Read India: A History. Revised and Updated Online
Authors: John Keay
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Bharatpur, Rajasthan,
416
Bharhut Stupa,
68
,
102
Bhasa, Sanskrit playwright,
103
Bhashani Maulana, Bangladeshi politician,
555
Bhaskara-varman, 7th c ruler of Assam,
163
Bhatia, Panjab,
207
Bhatvadi, battle of (1624),
331
Bhilsa, Madhya Pradesh,
254
Bhima, hero,
39
,
42
Bhimpal, Pratihara rajput,
208
Bhindranwale, Sant Jarnail Singh, Sikh activist,
578
–9
Bhoj of Dhar, 11th c ‘philosopher king’
226
–30
Bhoja of Kanauj, 9th c Pratihara king,
199
,
202
Bhonsles of Nagpur, Maratha family,
368
,
387
–8,
402
,
410
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,
426
,
583
–5
Bhutan,
244
Bhutto, Benazir, Pakistan prime minister,
569
,
592
,
594
,
595
,
596
,
600
Bhutto, Shahnawaz,
512
Bhutto, Zulfiqar Ali, prime minister of Pakistan,
544
,
546
–8,
549
,
553
–60,
562
–3,
565
–9,
593
Bhuvaneshwar, Orissa,
213
,
220
Bidar, Karnataka,
283
,
284
,
302
Bihar,
40
,
41
,
43
,
49
,
61
–70,
134
,
193
,
239
,
243
–4,
263
,
296
,
391
–2,
449
,
465
,
471
,
550
,
587
Bihari refugees,
508
–9,
558
Bijapur, Karnataka,
216
,
302
–3,
307
,
331
,
332
,
337
–9,
351
,
355
Bimbisara, king of Magada,
65
,
66
,
67
–8
Bin Laden, Usama,
595
Bindusara, Maurya emperor,
80
,
89
,
90
,
91
Birla family, industrialists,
531
‘Black Hole of Calcutta’,
389
–90
Boigne, Count Benoît de, general,
408
Bombay (Mumbai),
126
,
348
,
370
–1,
372
,
381
,
393
,
405
,
456
,
461
,
586
,
594
,
599
Borobudur, Java,
177
–8
Bose, Rashbehari, nationalist revolutionary,
468
Bose, Subash Chandra, Congress radical & ‘Azad Hind’ leader,
493
,
494
–5,
504
,
518
Brahma, deity,
33
Brahmadeya
, land or revenue grant made to brahmans,
159
,
219
Brahmanabad, Sind,
185
,
186
Brahmanas
, Sanskrit texts dealing with sacrificial ritual,
2
,
26
,
30
,
40
,
43
Brahamans, members of the priestly/scholarly caste,
28
,
31
,
32
,
38
,
47
,
52
–4,
86
,
97
,
99
,
105
,
120
,
124
,
146
–7,
148
–9,
152
,
159
–60,
166
,
219
,
344
,
364
,
454
Brahmaputra River,
341
Brahmo Samaj
, Hindu reformist movement,
457
Braudel, F., historian
xxiv
Brhadratha, last Maurya emperor,
104
Briggs, John, scholar,
231
–2,
236
British perceptions of India,
xxviii
,
22
,
426
–32
Broach, Gujarat,
90
,
126
,
130
,
187
Buchan, John, writer,
471
Buddh Gaya, Bihar,
65
,
146
,
169
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama),
39
,
47
,
62
–7,
102
,
117
,
125
,
145
,
150
–1,
194
Buddhism,
47
,
62
–70,
87
,
89
,
97
,
99
,
105
,
120
,
124
,
146
–7,
148
–9,
152
,
158
,
166
,
182
,
193
–4,
223
,
534
Budha-Gupta, 5th c Gupta king,
144
Bukka, 14th c founder of Vijayanagar kingdom,
281
,
282
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh,
239
Burdwan, Bengal,
450
Burhanpur, Maharashtra,
332
,
348
Burma,
123
,
194
,
416
,
451
Burt, Captain, antiquarian,
214
Bussy, Charles de, French commander,
357
–81,
393
Cakravartin
, Buddhist ideal of universal emperor or cosmic ‘wheel-turner’,
70
,
139
,
140
,
159
,
170
Calanus, renunciate,
76
–7
Calcutta (Kolkota),
370
,
371
,
372
,
374
,
381
,
388
–9,
392
–3,
482
,
505
,
508
–9,
517
