A History of Assam c29: Index

A History of Assam c29

Language: English

Index

c29.1

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| **A** | | |
| Aba Baqar | .. | 67, 68, 108 |
| Abhaypur | .. | 78, 119, 135 |
| Abors | .. | 220, 321, 332 |
| Adhikār | .. | 218 |
| Afrāsiyāb | .. | 19 |
| Agent to Governor-General | 290, 296, 297 | |
| Agiathuti | .. | 117 |
| Āhōm, Derivation of | .. | 246 |
| Āhōm invasion of Jaintia | 175—179, 265, 266 | |
| ,, invasions of Kachāri kingdom | 90, 96, 106, 172—174, 249, 253, 255 | |
| Āhōm invasions of lower Assam | 109, 112, 127, 153, 157, 166, 180 | |
| Āhōm kings, Dates of | .. | 104, 363 |
| ,, ,, Origin of | .. | 70, 73—76 |
| ,, Law and justice | .. | 240 |
| ,, mythology | .. | 71 |
| ,, officials | .. | 235—240 |
| ,, wars—See War. | | |
| Āhōms, Affinities of | .. | 2, 70, 77 |
| ,, Description of | 121, 141—151 | |
| ,, Funeral customs of | 148 | |
| Āhōm, system of Chronology | 367 | |
| ,, Government | 233—246 | |
| ,, titles explained | .. | 245 |
| Ahu rice | .. | 294 |
| Aijal | .. | 318 |
| Aijepi era | .. | 75 |
| Aikhek | .. | 100, 107, 108 |
| Ain-i-Akbari | .. | 55, 58, 277 |
| Aitonia Nāgas | 84, 86, 100, 102 | |
| Akas | .. | 312, 320 |
| Akbarnāmah | .. | 55, 64 |
| Ākhāmpā Nāgas | .. | 85 |
| Ālamgirnāmah | 37, 128, 157 | |
| Ala Mingi | .. | 227 |
| Allen, Mr. | .. | 326, 327 |
| Ambassadors | .. | 244 |
| Ambikā | .. | 184 |
| Amils of Sylhet | .. | 277 |
| Angāmi Nāgas | .. | 314—316 |
| Annexation of Brahmaputra Valley | .. | 290 |

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| Annexation of Cachar | .. | 303 |
| ,, ,, Duars | .. | 311, 312 |
| ,, ,, Garo Hills | 312, 315 | |
| ,, ,, Jaintia | .. | 306 |
| ,, ,, Matak | .. | 310 |
| ,, ,, Naga Hills | .. | 314 |
| ,, ,, Purandar Singh's State | .. | 308 |
| ,, ,, Sadiya | .. | 310 |
| ,, ,, Tularam's country | .. | 311 |
| Apa Tanangs | .. | 321 |
| Appeals | .. | 237, 241, 293 |
| Architect | .. | 171 |
| Arimatta | .. | 18, 19, 39 |
| Arjun | .. | 14, 270 |
| Aryan languages and races | 2—4, 7 | |
| Artisans imported from Bengal | .. | 181, 185 |
| Artisans imported from Koch Kingdom | .. | 101, 119 |
| Artisans imported from Sadiya | .. | 88 |
| Assam-Bengal State Railway | 347 | |
| ,, Code | .. | 299 |
| ,, Derivation of | .. | 245, 246 |
| ,, dynasties | .. | 363—366 |
| ,, in 1663 | .. | 141—151 |
| ,, Light Infantry | .. | 291, 297 311, 327 |
| ,, Other names for | .. | 79, 246 |
| ,, various meanings of term | .. | 336 |
| ,, province | .. | 335, 337 |
| ,, rifles | .. | 350 |
| Assamese | .. | 332 |
| Assassination of Gobind Chandra | .. | 304 |
| Assassination of Āhōm Kings | .. | 83, 85, 86, 97, 123, 124, 158, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165 |
| Assessors—See Law and Justice. | | |
| Assistant Commissioners | .. | 332 |
| Astrologers | .. | 88, 132, 163, 177, 183, 184, 186, 194 |
| Asurai | .. | 53 |

