Abdulla Khan, 291

Abercromby, General, 181

Acts of Parliament: see India Acts

Adalat (law court), 291, 292; Adalat
ul Alea, 119; see also Nizamat, Roz
Adalat

Adalat, Diwani, the, 119, 150, 197
Adalat, Sudder Diwani, the, 146, 150, 243,

244

Adams, Lieutenant-Colonel, 273
Administration, Warren Hastings and,
102, 104, 111, 131, 143, 146, 148, 151,
157-159, 161-164; provisions of the
India Act, 1784, 175; Cornwallis and,
170, 192-194; purity of, 198; Wellesley
and, 205, 215, 217, 242-246; the civil
service of, 248; report on, 255, 256;
responsibility for, 276, 277; principles
of, 280-283, 305; native system of, 114,
209; introduction of British, 215, 217,
219, 238, 350, 358, 360

Adoption, custom of, 16, 340, 341, 351
Afghans, relations with the, 14, 15, 213-
215, 248, 254, 307-309, 319-326 passim,
339, 356; wars with the, 310, 312-317,
345; Russia and the, 317-319; Mahrattas
and the, 202; Sikhs and the, 347; treaty
with, 356

Agnew, Patrick Vans, 343
Agra, 367

Ahmednagar, 236

Aitchison, Sir C. U., excerpts from his
Treaties and Sunnuds, Nos. 7, 11, 16,
26, 27, 28, 83, 84, 99, 138

Arabic, controversy as to use of, 298,
299, 301

Arabs, garrison of, 360

Arakan, province of, 276, 338, 354
Arcot, 228; Nawab of, 175, 216

Army, the Indian, 21, 84, 206, 209, 214,
265, 266, 268, 305, 345, 388
Arnold, Sir Edwin, excerpts from his
Dalhousie's Indian Administration, Nos.
135, 136, 137, 138, 139

Assam, province of, 276, 354, 368
Assaye, battle of, 205, 235 n.
Asuf-uddaula, Nawab, 159
Attock, 367, 375

Auckland, Earl of, excerpts from letters,
despatches, and other writings, Nos.
113-119, 123, 124; Governor-General,
308; his fear of Russia, 309, 312, 317-
319; his Afghan policy, 313-317, 322,
323; relations with Sind, 319, 320, 327
Aumils, the, 93, 94, 96, 238
Aurangzib, Mogul, 20, 202
Aurungabad, 26

Ava, King of, 353, 354

Azim-uddaula, Nawab of the Carnatic,
219

Batavia, 65
Becher, Richard, servant of the Com.
pany, excerpt from letter of, No. 33;
47, 51 n., 58, 80, 98

Behar, province of, 26 n., 47, 57 n., 58,
76, 78, 84, 85, 100, 104, 123, 124, 134,
136, 137, 161, 186

Benares, 9, 86; acquisition of, 103 n., 142,
200; tributes to Warren Hastings from
people of, 164, 165; Raja of, 147, see
also Balwant Sing; Treaty of, No. 48;
108, 109, 127, 128, 140 n.
Bencoolen, 134, 139

Bengal, the East India Company in, 3-17,
20, 22, 29, 34, 35, 37-39, 41, 42, 47, 52,
57, 58, 64, 66, 76, 78, 81, 85, 89-92, 100,
103, 107-109, 134, 136, 137, 161, 199, 200,
210, 243, 309, 360, 361, 363; Nawabs of,
5, 6, 20, 25, 26, 27, 30 n., 33, 36, 37, 118,
120, 121, 142, 341, 362; see also Aliverdi
Khan, Chota Nawab, Mir Jafar, Mir
Kasim, Najm-uddaula, Siraj-uddaula
Bentinck, Lord William, excerpts from
his writings, Nos. 101, 106; Governor
of Madras, 276, 277; Governor-General,
282; his attack on sati, 13, 279, 293-

Bhai, the regent of Rao Holkar, 270
Bhairowal, 345

Bhonsla, family of, Mahratta princes, 11,

155, 203, 204, 241 and n., 250, 357; see
also Berar, Rajas of

Bhopal, Nawab of, 273

Bithur, 250; Raja of, 341

Black Hole, the, 35, 45 n., 46

Board of Control, the, 168, 170, 171, 172,
254, 381; President of, 380
Bokhara, 323

