India: A History. Revised and Updated (120 page)

Constitutional Reform & Representation (1880–1947),
455
,
459
,
468
,
469
,
480
,
489
–90,
490
–1

Constitutions, Indian,
525
–7,
564
,
573
–4;

Pakistani,
526
,
538
–46,
554
,
564
,
568

Bangladeshi,
562
–5

Coorg, Mysore,
416

Copland, Ian, historian,
493

Cornwallis, Lord, British Governor-General,
399
–400,
430

Cotton & Textiles,
13
,
85
,
119
,
245
–7,
276
,
323
,
350
,
372
–3,
448
,
450
,
452

Court, Colonel, Napoleonic officer,
422

Crafts & Industry,
xxvi
,
10
,
13
,
55
,
127
,
145
,
272
,
323
,
451
,
466
,
530
–2,
538

Cranganore, Kerala,
122

Cripps, Sir Stafford, British politician,
497
,
498

Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu,
393

Cults,
14
,
31
–2,
53
,
96
,
147
–8,
194

Cunningham, Alexander, archaeological surveyor,
136

Curzon, Lord, Viceroy,
xxviii
,
459
,
461
–4,
468

Cyrus, Achaemenid king,
58

Dacca (Dhaka), Bangladesh,
340
,
341
,
371
,
464
,
466
,
528
,
541
–3,
555
,
559

Dahar (Dahir), 8th c ruler of Sind,
183
–5

Daksinapatha
, ‘the southern route’ – hence ‘Deccan’,
43
,
90
,
119
,
169

Dalai Lama,
534

Dales, George F., archaeologist,
23

Dalhousie, Lord, Governor-General,
424
,
432
–5

Damaji Gaikwad, Maratha leader,
368

Danda
, ‘force’, ‘coercion’,
149

Dandi, Gujarat,
487

Dani, Dr Ahmad Hassan, archaeologist,
114
–7

Dantidurga, 8th c founder of the Rashtrakuta dynasty,
190
–1,
200

Dara Shikoh, Mughal prince, son of Shah Jahan,
338
,
339
,
340
,
345

Darius I, Achaemenid king,
57
–8,
60

Dasa
, pre-
Arya
peoples of India,
21
,
23
,
24
,
28
,
29
,
35
,
53
–4

Dasaratha, Maurya emperor,
104

Dasyu
, interchangeable with
dasa
(
q.v.
)

Datia, Madhya Pradesh,
443

Daulat Khan, governor of Panjab under Lodi sultanate,
292
,
316

Daulat Rao Scindia, Maratha leader,
408

Daulatabad
see
Devagiri

Day, Francis, East India Company merchant,
332

Debal, Sind,
183
–4,
234

Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh,
415

Delhi,
42
,
131
,
136
,
142
–3,
206
,
233
,
239
,
240
,
247
–8,
259
–61,
262
–6,
292
,
301
,
309
,
310
,
335
,
340
,
366
,
374
–5,
385
–6,
403
,
410
,
439
–40,
447
,
465
,
489
,
503
,
509
,
517
,
574
,
580
–1

Delhi Sultanate,
213
,
240
–50,
262
–276

Demetrius II, Bactrian Greek king,
107

Desai Morarji Indian prime Minister,
575
–6

Deshmukhs
, landed nobles of Maharashtra,
338
,
355

Deva Raya I, 15th c king of Vijayanagar,
282

Deva Raya II, 15th c king of Vijayanagar,
282
,
303

Devagiri (Daulatabad), Maharashtra,
252
–5,
257
,
269
,
270
,
281
,
283

Devapala, 9th c Pala king,
193
,
195

Devnimori, Gujarat,
141

Dhaka
see
Dacca

Dhalip Singh, last Maharaja of Panjab,
423
,
424

Dhamma see Dharma

Dhanga, 10–11th c Chandela king,
213

Dhar, Madhya Pradesh,
226
–30,
285

Dharma
, ‘religion’, ‘duty’, ‘order’,
46
,
94
–100,
131
,
147
,
149
,
171
,
225

Dharmapala, 8th c Pala king,
192
–3,
195

Dhingra, Madanlal, patriot & assassin,
468

Dholpur, Rajasthan,
294

Dhruva, 8th c Rashtrakuta king,
192
,
197
,
199
,
201

Dhruvadevi, Gupta queen,
141

Digvijaya
, ‘conquest of the four quarters’ of the globe,
160
,
171
,
182
,
191
,
192
,
199
,
215
,
217
,
235
,
258
,
409
,
576
–7