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| Asvakranta | .. | 14, 56 | Bhagania Raja | .. | 125 |
| Atrocities at Jaintiapur | .. | 179 | Bhagadatta | .. | 14, 28, 31, 32 |
| " Burmese | 231, 283, 289 | Bhāgavat | .. | 15, 60, 162 |
| " perpetrated by | | Bhagirath | .. | 14 |
| Gaurināth | 196, 206, 213 | Bhagwāngolā | .. | 272 |
| Atrocities, Sukāphā's | .. | 77 | Bhālukpung | .. | 17 |
| Auniāti Sattra | 59, 140, 169, 171 | Bhāndāri Barua | .. | 238 |
| Austric languages | .. | 5 | Bharathi Raja | .. | 220 |
| | | | Bharat Singh | .. | 200, 220 |
| **B** | | | Bhāskara Varman | .. | 22—29 |
| Badan Chandra | .. | 224, 225 | Bhātārā Bazar | .. | 275 |
| Badarpur | .. | 281, 289 | Bhelā Raja | .. | 102 |
| Bahāristān-i-Ghaibi | 65, 67, 68, 107, | Bhertika Pass | .. | 281 |
| | | 108 | Bhimbal | .. | 118 |
| Bahatiating | .. | 221 | Bhim Darpa Nārāyan | .. 107, 254 |
| Baidargarh | .. | 18 | Bhishmak | .. | 16, 41 |
| Bailong—See Astrologers | | Bhutān (See also Bhutiyas) | |
| Bairāgi | .. | 121, 203, 213 | | 11, 25, 34, 50, 205 |
| Bakatā | .. | 86 | Bhutān | 11, 25, 34, 50, 205 |
| Bakhtiyār Khilji | .. | 36 | Bhutān War | .. | 319 |
| Bala Varman | .. | 23, 28 | Bhutiyas 205, 222, 311, 312, 319, 320 |
| Bali (Dharma) Nārāyan 67—69, 107, | Bihis | .. | 292 |
| | | 110, 118 | Bijay Manik | .. | 261 |
| Bālipāra Frontier Tract | .. | 342 | Bijay Nārāyan | .. | 267 |
| Bāmunia Gosains | .. | 59 | Bijni | .. | 204 |
| Bān Asur | .. | 13, 16 | Bikrampur | .. | 174, 175, 281 |
| Bāngan | .. | 190, 191 | Bir Darpa | .. | 254 |
| Bānpara Nāgas | 86, 99, 152 | Bir Datta | .. | 218 |
| Bansābali of Darrang Rajas | 47 | Bisa | .. | 286 |
| Bānsāng Nāgas .. | 99, 152 | Bishayā | .. | 294 |
| Bān Singh | .. | 264 | Bishnāth | .. | 180, 297 |
| Bāotoli | .. | 294 | Bishnu Nārāyan | .. | 201, 202 |
| Barāhis | .. | 89 | Bisu (Bisva) Singh | 48—50, 96 |
| Bārepaita | .. | 117 | Board of Revenue | .. | 305 |
| Bar Barua | .. | 110, 236 | Bodo | .. | 2, 5, 6, 247 |
| Bāro Bhuiya—See Bhuiya. | | Boka | .. | 100, 164 |
| Bar Gohāin | 79, 80, 81, 235 | Booty | 114, 127, 134, 153, 167, |
| Bar Gosāin | 261, 266, 267 | | | 173, 179, 210 |
| Barjanā Gohāin | 186, 190, 191 | Borā | .. | 239 |
| Bar Nadi | 48, 66, 69, 118, 155 | Borāhi | .. | 78 |
| Barnagar | 56, 66, 116, 351 | Brāhman Kings of Jaintia .. | 262 |
| Bārpātra Gohāin | .. | 89, 236 | Brahmanical influence— | |
| Barpeta | .. | 331, 357 | See Hinduization. | |
| Bar Phukan | .. | 110, 236, 238 | Brāhmans | .. | 121, 170, 184 |
| Bar Raja | .. | 183 | Brahma Pāl | .. | 30, 33 |
| Bar Senapati 222, 228, 286, 291, 309 | Brahmaputra, Changes in | |
| Baruas | .. | 239 | course of | 11, 50, 62, 113, 133 |
| Basti | .. | 294, 343 | Brahmaputra valley revenue | |
| Bayley, Sir S. C. | .. | 341 | system | .. 292, 294, 342—344 |
| Bedingfield, Lt. | .. | 302 | Brajanāth | .. | 226 |
| Bej Barua | .. | 238 | Bridges, Darika | .. | 120 |
| Beltola | .. | 151, 196, 219, 237 | " Dikhú | .. | 194 |
| Bengmarā | .. | 199, 221 | " Dimau | .. | 181 |
| Betna | .. | 18 | " Nāmdāng | .. | 181, 210 |
| Bhadra Sen | .. | 41 | " Sil Sako | .. | 21 |
| Bhadra Pith | .. | 11 | " Stone | .. | 170 |
| Bhagā Raja | .. | 123 | British expedition to Assam 201— |
| | | | | 213, 282—288 |

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| British expedition to Jaintia | 267, 306 | Chief Commissioners, List of | 376 |
| " " " Manipur | 271, 287 | Chi'arai | 50—55, 57, 98, 100, |
| Brooke, Raja—of Sarawak | 284 | | 251, 262 |
| Browne, Captain | 318 | Cholādhara Phukan | 238 |
| Bruce, C. A., Mr. | 352 | Choruwa Phukan | 238 |
| Bruce, Mr. Robert | 229, 352—355 | Chota Parbat Rāy | 263 |
| Buddha Svarga Nārāyan | 106 | Chronology, Āhōm system | |
| Buddhism in Assam | 25, 26 | of | 367 |
| Buranjis, Holocaust of | 186 | Chronology of Assam rulers | 104, |
| Burhā Gohāin | 79, 80, 236, 245 | | 363—366 |
| Burhā Parbat Rāy | 261 | Chura Chandra | 349 |
| Burhā Raja | 106 | Chutiyas | 6, 38, 40—42, 67, 81, |
| Burial Customs | 149 | | 86—88, 90, 91, 98, 101, 110 |
| Burjee Raja | 203 | Civil Justice—See Law and | |
| Burlton, Lt. | 302 | Justice. | |
| Burmese Atrocities | 231, 238 | Clan—See Khel. | |
| " intervene in Assam | 225— | Climate of Assam | 141 |
| | 232 | Coal | 352 |
| " in Cachar | 258 | Coffee | 279 |
| " invade Manipur, | 271, 272 | Coins | 53, 60, 63, 99, 134, 143, |
| " settlers in Assam | 285 | | 183, 192, 200, 226, 228, 242—244, |
| " War | 280—288 | | 251, 252, 258, 261, 268 |
| Butler, Captain | 316 | Commissioner of Assam | 298, 331 |
| Byng, Major | 326 | Commissioners | 340, 341 |
| | | Communications—(See also | |
| **C** | | Roads) | |
| Cachar | 255, 257, 272, 276, 287, 305 | Compulsory labour | 239 |
| Cachar revenue system | 344 | Condition of people—See | |
| Cannon—See Firearms. | | Material condition. | |
| Carnegy | 316 | Conspiracies (See also Assas- | |
| Caste, Admission of out- | | sinations) | 81, 82, 83, 99, 103, |
| siders to | 8 | | 119, 122, 124, 152, 158—162, |
| Caste distinctions | 242 | | 167, 186, 191, 272 |
| Cattle disease | 95, 101 | Coolies for tea gardens | 360 |
| Census (See also Popu- | | Copper plates—See Inscriptions. | |
| lation) | 86, 119, 148, 155, 185, 324 | Copper Temple at Sadiya | 42 |
| Chaitanya | 278 | Cornwallis, Lord | 202, 204 |
| Chakradhvaj | 44 | Courts of Law | 240, 293, 313, 329, |
| Chakradhvaj Singh | 151—156 | | 331, 332, 350 |
| Chakrapāni | 158 | Cowries | 278 |
| Chāndibar | 39 | Creation, Āhōm story of the | 71 |
| Chandrakānt | 223—232, 297 | Criminal Law—See Law | |
| Chandra Nārāyan | 17, 115, 157 | and Justice. | |
| Changsil | 318 | Criminal trials—See Courts | |
| Chāo Pulai | 81 | of Law. | |
| Charāideo | 78, 88, 94, 96, 163, 171, | Cultivation, State of— | |
| | 182, 189, 195, 235 | (1663) | 141 |
| Charaikharang | 52, 100 | Custom house at Hadira | 300 |
| Chārguyā | 86 | Customs, Funeral—of Āhōms | 149 |
| Charlton, Lt. | 353 | Customs of Āhōms in 1663 | 145 |
| Chattra Singh | 267 | Customs revenue in 1793 | 217 |
| Chaudang | 148 | Cycle—See Chronology. | |
| Chaudāngiya Barua | 238 | | |
| Chaurjit Singh | 257, 258, 272, 273 | **D** | |
| Cherrapunji | 302, 303 | Dacca | 128, 139 |
| Chief Commissionership | | Daflas | 120, 124, 152, 157, 181, |
| formed | 335, 336 | | 183, 186, 219, 312, 320, 321 |

