Afghanistan, 40; crisis in, 308;
invasion of, by the English,
309; failure and evacuation,
311; position of, 334-337.
Agra, 139; besieged and captured
by the English, 254.
Ahmed Shah, the Abdallee, seizes
the Punjab, 64, 151; victory
over the Marathas, 152; con-
test with the Sikhs, 209.
Aix-la-Chapelle, peace of, 84.
Alexandria, emporium of the sea-
borne trade, 6.

Aliverdi Khan, deputy-governor
of Behár, 128.

Alompra, subjugation of Pegu,
298.

Amboyna, massacre at, 23, 30.
America, discovery of, 8; con-
clusion of peace in 1783, 213.

North, rebellion against
England, 192.
Amherst, Lord, Governor-General,
expedition against the Burmese,
300.

Amiens, peace of, 247.
Amir Khan, 287; besieges Jey-
pore, 291; disbands his army,

mese recognize our protectorate,
301.

Assaye, battle of, 254.
Auckland, Lord, 308; treaty to
reinstate Shah Soojah, ib.;
territory of Amírs of Sinde
brought under British control,
312.
Aurangzeb, Emperor, accession
of, 29; wars in South India,
44; compared with Louis XIV,
46; death, 62.

Báber, Emperor, founds the Mo-
ghul Empire, 42, 126; memoirs,
125.

Báji Rao, the Peshwa, 136, 151,
249; alliance with the Eng-
lish, ib.; attacks British at
Poona, 293; surrenders, ib.
Barker, Sir R., 187.

Barlow, Sir G., Governor-General,
267.

Bassein, treaty of, 249.

Benares, insurrection, 197; ac-
quired by the English, 207.
Bengal, 128; governors of, ib.;
conquest of, 131; commerce
and position, 139; state of
affairs in, 141; disputes be-
tween the Company and the
Nawáb, 142-147; revenue, 172;
famine, 174; naval engage-
ments in Bay of, 200; the
centre of English power, 202.
Bentinck, Lord William, Governor-
General, 302; makes English
the official language of India,
303; puts an end to burning of

widows, 364; his foreign policy,
305.

Bernier, François, on the Moghul
Empire, 43; letter to Colbert,
126.

Bhurtpore, fortress of, unsuccess-
ful siege of, 256; taken by Lord
Combermere, 301.

Bombay ceded to England, 29;
covenant with Rughonáth Rao,
190; expedition against Sal-
sette and Bassein, ib.; negotia-
tions with the Marathas, 191.
Boughton, Mr., 23.
Braithwaite, Col., 199.
Breda, treaty of, 36.
Buonaparte, 232; see Napoleon.
Burgoyne, surrender at Saratoga,

Cachár,Burmese inroads into,300;
recognizes our protectorate,
301.
Calcutta, attack upon the English
at, 109, 129; transfer of the
headquarters of the Company
to, 139.

Canning, Lord, Governor-General,
322.

Cape of Good Hope, doubling of
the, 8; seized by the English,
276.

Carnatic, the, 78; war of succes-
sion in the, 91.

Chartered Companies, system of,
18-20, 66-73.

Cheetoo, leader of the Pindári
hordes, 287.
Child, Sir J., 49.
Chilianwala, battle of, 317.
Chinese Empire, 290, 339.
Chunda Sahib, 92.

Clive, his defence of Arcot, 94;
expedition to retake Calcutta,
109, 130; letter to Pitt, 113 n. ;
engagement at Plassey, 131;
departure for England, 144;
assumes the title of Diwáni,
147, 157; return to India, 156;
alliance with Oudh, 157, 162;
on the political situation, 159;
obtains grant of the Five Sir-
kars, 166; leaves India, 169;
death, 178.
Combermere, Lord, takes the
fortress of Bhurtpore, 301.
Conflans, M., letter to, 113 n.
Constantinople, centre of Euro-
pean commerce, 8.
Coote, Sir Eyre, 196.
Cornwallis, Lord, Governor-Gene-
ral and Commander-in-Chief,
218; his settlement of the land
revenue of Bengal, 219; league
against Tippu, 222; results of
his administration, 230; leaves
India, 231; return to India,
236; his pacific principles, 265;
death, 266.

Coromandel coast,74; settlements
on the, 77.

D'Aché, withdraws to the Isle of
France, III.
Dalhousie, Lord, Governor-Gene-
ral, 317; annexes Punjab, 318;
his policy of annexation, 320;
annexes Satára, Jhansi, and
Nagpore, 320; Oudh, 322.
Danish East India Company ex-
tinguished, 73.

