remarkable illustration of the force with which a powerful and highly organized civilization can mould the character and shape the destinies of many millions of people 1. And whatever may be the ultimate destiny of our Indian empire, we shall have conferred upon the Indians great and permanent benefits, and shall have left a good name for ourselves in history.
1 'I confess that my own imagination is most powerfully excited by the visible connexion between moral influence and material authority which is presented, to an extent never realized before or since, by the phenomenon of the Roman empire.'-Merivale's History of the Romans under the Empire, vol. vii, Preface.
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,
292.
Aracan, annexation of, 301.
Argaon, Nagpore Rája defeated
at, 254.
Armenia, 336.
Asaf Jáh, Nizám-ul-mulk, 58;
death, 78.
Asia, sea-borne trade with, 8;
British dominion in, 326.
Assam, kingdom of, 299; skir-
mishing on border, 300; Bur-
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.
Chilianwála, 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
power, 311.
Doulat Rao Sindia, 238.
Dow, extract from his history of
Hindusthan, 160.
Duff, Grant, History of the
Marathas,' 151.
Dumas, Governor of Pondicherry,
74.
Dupleix, Governor-General of
Pondicherry, 74; ambitious
spirit, 79; disperses the Na-
wáb's army, 83; schemes of
territorial extension, 85, 88;
failure of his policy, 95; re-
called to France, 96; reasons
of his failure, 97; character,
Dutch, position of the, in India, 55.
'East Indies,' meaning of the
term, 17.
Ellenborough, Lord, Governor-
General, 311; determines to
retire from Afghanistan, 312;
treaty with Sinde rulers, 313.
Ellis, Mr., chief of the Patna
factory, 146.
Elphinstone,
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;
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 with
Aurangzeb, 46.
Louis XV, shortsighted policy of,
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;
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