c29.6

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| Dakhinpāt Gosāin | .. 59, 169 | Dharma Nārāyan—See Bali | |
| Dalais | .. 238 | Nārāyan. | |
| Damant, Mr. | .. 316 | Dharma Pāl | .. 17 |
| Darika bridge | .. 120 | Dhekeri Raja | .. 102 |
| Darrang | 218, 294, 298, 299 | Dhir Nārāyan | .. 41, 86 |
| Darrang Rajas, 67, 130, 131, 151, 201, | Dhubri | .. 65, 66, 98 |
| 204, 205, 207, 222, 237 | Dibrugarh Frontier Tract .. 342 | |
| Dates—See Chronology. | Dibru Sadiya Railway .. 347 | |
| Dates of certain Āhōm kings 104 | Digboi | .. 352 |
| Dāud | .. 55, 62 | Dihing | 78, 86, 89, 133, 134, 286 |
| David Scott—See Scott. | Dihing river, Changes in | |
| Debargaon | .. 134 | course of | .. 133, 197 |
| Deb Dāmodar | .. 59 | Dihingia Phukan | .. 238 |
| Debera Bar Barua | .. 160, 161 | Dihingia Raja | .. 86, 97 |
| Debesvar | .. 17 | Dikhu | .. 78, 85 |
| Dehān | .. 251 | Dikhu river, Old course of 133 |
| Dekā Phukan | .. 238 | Dikrai river | .. 51 |
| Demerā | .. 173, 178, 180 | Dimāpur | .. 92, 96, 249, 250 |
| Deodhāi | 72, 73, 121, 184, 194 | Dimarua | 19, 54, 112, 131, 219, 237, |
| Deori Chutiyas | 42, 152, 160 | | 252, 264 |
| Deputy Commissioners | 332 | Dimāsā | .. 247 |
| Derivation of:— | | Dimau bridge | .. 181 |
| Āhōm | .. 246 | Dipika Chand | .. 18 |
| Assam | .. 245 | Disai | .. 198, 199, 200 |
| Bhuiyā | .. 38 | Diseases in Assam | 142 |
| Buranji | .. IV. | Districts, Formation of .. 297, 305, |
| Cachar | .. 247 | | 308, 310, 311, 315, 318 |
| Dimapur | .. 92, 251 | Doboka | .. 221, 283 |
| Faringati | .. 294 | Dom Bairāgi | .. 203, 213 |
| Gohāin | .. 245 | Dopgarh | .. 120 |
| Kachāri | .. 247 | Dravidian languages and | |
| Kāmarupa | .. 11 | races | .. 2—4, 46 |
| Khun-lung (lāi) | .. 73 | Drought | .. 153 |
| King's names | 244—245 | Duārs | .. 229, 298, 311, 334 |
| Kosi | .. 6 | Dudpātli | .. 281, 287 |
| Lakhimpur | .. 39 | Duimunisila | .. 91, 93 |
| Lengdon | .. 72 | Duliya Barua | .. 238 |
| Lohit | .. 6 | Dumdumias | .. 218 |
| Moāmariā | .. 59 | Durjaya, Indra Pāl's capital • 34 |
| Mungkang | .. 75 | Durlabh Nārāyan | .. 39 |
| Mungrimungrām | .. 74 | | |
| Nāga | .. 314 | | |
| Nongnyāng | .. 84 | Earthquakes | 21, 99, 103, 123, 139, |
| Pātkāi | .. 84 | | 182, 350 |
| Prāgjyotishpur | .. 15 | Eastern Bengal and Assam 337 |
| River names | .. 6 | Eastern Bengal State Rail- | |
| Svargadeb | .. 245 | way | .. 348 |
| Tai | .. 77, 245 | Eastern Duars | .. 298, 334 |
| Tangsu | .. 85 | Eastern Nāgas | .. 324 |
| Tista | .. 6 | Education | .. 181 |
| Tsaubwa | .. 245 | Elephant catching | .. 103, 120 |
| Detcha | .. 249 | Elliott, Sir C. A. | .. 341 |
| Detsung | .. 92, 96, 249 | Embankments | .. 51, 119, 149, 150 |
| Dkan Manik | .. 252, 261, 262 | Era—Aijepi, Sak | .. 75, 97 |
| Dhansiri | .. 90, 91, 97, 249, 297 | Espionage | .. 185 |
| Dhansiri valley .. | .. 106, 118 | Eunuchs | .. 278 |
| Dharampur | .. 257 | Expeditions—See War. | |
| Dharma Nārāyan | .. 39 | | |

