,

247, 251, 258

Pamar or Pangwar, a tribe, 240, 298

Panauni, river, 202

Panar river, 298

Pangchayit, a kind of jury, 102, 114

Pangdu Kodo, a grain, see Cynosurus

Pangre, a family of Brahmans, 103

Pangre, a noble family of Gorkha, 110, 254, 259, see also

Damodar, Jagajit, and Ranjit

Pangtha, a family of Brahmans, 103

Pangwar, see Pamar

Panicum colonum, Tangri, or Kakun, a grain, 231

Panicum italicum, Kanguni, or Sami, a grain, 231, 275

Paper manufacture, 232

Papti, a part of the snowy mountains, 159

Parakeet, 67, 68

Parakrama, a turbulent chief, 295, 300

Parbat, a lordship, see Malebum

Parbatiya Basha or Khas Basha, the language spoken by the

Parbatiya Hindus, 16

Parbatiya Hindu, a Hindu of the mountains, 11, 16, 210, 212

Pariyat mountains, 315

Parwati, see Devi

Pasara, a district, 168

Paspalum, called Sana Kodo, a grain, 227, 284

Pasture, 64, 75, 90, 204, 217, 288, 297

Pasupatinath, a temple of Siva, 208, 212, 219

Pathaniya, a tribe of Rajputs, 314

Pathankot, a territory, 314

Pathi, a measure of grain, 216

Pati or squad, a subdivision of a company of regular troops, 111

Patna, a city of Behar, 195, 212

Patwari, the clerk or register of a village, 155

Pauriyal, a tribe, 18

Pea, see Pisum

Peach tree, 73

Peasantry, 169

Perdix rufa, Chakor or Chakuri, a bird, 95, 235

Pergunah, a district or division of territory, 114, 150, 152,

153, 161, 162, 182

Phakali, a passage among the snowy mountains between Bhotan

and Thibet, 127

Phakphok, part of the Himaliya mountains, 159

Phala, a mart, 166

Phalabam or New Dang, a town, 278

Phaphar, a grain, see Amaranthus

Phaseolus calcaratus, Roxb. Lata Rato and Ruta Mas or

Hayngu May, a grain, 227

Phaseolus Minimoo Roxb. Urid, and Kala Mas or May,

a grain, 227, 232, 284

Phaseolus ocultatus Roxb. Seta Mas, or Chika May, a grain, 227

Phaseolus racemosus Roxb. Lal Mung or Hayngu May, a grain, 227

Phasianus Impeyanus or Dhangphiya, a bird, 95, 285

Pilgrimage, 152, 161, 185, 192, 301, 302

Pine apple, 73, 230

Pine trees, 202, 217, see also Pinus

Pinus longifolia, Salla or long-leafed pine, a tree, 67, 197

Pinus strobus, or Weymouth pine, a tree, 83

Pinus picea, common spruce fir, or Hingwalka chhota Saral, 83, 96

Pisum arvense, Pea, Kerao, or Kaigo, 228, 284

Piuthana, a lordship, 231, 238, 268

Plain region subject to Nepal, see Tariyani

Plants, spontaneous, 63, 67, 83, 200

Pluviometer, see Register of the Weather at the end

Poin, a lordship, 238, 239, 269

Poison root, 55, 99

Pokang, a mart, 158, 159

Pokhara, a town and mart, 242

Police, 102, etc, 149, 212

Policy, see Gorkha

Population, 209, 242, 266, 267, 268, 269, 274,

275, 279, 297

Portaw, a province of Thibet, 121

Porters and porterage, 233

Potatoe, common, see Solanum

Potatoe, sweet, see Convolvulus

Pradhan, a petty officer, see Mokuddum

Pradipa Sa, a chief of Garhawal, 299, 310

Pradyumna Sa, a chief of Garhawal, 295, 299, 300

Praja, see Farmer who rents land to cultivate

Pratap Chandra, chief of Kumau, 296

Prati Nidhi Tiwari, his account of the Khas country, 4, 291

Prayag, five places of worship at the junctions of the principal

branches of the Ganges, 302

Prayaschitta, an expiation or fine, 21, 103

Presents, a source of revenue, 106, 154

Prithwi Narayan, king of Gorkha, 141, 144, 171, 192, 211,

213, 214, 245, 262, 277

Prithwi Pal, Raja of Palpa, 174, 260

Process in law, 102

Produce of an acre, see Crops, and 216, 225

Prostitution, 235

Pujari, a priest who conducts the ceremonies of worship, 211, 219

Pulihu mountain, 205

