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Calicut, personal appearance, habits, and customs of the inhabitants of, 206-207 Description of a Hindu temple at, 210, 213 Zamorin of, gives an audience to Vasco da Gama, 214-218, 222-226 Description of a house in, 218-219 Zamorin of, receives gifts from Vasco da Gama, 221 Gallic (Kalyara), a sub-caste of the Sudras, 245 Caltaja, a sub-caste of the Sudras, 245 Camawaer (Kamma Varus), a sub-caste of the Sudras, 245 Camunda, one of the "Seven Mothers" group of idols, 181 Cannanore, captains of the ships of, given permission to depart from Goa, 231 Carpet-weaving an industry of Bengal, 286 Carreas, a sub-caste of the Sudras, 245 Cauwreaes, a sub-caste of the Sudras, 243, 244 Cavalry, a division of a Hindu army, 143 Caste rules, on marriage, 39 General, 39-40 Castes, seven Indian, according to Megasthenes, 31-32, 39 In India, according to Hiuan Tsang, 122, 125, 142 Mixed, 142 In India, according to Roger, 238-261 Ceylon, Portuguese power in, advanced by Albuquerque, 227 Chariots, part of military equipment in ancient India, 42, 43, 143 Chinab, see Akesines Cicero, reference of, to suttee, 73 Cochin, description of, by William Francklin, 318-319 Comitijs (Komatis), a division of the Weinsja caste, duties of the, 241-242 "Commentarios de Afonso d'Alboquerque," extracts from, 228-236 Conacapule, a sub-caste of the Sudras, 245 Condal, fortress of, deserted by the Turks and taken by the Hindus, who turn it over to Albuquerque, 233 Correa, Gaspar, quotation from, regarding Vasco da Gama's audience with the Zamorin of Calicut, 219-226 Correwaes, a sub-caste of the Sudras, peculiar manners of the, 246-247 Costume, Hindu, 132-134 Cottewanias, a sub-caste of the Sudras, 245 Crown, Hindu, fourfold division of private demesnes of the, 150 Cyrus said to have made expeditions against India, 4 Marches against the Massagetai, 5

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Dabistan, suttee described in the, 80-81 Da Gama, Vasco, voyage of, to Calicut, 205 Journeys to Calicut and has an interview with the Zamorin, 207-210, 213-219 Brings gifts to the Zamorin of Calicut, 220-221 Dalboquerque, Afonso, see Albuquerque, Affonso de Dead, abandonment of the, 148 Burning of the, 148 Committed to the water, 148 Exposed to the air in ancient times in India, 186 Exposed to the wind, in houses constructed for the purpose, in ancient India, 186 Narayana ordered the burning of the, Hindu treatment of the bodies of the, 188-189 Diodoros Sikelos describes suttee, 75 Diogenes, similarity of the doctrines of, to those of the Hindus, 57 Dionysos (Bacchus), said to have invaded India, 4 Dogs in India, size and strength of, 30 Dubois, Abbe 1 , a French missionary, describes suttee, 95-104, 107-114, 117-120

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Ebony found in India, 30 Education, Hindu method of, 137 Elephants, manner of hunting, 32-33 Taming of, 34 Long life of, 34-35 Strength of, 35 Part of military equipment in ancient India, 42, 43, 143 Emoda Mountains, a spur of the Himalayas, 20 Eratosthenes on the irrigation of India, 6, 10 Etesian winds, effect of, on India, 6, 7, 8 Etiquette, Hindu, 146-148 Of the mixed castes and Sudras, at table, 152 Eukratidas, Bactrian king, made conquests in India, 3 Exchange, Hindu mediums of, 153

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