c29.7

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| **F** | | Gohāins, Status of | .. 235, 236 |
| Fāljur pargana | .. 268 | Golāghāt | .. 331 |
| Famines 104, 121, 138, 153, 199, | | Gold washing | .. 143, 292 |
| | 216, 289 | Gopāl Deb | .. 59 |
| Faringati | .. 294, 343 | Gor—See Gaur. | |
| Fasād Khān | .. 278 | Gorāmur Sattra | .. 59, 196 |
| Fathiyah-i-Ibriyah 127, 129, 137, 140 | | Gosāin Kamal | .. 51 |
| Feudal service | .. 239, 313 | Gosāins of Upper Assam 59, 168, |
| Firearms, Use of 44, 94, 95, 122, | | | 171, 190, 192, 218 |
| | 148, 159, 216 | Gots of Paiks | 239 |
| Firishta's history | 19 | Government, Form of | |
| Firuz Shāh | .. 276 | Āhōm | 233 |
| Fisher, Captain | 305 | Governors of Assam | .. 337, 376 |
| Fitch, Ralph | 47, 60 | Guns. See Firearms. | |
| Floods 71, 78, 104, 123, 197 279 | | Gunjong | 311 |
| Forced labour | .. 143, 239 | Guru Charitra | 39 |
| Frontier Tracts Regulation 333 | | Gurus from Bengal | 182, 183, 189 |
| Fugitives—See Refugees. | | | |
| **G** | | **H** | |
| Gadādhar Singh | ..166—170 | Habiganj | 340 |
| Gajpur | .. 120, 135 | Hābung country | 78, 82, 86, 89 |
| Gambhir Singh 257, 258, 272, 273, | | Hādira | .. 157, 300 |
| | 280, 287—289, 314 | Hāflong | 311 |
| Garhgāon 52, 98, 119, 134, 135, | | Haft Iqlim | .. 58 |
| | 185, 195, 197 | Hailakandi | 258 |
| Garhgāon, Description of .. 149 | | Hajāra Singh | 214 |
| Garia | 95 | Hājo 54, 63, 66, 68, 69, 109, |
| Gāros .. 47, 157, 316, 317 | | | 112, 114 |
| Gāro Hills .. 290, 298, 316 | | Hājo Temple | 63 |
| Garurdhvaj | 254 | Hāl, area of | 275 |
| Gauhāti 13, 64, 118, 127, 154, 155, | | Hamsa Konchi | 35 |
| | 164, 167, 189, 197, 202, | Hangsa Nārāyan | 201 |
| | 214, 216, 221, 227, 236, | Hannay, Colonel | 327 |
| | 281, 282 | Har Datta | 218 |
| Gaur 19, 39, 54, 55 | | Hari Deb | 59 |
| Gaur (in Sylhet) .. 274, 276 | | Haria Mandal | 48 |
| Gaur Gobind | 276 | Haris Chandra Nārāyan | 256 |
| Gauresvar | 38 | Harjjara | 30—32 |
| Gaurināth Singh .. 195, 217 | | Harsha Charita | 22, 27 |
| Gaurisāgar .. 185, 198 | | Harsha Vardhana | 26 |
| Gharib Nawāz .. 270 | | Hāruppesvar | 31, 33 |
| Ghatak | 12 | Hatak Asur | 12 |
| Ghila Jaypur | 56 | Hāti Barua | 238 |
| Ghiyās-ud-din .. 37 | | Hātsila | 115 |
| Ghatotkacha | 276 | Hātsungtsā | 248 |
| Ghora Barua | 238 | Hazārika | 239 |
| Ghoraghāt 20, 44, 64 | | Hazārikhowa Akas .. 312, 320 |
| Goālpāra 127, 201, 202, 230, 281, | | Hearth tax | 240 |
| | 289, 290, 298, 299 | Hengdān | 74, 75, 235 |
| Goārar Jangal .. 274 | | Henniker, Major | 267 |
| Gobar | 161 | Hill districts revenue system 345 |
| Gobhā 126, 175—178, 306 | | Hinduism, Tantrik—(See |
| Gobind Chandra 257, 258, 272, 273, | | also Mahāpurushiā, |
| | 289, 303 | Mahant, Guru, etc.) .. 15, 58 |
| Gobind Deb .. 275, 276 | | Hinduization, Process of 9, 31, 43, 49, |
| Gohāin, Derivation of .. 245 | | | 58, 59, 83, 97, 140, 163, |
| | | | 182—184, 251, 257, 268, 270 |