Pun, a tribe, 279

Punishments, see Corporal, Fine, Prayaschitta

Puria, a tribe of Newars, 37

Purubi Brahmans, 17

Putaul, a tribe of Newars, 36

QUEEN, Rani, Maha Rani, or virgin spouse of a Raja, 105, 211, 212,

224, 235

Queen of Rana Bahadur, regent of Gorkha, 175, 212, 251,

252-258, 261, 264

Queen of Singha Pratap, regent of Gurkha, see Rajendra Lakshmi

Queen regent, concubine of Rana Bahadur, 251, 252-257

RADISH ROOT, 229

Rahal, a tribe, 287

Raja, the king, his authority and establishment, 102, 105, 147,

165, 219

Raja, a chief, often very petty, 261, 298

Rajangka, a kind of capitation or income tax, 106, 154, 156,

164, 169

Rajbungsi, a tribe, see Koch

Rajdani, the court of the king, 108

Rajendra Lakshmi, regent of Gorkha, 247

Rajgar or ) a town, capital of Yasawal, 314

Rajpur, )

Rajpur or Champaranya, a lordship, 129, 131, 170, 172

Rajput, a tribe, see Chandel, Chauhan, Gautamiya, Katauch, Manuriya,

Pathaniya, Raythaur, Samal, Shalivahana, Suryabangsi, also

15, 18, 19, 156, 160, 164, 169, 253,

266, 267, 269, 286, 297

Rama, ancestor of the Rajpur family, 170

Ramagar, a town in Hanur, 308

Ramajai Batacharji, his collections for the materials of this work, 1

Ramnagar, a district, 182

Rampur, chief town of Besar, 307

Rana or Thakur, a title inferior to Raja, a lord, 303, 313

Rana, a tribe, 18, 19

Rana Bahadur or Swamiji, king and regent of Gorkha, 174, 175,

213, 216, 247, 250-253, 258-261, 262, 264,

287, 300

Ranadhwar, a chief of Gorkha, 262

Ranajor, an officer of Gurkha, 305

Ranggapur, a district of Bengal, part of the ancient kingdom of

Kamrup, 7

Rani, see Queen

Ranigar, a territory, 299

Ranjit Pangre, an officer of Nepal, 216

Ranjit Singha, the Sikh chieftain of Lahaur, 259, 305, 311,

312, 313, 314, 315

Rape seed, see Sinapis

Rapti or Jimri river, 268

Raputi river, 198, 199

Ratna Sen, Raja of Palpa, 177

Ravan Hrad lake, 288

Rawa, a fortress, 165

Rayapur, a lordship, 304, 305

Rayapur, a town, capital of Kottahar, 314

Raythaur, a family, chiefs of Jaysalmer and Sirmaur, 302

Reeds, 64

Register, an office in several courts, see Kanungo, Mohurir,

Patwari, Suduriya

Reher, a territory, 293

Rent of arable land, 153, 161, 162, 211, 218, 220,

284

of houses, see House

of pasture, 153, 155, 162, 217

Rerighat, a town, 180, 264

Revenue, see Customs, Duties, Farms, Fines, Law courts of, Mines,

Mint, Presents, Rajangku, Rent, Sayer, and also 105, 106,

112, 115, 149, 150, 153, 154, 156, 161,

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, or SAHI, 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, 56-58 190, 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, page 216

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, 234 see 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 province 104, 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, or TAZI, 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, and 69, 70, 197

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

302, 311

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

and also 107, 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

Thermometer, see Register of the Weather at the end

Thibet, a country of great extent, north from India, see Degarchi,

Kerung, Kutti, Ladak, Lassa, Mastang, Tishu Lama, and also 51,

52, 56, 89, 90, 91, 92, 121, 122, 123,

127, 156, 157, 164, 165, 180, 190, 191,

212, 289, 298, 301, 307, 315

Thor Chandra, a chief of Kumau, 12, 291

Thumuriya Dhupi, a tree, see Juniperus

Tibri, a fort and temple, 286

Tiger, 63