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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