c29.8

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| Hidimba—See Hirambha. | | Jaintiapur | .. | 176, 255, 264 |
| Hirambha | .. 251, 256, 276, 306 | Jaisāgar | .. | 181 |
| Hoe Tax | .. | 240 | Jai Singh | .. | 187, 271 |
| Holongghar | .. | 235 | Jalbhari Phukan | .. | 238 |
| Hos | .. | 260 | Jakhalābāndha Sattra | .. 140, 169 |
| House tax | .. 240, 328, 345 | Jamunamukh | .. | 221 |
| Hiuen Tsiang | .. | 20, 22 | Jasa Manik | .. 106, 252, 262, 263 |
| Human sacrifices | 42, 58, 268, 306 | Jasamanta Rai | .. 263, 264 |
| Husain Khan | .. | 93, 94 | Jaso Nārāyan Deb | .. | 252 |
| Husain Shah | .. | 43, 45, 90 | Jātrā Nārāyan | .. | 267 |
| | **I** | | Jātrāpur | .. | 281 |
| Ilām lands | .. | 345 | Jayadhvaj Singh | .. 124—140 |
| Immigrants to tea gardens .. | 360 | Jay Māla | .. | 33 |
| Income tax in Jaintia Hills | 329 | Jay Narayan | .. | 266 |
| Indra | .. | 72 | Jenkins, General | .. 297, 353 |
| Indra Ballabh | .. 118, 254 | Jhum cultivation | .. | 345 |
| Indra Daman | .. | 155 | Jogighopa | .. 115, 129, 202 |
| Indra Pāl | .. | 23, 24 | Jogini Tantra | .. 11, 17, 242 |
| Inner Line Regulation | .. | 334 | Johnstone, Sir James | .. | 316 |
| Innes, Col. | .. | 287 | Jongāl Balahu | .. | 19 |
| Inscription, Hājo Temple .. | 63 | Jorhāṭ | 198, 209, 213, 226, 232, |
| ” Jaintiapur palace | 264 | | 284, 290, 297 |
| ” Kāmākhya Temple | 57 | Jorhāṭ State Railway | .. | 348 |
| ” Kanai Barasi rock | 154 | Judicial authorities | 241, 293, 298, |
| ” Maibong | .. | 256 | | 334, 338, 341 |
| ” (s) on cannon .. 64, 129, | Junior assistants | .. 331, 332 |
| | 154, 159, 167 | | **K** |
| ” (s) on coins *See* | | Kacha Nāgas | .. | 316 |
| | Coins. | Kachāris | 6, 38, 52, 85, 90, 106, |
| ” (s) on copper- | | | 117, 123, 172, 187, 220, |
| | plates 25, 170, 184, 217, | | 281, 303—305 |
| | 261, 267, 274, 275 | Kachāris, Affinities of | .. | 248 |
| ” Sadiya stone pillar | 89 | ” History of | .. 247—258 |
| ” Sylhet | .. | 277 | Kachāri kings, Dates of .. | 366 |
| ” Tezpur rock | 25, 31 | Kāgoti | .. | 294 |
| ” Translation of | | Kājali (Mukh) | 69, 117, 130, 133, 139, |
| | copper-plate 369—374 | | 153, 166 |
| Installation ceremony | .. | 235 | Kājali Mukhia Gohāin | .. | 237 |
| Interregnum | .. | 81, 82 | Kākati | .. | 238 |
| Intrigues at end of 17th | | Kakilal Thābā | .. | 270 |
| | century | .. | 166 | Kālā Pāhār | .. | 54 |
| Isā Khān | .. | 62 | Kālikā Purān | .. | 6, 58, 268 |
| Ishān Deb | .. | 276 | Kalitā | .. | 1, 148 |
| Islām Khān | .. | 65 | Kallang | .. 108, 133, 221 |
| Ismāil Ghāzi | .. | 45 | Kāmākhya | 11—13, 49, 57, 58, |
| | **J** | | | 182, 183 |
| Jāgi | .. | 176 | Kamalesvar Singh | .. 218—222 |
| Jaintesvari, Image of .. 178, 263 | Kāmarupa | 10, 11, 22, 24, 42, |
| Jaintias 53, 126, 151, 174, 175, | | | 248, 274 |
| | 188, 220, 277, 306 | Kāmarupa, Dates of certain | |
| Jaintias, Affinities of .. | 259 | kings | .. | 363 |
| Jaintia conquered by British | | Kāmata (pur) | 39, 42—44, 80, 81, |
| | force | .. | 267 | | 84, 90 |
| Jaintia History of | .. 259—268 | Kāmpith | .. | 11 |
| ” kings, Dates of .. | 366 | Kāmrup | 294, 295, 298, 312, 313 |
| ” rebellion | .. 328, 329 | Kāmrup Light Infantry .. | 311 |

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| Karatoya | .. | 10, 11, 36, 42 | Lādaigarh | .. | 119, 200 |
| Karimganj | .. | 340 | Lakhau | .. | 133, 135, 136, 137 |
| Kataki | .. | 120, 121, 238 | Lakhimpur | .. | 51, 308 |
| Keatinge, Col. | .. | 336 | Lākhirāj | .. | 367 |
| Kekora Raja | .. | 123 | Lākh | .. | 367 |
| Kendu Kulai | .. | 17 | Lakma Nāga | .. | 125 |
| Kesāi Khāti | .. | 42 | Lakhnauti—See Gaur. | | |
| Keshab Deb | .. | 275 | Lakshmi Nārāyan (Koch) | 63—67, |
| Khachar | .. | 247 | | | 111, 263 |
| Khāgarijān | .. | 92, 126, 297 | ” (Jaintia) | 264 |
| Khairam | .. | 53, 178, 260, 267 | Lakshmi Singh | 182, 189—194 |
| Khāmjang | .. | 77 | Land Revenue—See Revenue. | | |
| Khāmjang Nāgas | 84, 95, 193 | Land and Revenue Regulation | 346 |
| Khāmting Nāgas | .. | 100, 124 | Land tax—See Revenue. | | |
| Khāmtis | 77, 199, 220, 292, 308, | Lāngthābāl | .. | 271 |
| | | 309, 324 | Languages | .. | 2—7, 121, 248, 259 |
| Khārgariya Phukan | 238 | ” No test of race | 1 |
| Khāsi Hills | 259, 301—303 | Larā Raja | .. | 165, 168 |
| ” language | 5, 6, 259 | Lāur | .. | 277 |
| ” States | 303 | Law and Justice—(See also | |
| Khāsis | 259, 301—303, 313 | Courts of Law) | 200, 240, 298, |
| Khāspur 174, 177, 252, 255, 256, 265 | | 313, 332—335, 341 |
| Khels | .. | 97, 239 | Laws Local Extent Act | 333 |
| Khelā | .. | 67 | Lengdon | .. | 72 |
| Khens | .. | 10, 43 | Lhota Nāga | .. | 315 |
| Khonoma | .. | 316 | Lightning | .. | 121, 139 |
| Khora Raja | .. | 99 | Liksu | .. | 301 |
| Khunlung, Khunlai | 73—75 | Lime, Trade in | .. | 278 |
| Khunkhara | .. | 91, 249 | Lindsay, Collector of Sylhet | 278 |
| Khyrim—See Khairam | | Linguistic families | 3, 247, 259 |
| Kinārām | .. | 215 | Linguistic instability | 5 |
| Kirāts | .. | 12 | Lister, Captain | .. | 303, 306 |
| Kirti Chandra Nārāyan | 256 | Local Boards | .. | 346 |
| Kirtipur | .. | 253 | Local Rates Regulation | 346 |
| Kobirār Ali | .. | 41 | Locusts | .. | 104, 121 |
| Koch artisans imported | 101, 119 | Lohit, Derivation of | 6 |
| ” Bihar | .. | 49, 298 | Lohit river | .. | 133, 196 |
| ” Hājo | .. | 56 | Luki | .. | 48, 112, 196 |
| ” kings | .. | 46—69 | Lumding | .. | 348 |
| ” ” Dates of | 365 | Lungleh | .. | 318 |
| Koches, Affinities of | 1, 8, 46, 47 | Lushais | .. | 317, 318 |
| Kohima | .. | 315 | | | |
| Kohi Dān | .. | 257 | | **M** | |
| Koliabar | .. | 93, 98, 108, 117, | Maāsir-i-Alamgiri | .. | 133, 169 |
| | | 132, 208, 282, 283, 284 | MacGregor, Lt. | .. | 120, 209 |
| Kopāscher Akas | 320 | Mādhab Deb | .. | 59 |
| Krishna Chandra | 221, 255, 256 | Madhu Chandra | .. | 272 |
| Krishna Nārāyan 201, 204—207, 221 | Magic | 15, 37, 58, 145 |
| Krishnaram Bhattacharya .. 182, 183 | Mahābhārat | 1, 10, 14, 257, 270 |
| Kubo valley | .. | 269, 273 | Māhgarh | .. | 230 |
| Kuki | 5, 306, 317, 350 | Mahant brought from San- | |
| Kumār Haran | .. | 17 | tipur | .. | 182 |
| Kundina | .. | 15 | Mahants, Persecution of | 121, 168— |
| Kuvācha | .. | 46 | | | 169, 184 |
| | **L** | | Mahāpurushiā | .. | 59, 104, 121, 140 |
| Labour force on tea gardens | 360 | Mahirang Dānab | .. | 12 |
| Labour, Forced | .. | 239 | | | |