Bolts, William, excerpts from his Con-
siderations on Indian Affairs, Nos. 30,
32, 36

Bombay, Presidency of, 9, 24, 43, 103, 134,
139, 153, 154, 155, 172, 202, 206, 211,
226, 297, 345, 363, 364, 367, 374, 376;
commander-in-chief at, 172, 173, 176;
Council of, 43, 52, 134, 154 and n., 168,
175, 176, 178; Governor of, 168, 173,
175, 178

Boulger, D. C., excerpts from his Life of
Lord W. Bentinck, Nos. 101, 106
Brahmins, the, 252, 289, 291
Bristow, agent at Oudh, 143

British Empire in India, the, 2, 3, 13, 14,
19, 199, 200, 241, 242, 245, 276, 277, 283-
285, 293

Broach, 236

Broadfoot, Major, 334

Buckinghamshire, Earl of, Governor of
Madras, 218

Cabinet, Indian affairs and the, 14, 380
Calcutta, 6, 35, 41-43, 46, 47, 51, 56, 58,
68, 78, 105, 107, 121, 136, 138, 149, 197,
267, 297, 354, 358, 367, 374, 376
Canning, Viscount, Viceroy, 382
Carey, William, missionary, 251 n.
Carnatic, the province of the, 21, 25, 26,
34, 35, 42 and n., 43, 79, 81, 158, 169,
182 n., 183, 199-201, 216, 219, 220, 303,
309; Treaties with, 216, 219, 362;
Nawabs of, 206, 341, 362; see also Ali
Hussein, Azim-uddaula, Mahomed Ali,
Omdal ul Omra; Arcot, Nawabs of
Cawnpore, 250

Central Asia, 306, 308
Central India, 248

Central Provinces, the, 203

Chancellor, the Lord High, 139; of the
Exchequer, 170

Chandernagore, French settlement of,

35, 41, 46, 47, 49, 51, 53, 57
Chatar Singh, Sirdar, 344

Chatrapati, of Sattara, 351
Chaukidars, 47

China, 355, 368

Chittagong, 67, 83 n., 114, 354
Chota Nawab, the, 65 and n., 66
Chunar, garrison of, 87

Clavering, John, member of Council, 131,
135, 141, 153

Cleveland, Augustus, agent of the Com-
pany, 161

Clive, Richard, letter from his son,

59

Clive, Robert, excerpts from his letters,
despatches, etc., Ños. 9, 10, 12, 13, 14,
24, 25, 31; his administrative work, 3,
5, 60-64, 75-79, 82-84, 89; sent to deal
with anarchy, 77, 88; his relations
with Indian princes and states, 35, 36,
46-48, 50, 51, 53-59, 65

Coalition Government, the, 167, 168
Commander-in-chief in India, the, 172,
173, 176, 206, 254, 343, 344, 345
Committee of Circuit, report of, No. 42;
116 and n., 117

Commons, Committees of, 248, 249, 255,
282; Reports, Nos. 13, 92, 95, 112
Communications, development of, 373,

374

Condamore, 26

Constantinople, 308

Cornwallis, the Marquess, excerpts from
his letters, minutes, etc., Nos. 66-75,
77-79; his administrative work, 9, 10,
87, 146, 168-170, 178, 184-191, 193, 194;
his judicial work, 192, 193, 194-197; his
relations with Indian states, 179-184
Coromandel coast, the, 28, 29, 259 n.
Cotton industry, encouragement of, 359,
360, 368

Council, the, at Calcutta, 7, 9, 23, 24, 38,
42, 43, 45, 47, 51, 55, 68, 69, 74, 75, 81,
95, 98, 103 and n., 105, 106, 107, 111,
112, 116, 117, 123-125, 127, 130-132, 134,
135-137, 140, 143, 147, 149-151, 153, 162,
168, 174-176, 178, 238, 239, 242-245, 263,
281, 296, 302-304, 312, 361; the Legisla-
tive, 361; of India, the, 381, 385, 386, 387
Councils, the provincial, 143; see also
Madras and Bombay, Councils of
Court, Mr., 46