Davenant, Sir Charles, Essay on
the East India Trade, 51.
David, Fort St., blockade of, 83.
De la Haye occupies Trincomalee,
34.
Delhi, 139; massacre at, 64;
taken by Lake, 254.
Dhuleep Singh, 314.
Diwáni, the, 157.

Dost Mohamed, receives mis-
sion from the British at Kábul,
307; hovers about northern
provinces, 310; restored to
power, 311.

Doulat Rao Sindia, 238.

Dupleix, 98; envoy to Afghanis-
tan, 272.

England, complications of her
foreign relations, 35; wars with
Holland, ib.; importance of her
Eastern trade, 51; origin of her
ascendancy in the East, 54, 55;
commercial and political rivalry
with France, 61,75; declaration
of war, 80; period of contests
for supremacy with the Native
Indian Powers, 123; undisputed
supremacy, 212; war with
France, 234; naval superiority,
276; valuable conquests, ib.;
systematic policy, 277.
English East India Company,

first charter, 12; disputes with
the Dutch, 15, 22; with the
Portuguese, 21; at Surat, 23;
new Charter, 29; settlements,
33; three principal stations, 38;
assumes independent jurisdic-
tion, 39; declares war against
Aurangzeb, 41; policy of self-
government, 48; rival Com-
pany, 57; union of the two, ib.;
advantages, 58; administration

of the, ib.; compared with the
French system, 88; expedition
to Tanjore, 90; war in the
Carnatic, 91-96; peace, 96;
necessity for State interference,
171; increase of annual ex-
penses, 173; insolvency, 174;
inquiries into affairs of, 215;
dissolved, 324.

Europe, conclusion of peace in
1783, 213.

European politics, vicissitudes of,
33.

Fírozshah, battle of, 315.

Fox, his East India Bill, 215;
rejected, 216.

France, alliance of powers
against, 46; commercial and
political rivalry with England,
61, 75; interval of peace, 73;
declaration of war, 79; aban-
donment of Dupleix's policy,
96; views and motives of the
Ministers, 102-105; termina-
tion of the contest in India,
115; disastrous war-policy,
118; overtures to the Mara-
thas, 192; last expedition to
India, 200.

French East India Company, 31 ;
on the Coromandel Coast, 35;
vicissitudes of the, 73; occupy
Mauritius, 74; administration
of the, 76; compared with the
English system, 88; war in the
Carnatic, 91-96; peace, 96;
finances, 115; insolvency of
the, 118.

Friedland, battle of, 269.

Gawilghur, fort of, 254.
Genoa, trade with the East, 8;
diversion from, 10, 58.
Gházipur acquired by the Eng-
lish, 207.

Gillespie, General, 289.
Godeheu, M., supersedes Du-
pleix, 96.

Goojerat, Sikhs defeated at, 317.
Gúrkhas, the, 288; war with the
English, 289, 296.

Gwalior, fortress of, taken by
Capt. Popham, 197.

Háfiz Rehmat Khan, the Rohilla
Chief, 187.

Hamont, M. Tibulle, 116.
Hardinge, Sir H., Governor-
General, 313; preparations
against the Sikhs, 315; occu-
pies Lahore, 316.
Hastings, Marquis of (Lord
Moira), Governor-General,
282; war with the Gúrkhas,
289; plan for the suppression
of freebooting hordes, 292.
Hastings, Warren, Governor-
General, 184; transactions
against the Rohillas, 187;
seizes the French settlements,
193; expedition against the
Marathas, ib.; war with Hyder
Ali, 194; terminates the war,
197; financial embarrassments,
ib.; resignation, 200; career,
204; trial, 205; charges
against, 216.

Holkar, Jeswant Rao, attacked
by the English, 255; disper-
sion of his troops, 256; de-
feated at Mehidpore, 293.
Holland, Universal East India
Company founded, 14;

con-

quests in Asia, 16; commer-
cial policy, 25; hostilities
against the English, 28, 31-35,

claims of the Council and
Court, 181; English sove-
reignty established in, 219.
India, Central, condition of, 279–
287; freebooting bands of,
290; political settlement of,
294.

Upper, distracted condition
of, 148.

Kábul, occupied by the English,
309.
Kandahar, occupied by the Eng-
lish, 309.

Karrak, island of, occupied by
the English, 307.