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Nungklow .. 302 Nyāy Khoda Phukan .. 238

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**O**

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Oaths of fealty .. 97, 162 Oil, Mineral .. 352 Omens 100, 121, 132, 153, 182 Opium .. 208, 329, 330

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**P**

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Pādishāhnāmah 65, 107, 112, 114, 121 Padma Nārāyan .. 17 Pāiks 67, 112, 239, 291, 293, 313 Palace of `Garhgaon 150 Pām cultivation 249 Panchāyats 293, 313, 329 Pāndu .. 68, 129, 130, 155 Pāni Phukan .. 238 Pāpuk Nāgas .. 100 Parbat Rāy 261 Parbatiya Gosāin .. 183, 189 Parbatiya Phukan 238 Pārikshit 63—66, 107 Pātkāi 70, 77, 79, 83, 286, 292, 325 Paundra Vardhana 24 Pera Kagaz 185 Permanent Settlement .. 343, 344 Pertabgarh .. 326 Phākiāl .. 77, 220 Phengua Raja .. 18 Phukans .. 238—239 Phulesvari .. 183 Pitambar Singh 272 Plough tax .. 249 Police, Military .. 341, 342 Political Agent (Officer) 297, 309, 310, 318, 342 Poll tax 240, 292, 293, 294 Polyandry .. 260 Pong .. 70, 270 Population—See also Census 141, 299 Posa .. 187, 312, 313 Potatoes in Khāsi Hills 352 Powers of Officers .. 332, 338 Prabhākar 109, 252, 262 Prāgjyotishpur .. 10, 15, 29, 35 Pralambha .. 30—32 Pramata Rāy .. 263 Pramata Singh .. 182, 185 Prān Nārāyan .. 118, 127, 137 Pratāp Nārāyan .. 106, 253 Pratap Rai 261 Pratāp Singh (Āhōm king) 67, 106—122, 251, 263

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Pratāp Singh (of Jaintia).. 204 Prices in former times 217, 271, 300 Principal Assistants .. 294, 331 Public Works Department .. 346 Punishments 44, 109, 110, 120, 125, 152, 159, 167, 168, 186, 196, 213, 217, 241 Purandar Pāl .. 34 Purandar Singh 226, 229, 295—297, 308 Purāni Gudām 297 Purāns 1, 10, 259 Purnānand Burha Gohāin 195—201, 209, 210, 215, 219—223

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**Q**

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Quinton, Mr. 349

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**R**

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Races of mankind .. 3 Railways .. 347, 348 Rāgha .. 191, 192 Raghu .. 17 Raghu Deb 55, 56, 62—64, 103 Raghu Vansa 17 Rahā 106, 173, 187, 221, 253, 255, 256, 283 Rājbansi .. 46 Rajdhar .. 39 Rājendra Nārāyan 268 Rājesvar Singh .. 186—189, 271 Rājindra Singh .. 305 Rājkhowa .. 238—239 Rājmāla, Tippera 53, 262, 275 Ralph Fitch .. 47, 60 Rāmākant .. 191 Rām Chandra .. 17 Rāmdhvaj .. 160 Rām Singh, Raja 155—157 Rām Singh I (of Jaintia) 174—180, 255, 265, 266 Ram Singh II .. 267, 268, 289, 305 Ranachandi .. 253 Rangamati .. 155, 157 Rangagora .. 291, 297 Rangghar 185 Rangpur 171, 184, 186, 210, 216, 223, 284, 286, 290 Rāni 68, 112, 157, 165, 196, 203, 237 Rashid Khan 128—130, 139, 152, 155, 156 Ratna Asur .. 12

