India: A History. Revised and Updated (121 page)

Flood, The,
1
–5

Fort Derawar, Harappan site,
9

Funan, Indic kingdom in Vietnam,
124
,
128
,
176

Gama, Vasco da,
306

Gana-Sangha
(early republic)
47
–8,
49
,
51
,
64
,
67

Gandak River,
43

Gandhara, people, region & artistic genre of the north-west,
50
,
58
–62,
71
,
84
,
103
,
117
,
121
,
143

Gandhi, Indira, prime minister,
477
,
517
,
529
,
549
–52,
557
–60,
562
–4,
578
–81,
593

Gandhi, M.K., ‘Mahatma’,
100
,
247
,
449
,
452
,
453
,
455
,
471
–2,
475
,
477
,
479
–83,
484
,
486
,
492
,
497
,
498
,
514
,
521
,
524
–5

Gandhi, Rajiv, prime minister,
580
–1,
588
–9,
598
,
602
,
603
–4

Gandhi, Sanjay, younger son of Indira,
573
–6,
578
–9

Ganesh, Sultan Raja of Bengal,
287

Ganga dynasty of Mysore,
169
,
191
,
192
,
199

Ganga dynasty of Orissa,
220
,
271
,
278

Ganga River,
xxiv
,
26
,
36
,
40
,
43
,
44
,
61
,
70
,
73
–5,
106
,
135
,
164
,
192
,
201
,
208
,
220
–1

Gangaikondacholapuram, Tamil Nadu,
221

Garhgaon, Assam,
341

Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh,
330

Gauda, Bengal,
162
,
163

Gaur, Bengal,
244
,
279

Gautamiputra Satakarni, 1st–2nd c
AD
Shatavahana ruler,
131

‘Ghadr’, ‘Mutiny’ movement of c1914,
472
–3

Ghaggar River,
13

Ghakkars, warrior community in Panjab,
240
,
247

Ghatotkacha Gupta, early Gupta ruler,
134

Ghazni, Afghanistan,
204
,
207
,
209
,
210
,
225
–6,
235
–6,
239
,
256

Ghenghiz Khan, Mongol leader,
239
,
243
,
248

Gheriah
see
Vijayadurg

Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq, 14th c Delhi sultan,
261
,
262
–5

Ghor, Afghanistan,
225
,
284

Ghose (Ghosh), Aurobindo, nationalist & reformer,
461
,
467

Ghosh, Dr B.K., scholar,
29
,
30

Gilgit, Northern Areas of Pakistan,
115
,
463

Girnar, Gujarat,
84
,
88
,
129
–30,
144
,
286
–7

Goa,
169
,
283
,
306
,
348
,
355
,
533
–4

Gobind, last Sikh Guru,
345
,
360
–1

Godavari River,
149
,
190
,
200

Godhra, Gujarat,
599
–600

Godse, Nathuram, assassin,
524
–5

Gokhale, Gopal Krishna, teacher & Congress leader,
461
,
465
–6,
468
,
471
,
474

Gol Gumbaz
see
Bijapur

Golconda, Andhra Pradesh,
293
,
302
,
332
,
337
,
338
,
355

Gomateshwara, Jain saint,
85

Gondophares, 1st c
AD
Parthian king,
109
–10,
115

Gopala, 8th c founder of Pala dynasty,
192
,
195

Gosala, Ajivika founder,
64

Goverment of India Act (1935),
490
–1,
502
,
526
,
539

Govinda III, 8–9th c Rashtrakuta king 199

Govinda-Raja, 12th c ruler of Delhi,
235
,
237

Graeco-Roman perceptions of India,
58
–9,
76
–7,
78
,
85

Great Rebellion (Indian Mutiny) of 1857–8,
436
–47

Greeks, Ancient,
59
,
70
–77,
78
–9,
104
,
106
–9,
117
,
see also
Graeco-Roman

‘Green Revolution’,
544
,
561
–2,
563

Gresley, Captain, explorer of Ajanta,
149
–50

Grhpatis
, ‘house-holders’,
30
,
53

Guha, Ram, historian,
604

Guhasena, 6th c Maitraka ruler of Saurashtra,
157

Gujarat,
36
,
42
,
84
,
88
,
129
–33,
141
–2,
195
–6,
209
,
231
,
234
,
256
–7,
275
,
284
–7,
298
–9,
306
,
316
,
352
,
368
,
405
,
574
,
599
–600