Labourdonnais, besieges Madras,
82; thrown into the Bastille,
86.
Lahore, 139, 235; occupied by
the English, 316.

Lake, General, his successes in

the north-west of India, 254.
Lally, Count, his instructions,
107; expedition to India, 109;
lands at Pondicherry, 110; un-
popularity, 111; besieges Ma-
dras, 112; defeat at Vande-
wash, 113; retreats to Pondi-
cherry, 114.

Laswaree, battle of, 254.
Lenoir, Governor of Pondicherry,
74.

London Directors, letter from
the, 164, 265.

Louis XIV, compared
Aurangzeb, 46.

with

Louis XV, shortsighted policy of,
117.

Macaulay, argues in favour of

English language in India, 303;
antagonist of James Mill, 304.
Macnaghten, Sir William, at-
tempts to raise a standing army
for Shah Soojah, 311; delays
evacution of Kábul, ib.
Mackintosh, Sir James, 206.
Madras, headquarters of the
English Company, 78, 103;
taken by the French, 82, 112;
treaty with the Nizám, 166;

war against Hyder Ali, 167;
treaty, ib.
Mahan, Captain, Influence of
Sea Power in History,' 199 n.
Mahdajee Sindia, his political
aim, 223; sudden death, 225.
Mahé, taken by the English, 194.
Mahomed Ali, 92.

Manipur, taken by the Burmese,

300; recognizes our protector-
ate, 301.
Marathas, the, in central India,
64; power of the, 136; invade
the Punjab, 150; defeated at
Pániput, 152; in the Carnatic,
167; increasing power, 184;
tactics, 185; incursions into
north-west India, 186; menace
Rohilcund, 187; strength of
their position, 188; overtures
from the French, 192; wars
with the English, 196, 253, 293;
new system of war tactics, 225-
227; invade Hyderabad, 234;
internal contests, 248; submit
to English supremacy, 294.
Marion, M., on French finance,
104.

Mauritius, island of, occupied by
the French, 74.
Meeánee, battle of, 313.
Meer Jáfir, invested with the
Nawabship, 131.
Meer Kásim, 146.

Metcalfe, Sir C., letter from, 281.
Mill, Colonel James, scheme for
conquering Bengal, 126, 139.
Mill, James, on the success of
the English, 97.

Minto, Lord, Governor-General,
embassies from, 272.
Moghul Empire, the, 42; dis-
ordered condition of, 47; in-
creasing difficulties, 50; dis-
ruption of, 62-65; final dis-
integration, 208; extinction,
259.

Moira, Lord; see Hastings, Mar-
quis of.

Moodkee, battle of, 315.
Mornington, Lord; see Wellesley.
Mozuffur Jung, 92.

Multán, insurrection at, 316.
Munro, Major Hector, 147.

Murshid, Kuli Khan, Governor of
Bengal, 128.

Mysore, partition of, 240.

Nádir Shah, 63; sacks Delhi, 64;
assassination, ib.
Nagpore, 255, 293, 320.
Napier, Sir Charles, defeats Amírs
of Sinde at Meeánee, 313.
Napoleon, his scheme of Asiatic
conquest, 233, 268; letter to
Tippu, 236; embassy to Persia,
268; coalition with Russia, 270,
271; overthrow, 273.

Násir Jung, 91; murder of, 93.
Native armies, weakness of, 98,
132-135.

Nawab of the Carnatic, 82.
Nepal War, 288-290.

Nizám of Hyderabad surrenders
at Kurdla, 234.

North, Lord, 174, 177, 178.
Nott, General, holds Kandahar,
311.
Nujíb-ud-daulah, 151.

Orme's History, 'The War in
Coromandel,' 91.

Ostend East India Company,
suppression of the, 73.
Oudh, Vizier of, defeated at
Buxar, 147; alliance with the
English, 156, 158, 162; treaty
with the Rohillas, 186; unites
with the English against Ro-
hilcund, 187; cession of his
frontier provinces, 247.

decline of the State of, 228;
annexation of, 322.

Paniput, battle of, 152.
Paris, peace of, 122.
Parliament, Committees of en-
quiry into the administration
of the East India Company,
172, 176, 215; restraining Acts
of, 230.

Patna, massacre at, 146.
Pegu, annexation of, 320.
Perron, M., at Delhi, 253.

Persia, Shah of, overtures to
Napoleon, 268; Treaty with
England, 272; negotiations
with, 306; attacks Herat, 307.