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Ratna Pāl .. .. 23, 30, 34 Ratna Pīth .. .. 11 Ratna Singh .. .. 18 Raush, Mr. .. 201, 202, 218 Rebellion in Manipur .. 349 Refugees in Surma Valley .. 179, 220, 232, 283 Regiments in Assam .. 291, 292, 297, 300, 301, 310, 311 Regulations, Bengal .. 299, 336 Regulations under 33 Vic. Cap. 3 .. 335 Rent-free lands .. 301 Revenue .. 143, 295, 342—345 Revenue administration 240, 293, 294, 341—346 Richards, Col. .. 283 Rikkhvan Ceremony 88, 94, 99, 108, 163, 194 Rising in Manipur .. 349 River changes 60, 62, 113, 133, 197 River names .. 6, 92 Riyāz-us-Salātin 20, 54, 90, 140 Road (s) .. 60, 346 " Aka Ali .. 170 " Bar Ali .. 97 " Bar Ali to Nāga Hills .. 99 " Bhomraguri Ali .. 140 " Dauki Ali .. 166 " Dhai Ali .. 185 " Dhodar Ali .. 170 " Dopgarh .. 120 " Dubariyam Ali .. 181 " Gosāin Kamala Ali .. 51, 98 " Kāmatāpur to Ghorāghāt .. 44 " Kekuri Ali .. 140 " Khārikatia Ali .. 181 " Kobirar Ali .. 41 " Koch Bihar to Nārāyanpur .. 51, 98 " Ladaigarh .. 119 " Meteka Ali .. 181 " Nāga Ali .. 99 " Rangpur to Basā .. 223 " Salāguri Ali .. 123 " Seoni Ali .. 140 " Teliadanga to Jhanzimukh .. 156 Robertson, Mr. T. C. .. 297 Rock Inscription at Tezpur 25, 31 Rudra Singh .. 171—182 Ruins of Bhishmak's fort .. 16 Ruins of Dimapur .. 249 Rukmini .. 16 Rupit .. 294, 343

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Sadiya .. 15, 41, 89, 291, 292, 297, 309, 310 Sadiya Frontier Tract .. 342 Sadiya Khowā Gohāin 88, 237, 292 Sak era introduced .. 97 Saktas (Sāktism) 58, 170, 182—184 Salā (garh) 91—93, 100, 101, 132, 179 Sāla Stambha .. 30, 34 Salt, Imports of .. 300 Samaguting .. 172, 315 Samatata .. 25 Sāmanta .. 39 Sambhar Asur .. 12 Sāmdhara 110, 120, 130, 132, 153, 157 Samuda .. 15 Samudra Nārāyan .. 222 Sandhikāri .. 187, 256 Sanitarium in Khāsi Hills .. 303 Sankara Charitra .. 39 Sankar Deb 39, 58—60, 97, 104 Sankosh river .. 56, 66 Santanu .. 39 Sarbānand .. 199, 200, 221 Sāring Raja .. 81, 237, 327 Sarvesvari .. 183 Sāt Rajas .. 312 Sattrajit 66, 108, 111, 112, 114, 115 Satrām .. 224 Satrudaman .. 252 Saumarpith .. 11, 76 Scheduled Districts Act .. 333 Scott, David 220, 290, 293, 295, 298, 303, 304, 310 Sebundy regiment .. 300, 310 Sema Nāgas .. 315 Senglung .. 89 Service, Compulsory .. 143, 239 Shah Jalāl .. 276, 277 Shāns .. 76, 234 Shankal (Shangaldib) .. 19 Shillong .. 303 Shore, Sir John .. 212 Shushang .. 65 Sibsāgar .. 170, 185, 198, 308 Sib Singh .. 183—185 Siems .. 303 Sil Sāko .. 21 Silchar .. 305 Silghāt .. 219 Simlagarh .. 130, 131 Singphos 220, 286, 292, 324, 325 Singri Parbat .. 69, 92, 118, 139 Sisu .. 48 Slavery (Slaves) .. 241, 242, 286, 288, 301 Small-pox .. 55, 102, 122 Social distinctions .. 242

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| | Page. | | Page. |
| Solāl Gohāin | 277 | Sutupḥā | 81 |
| Somdeo | 74, 75, 121, 184, 235 | Sutyinpḥā | 122, 123 |
| Sonādār Borua | 238 | Suvarṇapīth | 11 |
| Sonitpur (Tezpur) | 16 | Svargadeb | 86, 104, 145, 245 |
| Srighāt | 110, 113, 117, 130, 155 | Sylhet | 53, 274—279, 281, 336 |
| Sri Harisha | 30 | Sylhet Light Infantry | 301, 306, 326 |
| Staff of officers in Assam | 331, 338 | Sylhet revenue system | 344, 345 |
| Steamers | 347 | Syntengs | 259, 260, 268, 328, 329 |
| Sub-divisions, Formation of | | | |
| | 311, 315, 318, 340 | **T** | |
| Subinpḥā | 80 | *Tabaqāt-i-Nāsiri* | 37 |
| Succession amongst Khāsis | 260, 266 | Tāblungia Nāgas | 95, 325 |
| Succession to Ahōm throne | 233 | Tāgi Raja | 320 |
| Sudaipḥā | 163, 164 | Tāi | 70, 246 |
| Sudāngpḥā | 82 | Tāimung | 186 |
| Sudinpḥā | 223—232 | Tai Sulai | 83, 84 |
| Suhenpḥā | 85 | Talain | 287 |
| Suhitpāngpḥā | 195—217 | Tāmbuli Phukan | 238 |
| Suhung | 161 | Tammu | 288 |
| Suhungmung | 86—97, 161 | Tāmradhvaj | 172—180, 255, 256 |
| Sujāngpḥā | 84 | Tangsu Nāgas | 84, 85 |
| Sujinpḥā | 162, 163 | Tank, Bhatiapara | 140 |
| Sukāpḥā | 75, 77—79 | " Bhismak | 16 |
| Sukhāmphā | 99—103 | " Dimapur | 250 |
| Sukhāngpḥā | 80 | " Garhgaon | 99 |
| Sukhrāngpḥā | 81 | " Gaurisāgar | 185 |
| Sukhrungpḥā | 171—182 | " Jaisāgar | 181 |
| Sukladhvaj—See Silarai. | | " Kalugaon | 185 |
| Suklāmphā | 160 | " Kumbhanda | 17 |
| Suklenmung | 51, 98, 99 | " Misagarh | 121 |
| Sukhlingpḥā | 218—222 | " Rangnāth | 181 |
| Suaiman Kararāni | 54 | " Rudrasāgar | 194 |
| Sulikpḥā | 165, 166 | " Sibsāgar | 185 |
| Sunāmganj | 340 | Tantras | 1, 10, 58 |
| Sundar Gohāin | 106 | Tāosinga | 367 |
| Sundar Nārāyan | 69 | Tārā | 194 |
| Sundār Rāy | 263 | Tattooing caste marks | 242 |
| Sunenpḥā | 185 | Tavernier | 95 |
| Sunyātpḥā | 156—159 | Tea cultivation, Area under | 356 |
| Sunyeopḥā | 189—194 | " " Land grants | |
| Supatpḥā | 166—170 | " " for | 359 |
| Superintendent of Cachar | 305 | " First attempts to manu- | |
| Superintendent of Lushai | | " facture | 354 |
| Hills | 318 | " garden coolies | 360, 361 |
| Superstitions—(See also | | " industry, History of | 355 |
| Omens) | 61, 121, 183 | " manufacture | 357 |
| Suphākpḥā | 84 | " Outturn of | 355 |
| Supimpḥā | 85 | " plant, Discovery of | 351—354 |
| Supungmung | 151—156, 256 | " Prices of | 358 |
| Sura Darpa | 256 | " Varieties of | 357 |
| Surāmpha (Bhagā Raja) | 122, 123 | Temples | 57, 58, 60, 63, 121, 170, |
| Surāmphā (Rājesvar) | 186—189 | | 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 189 |
| Surveys | 170, 182, 185 | Tephu | 50 |
| Susengpḥā | 106 | Ter Schelling | 130 |
| Susenpḥā | 84 | Tezpur | 16, 30, 33, 219, 298 |
| Sutānla | 124—140 | Thānikar Barua | 238 |
| Sutānpḥā | 183—185 | Tibeto-Burman languages | 5 |
| Suteupḥā | 79 | | |

