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THE LAND OF THE VEDA.
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Lucknow, results of the conflict viewed from the Residency of | 449 |
———, unequal conditions of conflict at | 323 |
Mahabarata, the, a famous epic of India | 99 |
———, the, recognizes polyandry | 496 |
Mahadeva, temple of, in Delhi, confusion and wreck of | 419 |
Maha Pralaya, the, or great destruction | 77 |
Maria, martyrdom of | 512 |
Marriage ceremonies, extravagance in connection with | 60 |
Martel, Charles, great victory of | 12 |
Martin, Montgomery, remarks upon the partiality of | 443 |
Meerut, mutiny and massacre at | 228 |
———, sad service at the post-office of | 433 |
Menu, his system of caste a practical failure | 31 |
Menu, Institutes of, their abundant legal provision for divorcing wives | 495 |
———, discriminations of in favor of Brahmins | 33 |
———, forbid a wife to eat with her husband | 492 |
———, harsh rules of, for a widow's life | 501 |
———, hold a widow to be bound to her husband when he is dead | 502 |
———, hold the power of a woman's curse to be a motive of marital liberality | 494 |
———, inflexible ordinance of, in regard to choice of a wife | 484 |
———, on the marriageable age of girls | 477 |
———, ordain that the person and property of a Brahmin should be inviolate | 498 |
———, ordinances of, for selecting a wife | 480, 481 |
———, quotation on caste | 23, 29 |
———, quotation on Chaudalas | 32 |
———, quotation on a Brahmin's oath | 32 |
———, rules of, for the orders of Grihastha and Yanaprastha | 35 |
———, rules of, for the order of Sannyasi | 36 |
———, relax the law of female seclusion in favor of Fakirs, Brahmins, etc. | 191 |
———, stern demand of, for a wife's subordination | 487 |
Methodist Episcopal Church, mission field of the, in India | 212 |
———, Christian orphanages of | 506 |
———, first place of worship of, in India, view of | 435 |
———, inside view of | 438 |
———, organized its first Conference in Asia at the close of 1864 | 526 |
Missionaries better understood and more trusted than government officers | 406 |
Missionaries of the various societies killed by the Sepoys, names of | 261 |
———, eulogy of, by a Brahmin | 372 |
———, by Keshub Chunder Sen | 376 |
———, estimate of, by Duckinarunjun Mookerjee | 363 |
Mogul Emperor, the, accepts English protection | 109 |
———, bargain of the, with the English | 171 |
———, Dr. B.'s interview with the last | 421 |
———, insufficiency of the munificent provision for the | 173 |
———, portrait of the last | 106 |
——— the pageant of, felt to be a bore | 175 |
———, the last, unmarked grave of | 426 |
Mohammedan invasion of India | 19, 104 |
——— bigotry of, illustrated in the death of Khan Bahadur | 446 |
——— sovereigns of India; character of their rule | 107 |
———, sovereigns, their sad record | 111 |
Mohammedans, dress and appearance of | 20, 63 |
Mohammedanism, repulse of, from Western Europe | 12 |
———, its hatred of Christ and Christians | 77, 451 |
———, the real spirit of the Moslem Creed | 277 |
Montgomery, Sir Robert, his reception of the first missionary in Lucknow | 443 |
Moomtaj, Empress, notices of | 143-147 |
———, the Taj built for the tomb of | 144, 147 |
Moore, lines by, on Mohammedan brutality | 104 |
———, mistake of, in Lalla Rookh corrected | 119 |
———, Persian couplet over the Dewanee Khass, quoted by | 119 |
“Mutiny baby,” the | 263 |
Mythology of the Hindoos | 79 |
Nana Sahib, a hypocrite without an equal | 185 |
———, ambition and disappointment of | 182 |
———, character of his palace | 184 |
———, history of | 181 |
———, infernal treachery of | 300 |
———, massacre of the ladies by | 307 |
Nana Sahib, lying and blasphemous proclamations of | 275 |
———, portrait of | 180 |
———, probable end of the | 309 |
Nauch girl, portrait of | 44 |
——— girls, character of | 46 |
———, import of term | 45 |
Nawab of Rampore, proffers assistance to refugees at Nynee Tal | 279 |