Gujars, community of herdsmen,
195
,
263

Gujranwala, Panjab,
476

Gujrat, Panjab,
424

Gulab Singh, first Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir,
423

Gulbarga, Karnataka,
279
,
283
,
284

Gulf states,
587

Gungu, brahman minister,
281

Guptas, 4th–5th c dynasty,
104
,
132
,
133
,
134
–54,
157

Gurjara-Pratiharas, composite rajput dynasty of 8–10th c Kanauj,
169
,
187
,
195
–9,
202
–3,
206
,
231
,
233

Gurgaon, Delhi,
578

Gurkha War of 1814–16,
415
,
435

Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh,
144
,
199
,
211
,
239
,
286
,
289
,
293
,
368
,
406
,
408
,
439
,
444

Habib, Irfan, historian,
245
,
320

Haidar Ali Khan, 18th c sultan of Mysore,
394
–7

Hakim, half-brother of Akbar,
318

Halebid, Karnataka,
251
–2,
258

Hampi, Karnataka,
282

Harappa, Panjab,
9
,
13
,
15
,
23
,
24

Harappan Civilisation,
5
–18,
19
,
22
–4

Hardinge, Lord, Viceroy,
468

Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir,
512

Harihara I, 14th c founder of Vijayanagar kingdom,
281

Harihara II, 14th c king of Vijayanagar,
282

‘Harijans’, ‘children of God’, ‘untouchables’, ‘Dalits’,
482
,
492
,
604

Harisena, Gupta minister & panegyrist,
151

Harsha-vardhana, 7th c emperor,
159
,
160
–7,
168
,
169
–70,
182

Haryana,
233
,
577

Hasina Wajed, Bangladeshi prime minister,
565
,
590

Hastinapura, Uttar Pradesh,
4
,
40
,
42
,
44

Hastings, Warren, Governor-General,
383
,
392
–3,
396
,
404
–6,
426

Hawkins, Captain William, East India Company emissary,
370

Hedges, William, East India Company director,
371

Heliocles, Bactrian Greek king,
107

Heliodorus, Bactrian Greek ambassador,
108

Hemu, ‘raja Vikramaditya’, 16th c adventurer,
309
–10

Herodotus, historian,
58
,
59
,
60
,
78

Himachal Pradesh,
208
,
415
,
577

Himalayas,
xxii
,
27
,
113
–7,
182
,
244
,
267
–8,
421
,
535

Hinayana School of Buddhism,
115
–7,
182

Hindal, Mughal prince, brother of Humayun,
298

Hindi Language
44
,
132
,
457
,
527
–30

‘Hindu’, ‘Hindustan’,
57
–8

Hindu Kush,
113
–7

Hinduism,
133
,
147
–8,
189
,
304

Hindutwa (Hindu-ness),
600

Hindustani, language,
527

Hisb-ul-Mujahidin,
594

History & Culture of the Indian People
,
3
,
155

Ho Chi Minh,
485

‘Hostage Theory’,
521
–2

Horses,
25
,
29
,
32
,
70
,
109
,
158
,
181
,
211
,
276
–7,
306
,
398

Hoysalas, 10–13th c dynasty in Karnataka,
251
–2,
258

Hsuan Tsang, 7th c Chinese visitor,
158
,
161
,
162
,
164
–7,
168
,
170
,
182
,
195
,
203

Hughli, river & town in Bengal,
371
,
372
,
390

Hulagu, Mongol leader,
248

Humayun, Mughal emperor,
293
,
294
,
296
–9,
308
–9,
316
,
332

Hume, Allan, Congress leader,
457
–8

Hund (Ohind), Panjab,
203

Huns,
110
,
117
,
143
–4,
158
–9,
167

Hunza, Pakistan’s Northern Areas,
114
,
115

Husain Ali Khan
see
Saiyid Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh,
276
,
338
,
355
–6,
357
,
369
–70,
377
,
379
,
381
,
393
–4,
395
,
400
–1,
488
,
496
,
512
–3

Hyderabad, Sind,
184
,
567

Hydrography,
xxiii
-xxv

I’Tsing (I’Ching) 7th c Chinese visitor,
177

Ibn Asir, 11th c scholar,
235

Ibn Batuta, 14th c traveller,
265
,
266
–7,
270
,
275
–6

Ibrahim Adil Shah, 16–17th c sultan of Bijapur,
337

Ibrahim Lodi, 16th c sultan of Delhi,
292
–3

Ilbert Bill (1883),
456

Iltumish, Shams-ud-Din, 13th c sultan of Delhi,
240
–1,
243
–4