This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
574
THE LAND OF THE VEDA.
Page
Sepoy Rebellion, opened a career for Christians in India 465, 526
———, opening of, at Meerut and Delhi 228
———, position of the Delhi Emperor respecting the 170
———, probable number of English persons killed in the 260
———, promoted by false prophecies and news 225
———, promoted by the criminal classes and disaffected elements 401
———, results of, to Christianity in India 463
———, results of, to the East India Company 458
———, results of, to the Hindoo race 457
———, results of, to the Mohammedan portion of the population 451
———, results of the, to the Sepoy Army 450
———, “secret service” and post-office of, in the person of the Fakirs 205
———, encroachments of English law on peculiar institutions of India a cause of the 190
———, the annexation of Oude a cause of the 188
———, the greased cartridges made the occasion for 223
Sepoys, the native force of the English in India 72
———, blown from English guns—how and why 313-316
———, spirit they generally manifested 445
———, fidelity of some, at Lucknow 351
———, number and description of 73
———, the ruin which they dragged down on themselves and others 450
Shajehanpore, fearful massacre at 259
Shalimar, the gardens of 115
Shaster, the, on a wife's seclusion 486
———, the abominable injunction of, on a wife's subordination 487
Shraad, purpose of 476
———, blowing from guns deemed a preventive of the 313-816
Sibbald, General, undue confidence of 232
Seeta, the rape of 96
Soma-juice, the libations of the ancient Hindoos 88, 91
Suttee, view of a 375
———, abolished by Lord Bentinck 394
———, extent and motives of 384
———, instances of 387-393
———, mode of 381
———, modern Hindooism alone demands 379
———, without Vedic sanction 378
 
Taj Mahal, a mausoleum 133
———, appearance of, at sunrise and by moonlight 134
Taj Mahal, first view of 129
———, joyful meeting in, with the first Methodist missionaries 433
———, matchless grace and beauty of the 141
———, materials used in construction of 130
———, remarkable effect of music in the 139
———, the architect and cost of the 148
———, to whom erected 148
———, view of, from a distance 128
———, view of, inside the garden Frontispiece
———, view of the entrance gate to 132
Takt Taous, or Peacock Throne, of Shah Jehan 116, 422
Theological Seminary of India at Bareilly 529
Thugs, portraits of 396
———, interview with two hundred 398
———, murderers by profession 399
Treta Yug, the 76
Troup, Colonel, warns Dr. Butler to flee 234
———, General, in command of Havelock's brigade 442
Tucker, Judge, heroic death of 339
Twice born,” import of the phrase 24
 
Vanaprastha, or hermit life, rules for 35
Vedas, collated and published by foreigners 41
———, licentiousness of the worship inculcated in the 91-93
———, a willful corruption of the, the foundation of Suttee 378
———, the common misapprehension of their character 92, 93
———, deities mentioned in the 86
———, the, do not sanction the usages of modern Hindooism 85
———, the, polytheistic character of 86
———, samples of the 90, 95
———, the, sanction beef eating 87
———, their age, number, and character 84
 
Wages of a laboring man in India 506
Wellesley, Marquis, makes infanticide a capital crime 474
Wentworth, Rev. Dr., invites Dr. Butler to join him in China 432
Wheeler, General Sir Hugh, fatal mistake of 295
Widow, re-marriage of a, forbidden 502
Widowhood in India 497-502
Willoughhy's gallant defense of the Delhi magazine 229
Woman debased by the Hindoo system 31
——— forbidden by law to eat with her husband 492
———, last hours of a, in India 504
——— of India in full dress, portrait of a 40