Calicut, Kerala,
277
,
306
,
481
Cambay, Gujarat,
257
,
298
,
348
Cambodia,
176
–7
Candala
, Harijan community,
54
,
145
Cannanore, Kerala,
481
Cape Comorin (Kanya Kumari), Kerala,
122
Carnatic Wars,
377
–81
Caste,
28
,
34
,
52
–5,
120
,
145
,
189
,
279
,
419
,
432
,
586
–7
Catherine of Braganza,
371
Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO),
533
Ceraman Perumal, Tamil saint,
219
Chach, 7th c ruler of Sind,
182
–3
Chahamanas, rajput lineage,
206
,
233
–8
Chaitanya, Bengali religious leader,
287
–8
Chalukyas, 7–8th c Deccan dynasty,
168
–70,
172
–6,
181
,
190
–1,
305
Chalukyas, Later Western, 11–12th c Deccan dynasty,
216
,
220
,
223
,
227
,
251
,
see also
Eastern Chalukyas
Chambal River,
xxv
,
192
Champa, Bengal,
65
Cham-pa, Indian kingdom in Vietnam,
124
,
177
Champaner, Gujarat,
286
,
298
Chand, rajput bard,
233
,
234
Chanda Sahib, 18th c claimant to Arcot,
379
Chandelas, rajput rulers of Bundelkhand,
199
,
206
,
209
,
213
–4,
227
,
234
Chanderi, Uttar Pradesh,
296
Chandernagore, Bengal,
377
,
381
,
390
Chandigarh, Panjab/Haryana,
577
–8
Chandra-Gupta I, Gupta emperor,
134
–6
Chandra-Gupta II, Gupta emperor,
134
,
141
–3,
145
Chandragupta, Maurya emperor,
69
,
79
–80,
81
,
82
–6,
130
,
134
Charles II of England/Scotland,
348
Charsadda, Panjab,
51
Chashtana, 2nd c Shaka satrap,
131
Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra, writer,
457
,
467
Chaul, Maharashtra,
277
Chausa, battle of (1529),
299
Chauth
, Maratha claim to 25% of revenue,
357
,
366
Chedi, district & dynasty in central India,
50
,
227
Chelmsford, Lord, British Viceroy,
473
Chenab River,
72
,
73
Chennai,
xxviii
,
see
Madras
Cheras, people & dynasty of Kerala,
170
,
173
,
181
,
199
,
215
,
218
,
220
Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu,
223
–5,
258
Chilas, Jammu & Kashmir,
115
Child, John, East India Company merchant,
371
–2
Child, Sir Josiah, East India Company governor,
371
–2
Chillianwala, battle of (1849)
424
China,
104
,
110
,
113
–7,
123
,
134
,
146
,
161
,
167
,
176
,
177
,
221
,
223
,
421
,
533
–6,
558
,
563
Chishti, Shaikh Salim, Sufi saint,
315
Chishti, Shaikh Muin-ud-Din, Sufi saint,
235
,
315
Chitor, Rajasthan,
256
,
279
,
287
,
300
,
313
–5
Chittagong, Bangladesh,
557
Chola dynasty of Tanjore,
xix
,
xxviii
,
119
,
121
,
170
,
201
,
214
–23,
225
,
252
Christians, Indian,
122
,
429
,
432
, Missions,
428
–9,
438
,
445
Chunar, Uttar Pradesh,
298
,
299
,
392
Churchill, Winston, British Prime Minister,
488
,
489
,
493
Clive, Robert, Colonel & Governor of Bengal,
375
,
379
–82,
383
,
386
,
393
,
486
Cochin, Kerala,
306
,
348
Coinage and currency,
52
,
61
,
101
,
105
,
106
–7,
111
,
131
,
135
,
139
,
144
,
269
,
275
,
301
,
317
,
333
,
342
,
361
,
373
,
433
,
538
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, French finance minister,
322
,
377
Commonwealth, British,
524
,
538
Communist Party (CPI & CPM),
481
,
518
,
530
–1,
550
–1,
552
,
557
,
575
Compagnie des Indes
,
350
,
373
,
376
,
377
,
393
–4
Congress Party,
453
,
454
,
455
,
456
–61,
464
,
465
,
466
–7,
470
,
477
,
480
–3,
491
,
493
–5,
500
–2,
513
–4,
520
,
527
,
529
,
549
–52,
575
–6,
604