Craig, Sir James, 213, 214

Crimean War, the, 15

Crown, Indian affairs and the, 135, 137,
138, 167, 170, 172, 173, 177, 301, 379, 381
Cuddapa, 26

Customs, Board of, 125; reforms in, 149
Cuttack, province of, 236, 263, 303

Dacca, 29, 47, 49, 68, 197

Dalhousie, Marquess of, excerpts from
his reports, minutes, etc., Nos. 135,
137, 139, 140; Governor-General, his
policy, 15, 16, 337-343; relations with
the Sikhs, 346, 348; on the administra-
tion of the Punjab, 350; on the doctrine
of lapse, 351, 352; work as Governor-
General, 352-378

Dalhousie, port of, 374

Darogo Adalat Diwani, 118
Darogo Adalat ul Alea, the, 118
Daudpore, 51

Daulat Rao Sindhia, Mahratta chief,
relations with, 11, 203, 204, 207, 223-
226, 228-237, 241 and n., 250, 258, 259,
261-264, 266-270, 273

Debrughar, 367

Dual Government, the, 77, 79, 184
Dupleix, Joseph, schemes of, 21, 34
Durani chiefs, the, 322

Durbar, the, relations with, 30, 62, 65,
75, 95, 96, 98, 114

Dutch, relations with the, 21, 65, 92, 147,
247

East India Company, the, its early stages,
3-6; its growth, 10-12, 22; its diffi-
culties, 6-10; the ending of, 14, 17; a
factory of, 22-25; criticism of, 61;
Court of Proprietors of, 130, 171, 174,
385; Directors of, 3, 4, 7, 11, 36, 61, 81,
82, 94, 98, 104, 106, 111, 112 and n., 122,
123, 130, 133, 135, 136, 140 n., 143, 151,
155, 157, 168, 171-176, 204, 247, 259, 261,
263, 302, 304, 364, 365, 380, 381,,385, 388;
Directors of, reports to, Nos. 4, 31, 35,
39, 41, 57, 69, 71, 74, 75, 77-79, 86, 88,
89, 96, 98, 100, 137-139; Directors, secret
committee of, 172, 174, 175; reports to,
Nos. 8, 9, 33, 114-121, 123, 124, 130, 131,
133; orders from, Nos. 23, 87, 96, 136;
Servants of, 3, 4, 7, 19, 23, 24, 36-38, 64,
83, 84, 87, 88, 100, 106, 110, 111, 113, 130,
131, 135, 136, 138, 144, 148, 169, 176, 177,
192, 194, 195, 245, 248; Collectors of the,
122-124, 130, 137, 142, 149, 193, 194, 196,
286, 290; see also Supravisors of the;
Factors of the, 23, 24; Merchants of
the, 23, 24; Supravisors of the, 5, 80,
81, 92, 95, 96, 105, 106, 109; see also
Collectors of the; Writers of the, 23, 24
Education, problems of, 13, 14, 15, 151,
152, 279, 296-298, 342, 363-365
Edwardes, Major, 344
Egypt, 206

Ellenborough, Earl of, excerpts from his
letters, reports, etc., Nos. 120-121, 126-
128; Governor-General, 310, 311; rela-
tions with the Afghans, 324, 325; with
Sind, 330; with the Sikhs, 331, 332
Elliott, Alexander, 126, 155

Elliott, Sir Gilbert, see Minto, Earl of
Ellis, Henry, agent of the Company, 38,
68, 74

Elphinstone, Mountstuart, excerpts from

reports, minutes, etc., Nos. 104, 105,
109; administrator, 13, 248, 250, 255
and n., 264 and n., 265-267, 269, 271,
277, 278, 283, 286, 297

Elphinstone, Major-General, 324
English, use of, 14, 299, 300
Evangelical Revival, the, 248

Fakirs, the, 289

Famine of 1770, the, 81, 97, 158
Fateh Singh, 159
Faujdari, the, 119

Faujdars, the, 28, 31, 71, 118, 149
Flax, encouragement of growth of, 369
"Foreign policy," relations with native

states, 9, 10, 15, 126, 169, 170, 179-183,
200-205, 212-223, 226-237, 247-250, 253-
255, 259, 275, 306-336, 338-349, 351-362;
the fear of France, 210-224, 252-255;
of Russia, 308, 309, 317