Dilawar Khan Ghori, 15th c founder of Malwa sultanate,
284
–5

Disraeli, Benjamin, British prime minister,
447

Diu, Gujarat,
306

Divodasa, ancient king of Varanasi,
33
,
35

Diwan
, finance minister of a Muslim ruler, or the office of same,
382
,
387
,
392

Doab, region between rivers Jamuna & Ganga in Uttar Pradesh,
xxiv
,
26
,
41
–2,
44
,
256
,
268
,
294
,
413

Dorasamudra
see
Halebid

Dost Muhammad, 19th c Amir of Kabul,
418
,
420

Dow, Alexander, historian,
232

Draupadi, heroine,
39
,
46

Dravida Munnetra Kazhaghan (DMK) Tamil political party,
529
,
550
,
575

Dravidian languages,
xxvii
,
6
,
28
,
118
–9,
527
–30

Dryden, John, playwright,
326

Duby, Georges, historian,
218

Duff, James Grant, administrator & historian,
367
,
403
,
426

Dufferin, Lord, Viceroy,
455
,
458
–95

Dupleix, Joseph, Governor of Pondich-erry,
379
,
393

Durand Line (Pak-Afghan frontier),
598

Dyer, Brigadier-General Reginald, soldier & butcher,
475
–7

East India Company, Dutch, (
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie
)
323
,
348
,
373

East India Company, English,
323
,
332
,
350
,
361
,
364
,
370
–82,
383
–5,
404
–8,
414
,
419
,
427
–31,
446
,
448
,
486

East Pakistan,
538
,
539
,
541
–3,
546
,
548
,
553
–60;

see also Bangladesh

Eastern Chalukyas, 7–11th c dynasty,
170
,
191
,
216

Economy,
259
–60,
269
,
320
–4,
384
,
448
–51,
482
,
530
–2,
538
,
544
–5,
551
,
562
–3,
591
–2,
602
–4

Egypt,
121

Elections (1937)
491
,
493
, (1946) 500;

Indian,
525
–6,
530
,
550
,
551
–2,
573
,
575
,
576
,
598
,
601
–2,
604

Pakistani,
537
,
541
,
542
,
545
–6,
552
–5,
567

Elephanta Island, Maharashtra,
169

Elephants,
27
,
58
,
65
,
70
,
73
,
84
,
109
,
168
,
185
,
189
–90,
220
,
237
,
271
,
284
,
310

Ellora, Maharashtra,
xx
,
xxviii
,
125
,
191
,
200
–1

Elphinstone, Mountstuart, administrator & historian,
26
–7,
404
,
412
,
420
,
426

‘Emergency’, The, constitutional suspension of 1975–7,
528
,
564
,
572
–4

Emigration,
451
–3,
508
–9,
521
,
546
,
578
–9,
591

Epic of Gilgamesh
,
3

Eran, Madhya Pradesh,
148

Ershad Mohammad, Bangladeshi prime minister,
544
,
566
,
590

Eucratides, Bactrian Greek king,
107

Euthydemus, Bactrian Greek king,
106

Fa Hian (Fa Hsien), 5th c Chinese visitor,
145
–7,
152
,
158
,
160
,
176

Famine,
86
,
268
,
454
,
459
,
504

Farman
, Mughal imperial directive,
366
,
369
–77

Farrukhsiyar, Mughal emperor,
364
–6,
369
–70,
375

Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh,
308
,
315
–6,
319

Fazl-ul-Huq, E. Pakistani politician,
541

Federation, aborted constitutional proposal,
488
–95,
499

Fergusson, James, architectural historian,
262
,
336

Ferishta, Muslim historian,
204
,
206
,
207
,
210
,
231
–2,
236
–7,
240
,
241
,
249
,
258
,
260
,
281
,
282
,
286
,
289
,
297
,
299
,
307
,
337

Feroz Shah I Khalji (Jalal-ud-Din), 13th c Delhi sultan,
249
–50,
254
–5

Feroz Shah II Tughluq, 14th
c
Delhi sultan,
136
,
242
,
271
–4

Ferozepur, Panjab,
537

Ferozepur, battle of (1845),
423

Feudalism,
132
,
159
–60,
226
,
232
,
305

Firdausi, poet,
210