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| | Page. | | Page. |
| Timisa | 247 | **W** | |
| Tipām (Raja) | 78, 82, 83, 101, 134, 160, 190, 237 | Wade | 97 |
| Tippera | 53, 274, 277 | Wahadadars | 303 |
| Tipu | 100, 102 | War between Āhōms and Chutiyas | 81, 86—88, 90, 98, 160 |
| Tirat Singh | 302 | " " Āhōms and Dhekeri Raja | 102 |
| Tishya Deb | 35 | " " Āhōms and Jaintias | 174—179, 265, 266 |
| Trade | 181, 217, 300, 307 | " " Āhōms and Kachāris | 90, 91, 96, 106, 172—174, 221, 249, 253, 255—257 |
| Transit dues | 300, 304 | " " Āhōms and Kāmatā | 80 |
| Treaty between Āhōms and Koches | 100 | " " Āhōms and Koches | 48—50, 98, 100, 102 |
| " between Āhōms and Muhammadans | 118, 138 | " " Āhōms and Muhammadans | 90, 92—94, 107—118, 128—139, 155, 156 |
| " between Āhōms and Narās | 102 | " " Āhōms and Narās | 79, 83, 103 |
| " of Yandabo | 273, 288 | " " Eastern and Western Koch kingdoms | 56, 64 |
| " with Bar Senapati | 291 | " " English and Burmese | 280—288 |
| " Gambhir Singh | 314 | " " Kachāris and Jaintias | 262 |
| " Gobind Chandra | 289 | " " Koches and Jaintias | 53, 262 |
| " Purandar Singh | 297 | " " Koches and Kachāris | 52, 251 |
| Tsaubwa, Derivation of | 245 | " " Koches and Muhammadans | 54, 62, 65, 66 |
| Tughril Khan | 37 | Welsh’s expedition to Assam | 201—216 |
| Tulārām | 303, 304, 311 | Wilson’s Narrative of the Burmese War | 284 |
| Turbak | 92—94 | Witchcraft—See Magic. | |
| Turungs | 2 | Wokha | 315 |
| Tyāg Singh | 31, 33 | Wood, Ensign | 201, 209 |
| Tyāokhāmti | 81 | **Y** | |
| **U** | | Yajurvedi Brāhmans | 32 |
| Udālguri | 312 | Yandabo treaty | 288 |
| Udayāditya Singh (Āhōm) | 156—159 | Yeddo | 303 |
| Udayāditya (Kachāri) | 255 | **Z** | |
| Ugat Shah | 270 | Zainuddin | 112, 115, 116 |
| Umānanda (Temple) | 111, 170 | Zainul-abidin | 113, 114 |
| Ushā | 16 | | |
| **V** | | | |
| Vaidya Deb | 23, 35 | | |
| Vaishnava reformation—(See also Mahāpurushia, Moāmariā, Sankar Deb, Sattra, etc.) | 58, 104 | | |
| Vaishnava Sects, Persecution of | 121, 168, 169, 184, 190 | | |
| Vajradatta | 10, 28 | | |
| Vana Māla | 23, 32 | | |
| Vasishtha Muni | 13 | | |
| Verelst, Mr. | 271 | | |
| Vidarbha | 15, 41 | | |
| Vigraha Stambha | 29 | | |
| Vira Bahu | 33 | | |
| Vishnu Puran | 11, 16 | | |

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the *Gesta Romanorum*, the *Legenda Aurea* of Jacobus de Voragine, and the *Speculum Historiale* of Vincent of Beauvais. These were the books that fed the imagination of the Middle Ages, and they were the books that the Church, in its wisdom, provided for the instruction and edification of the faithful.

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But the Church did not merely provide books; it also provided the means of their dissemination. The monastic scriptoria, where monks labored in silence to copy the sacred texts, were the precursors of the printing press. And when the press finally arrived, it was the Church that first harnessed its power, using it to spread the word of God to the corners of the earth. The Gutenberg Bible, the first major book printed in Europe, was a testament to the Church's commitment to the written word.

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Yet, even as the Church championed the spread of knowledge, it also sought to control it. The *Index Librorum Prohibitorum*, or List of Prohibited Books, was a tool used by the Church to suppress ideas it deemed dangerous or heretical. This tension between the desire to educate and the need to control would define the Church's relationship with literature for centuries to come.

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It is a complex history, one that is marked by both enlightenment and suppression. But it is a history that cannot be ignored, for it is the history of the very foundation of Western civilization. The Church, in its role as the guardian of knowledge, has shaped the way we think, the way we write, and the way we understand the world around us.