INDEX.
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| Agra, tomb of Etmad-od-Doulah at, view and description of | 151-156 |
| Almorah, flight to | 282 |
| Aristocracy of India, habits and life of | 55 |
| Astronomy of the Hindoos | 82 |
| Azeemoolah Khan, agent of Nana Sahib | 182 |
| ———, treachery of, at Cawnpore | 296, 301 |
| Baboo Duckinarunjun Mookerjee, reply of, to Lord Ellenborough | 360 |
| Bahadur Khan, visit to, in prison | 443 |
| ———, trial and death of | 446 |
| Bajee Rao, the Peishwa of Poonah | 178 |
| Bareilly, Dr. Butler's arrival at | 221 |
| ——— and Boston, singular coincidence at | 258 |
| ———, battle of | 438 |
| ———, day of small things at | 223 |
| ———, desperate charge of Ghazees at battle of | 439 |
| ———, destruction at | 257 |
| ———, Dr. Butler's return to | 441 |
| ———, massacre at | 246 |
| ———, Mission-house and Orphanage of | 517 |
| ———, our first visitor at | 221 |
| ———, preaching at, before Havelock's men | 442 |
| ———, warning to flee from | 234 |
| Baugh, Major, escape of his lady from Moradabad | 263 |
| Bentinck, Lord William, abolishes Suttee | 394 |
| Bhagvat Geeta, the, a sacred book | 24 |
| ———, its rules of moral perfection for Yogees | 202 |
| ———, rejects the common origin of our race | 24 |
| Bowhill, Dr., communication from, before Delhi | 289 |
| Brahma, the length of his “Days” and “Nights” | 77 |
| Brahmin, portrait of a | 21 |
| ———, assumptions and prerogatives of a | 28 |
| ———, definition of the term | 24 |
| ———, import of investing a, with the sacrificial cord | 24, 31 |
| ———, legal discriminations in favor of a | 33 |
| ———, oath and salutations of a | 32, 34 |
| ———, person and property of a, inviolate | 493 |
| ———, the four stages of life of a | 31-37 |
| ———, whimsical rules of action for a | 34 |
| Brahmins, arrogant claims of the | 20 |
| Brahmins no longer the learned class of India | 38 |
| ———, forms of devotion of the | 27 |
| ———, the priestly caste | 28 |
| ———, Vanaprastha, or hermit life of the | 35 |
| Bullubghur, Nawah of, address of, at his trial | 426 |
| Butler, Dr., arrival of, at Bareilly | 221 |
| ———, arrival of, at Cawnpore | 413 |
| ———, last sermon of, at Bareilly, before the flight to Nynee Tal | 235 |
| ———, midnight ride through the Himalayan forest | 284 |
| ———, prayer of, in the jungle | 239 |
| ———, perils of, in the wilderness | 283 |
| ———, preaching for Havelock's men | 442 |
| ———, return of, to Bareilly | 441 |
| Campbell, Sir Colin, appointed Commander-in-chief | 272 |
| ———, laconic reply of | 273 |
| ———, meets with Havelock and Outram | 353 |
| ———, starts for Lucknow | 352 |
| Campbell, the martyred, last letter of, to Dr. Butler | 463 |
| Carpenter, Miss, her patronage of the Brahmo Somaj | 93 |
| Caste, origin and divisions of | 23, 30 |
| ———, exclusiveness of | 30 |
| Castes, Hindoos divided into four | 23, 24 |
| ———, import of the term | 23 |
| Cawnpore, surrender at, to Nana Sahib | 300 |
| ———, breaking out of rebellion at | 295 |
| ———, captured one day too late | 309 |
| ———, General Wheeler's preparations for the defense of | 294 |
| ———, Havelock's men at the well of | 310 |
| ———, situation of | 294 |
| ———, the massacre of the ladies at | 307 |
| ———, the “Well” at, two views of | 311 |
| ———, treachery of Nana Sahib at | 300 |
| ———, view of “House of Massacre” at | 304 |
| Chandalas, cruel law concerning, | 32 |
| Christ, his government of men explains the changes and overthrow of empires and religions | 163 |
| Christianity opposed to the fundamental principles of Hindooism | 23, 29, 31 |
| ——— alone creates a true home | 57 |
| ——— the friend of native education | 38 |
| ——— woman's highest charter of rights | 487 |
| Chronology of the Hindoos | 76 |
| “Chupatties,” similar to the “Feast of the Moon Loaves” in China | 226 |
| Clive, Lord, laconic note of, to General Forde | 273 |
| Cotton famine, education in India stimulated by the | 222 |
| Dancing, forbidden by Hindoo sentiment to virtuous women | 45 |
| Delhi, massacre at | 228 |
| ———, desolation of | 413-416 |
| ———, Dr. B.'s arrival in | 413 |
| ——— magazine, Willoughby's gallant defense of | 229 |
| ———. news of the fall of, received | 408 |
| ———, siege of, by a small English force | 278 |
| ———, visit to royal captives awaiting trial at | 425 |
| ———, visit to the Emperor of | 421 |
| Dewanee Khass, view of the | 117 |
| ———, Christian service in | 427 |
| ———, scenes of blood within the walls of the | 125 |
| ———, utter ruin of the | 113 |
| Dhava, Rajah, builder of the Iron Pillar | 168 |
| Duff, Rev. Dr., disastrous voyage of, to India | 262 |
| ———, kind reception by | 103 |
| ———, on Mohammedan intolerance | 277 |
| Duleep Singh, character and influence of | 50-53 |
| ———, education and conversion of | 50 |
| ———, portrait of | 48 |
| Durbin, Rev. Dr., suggestion of, in regard to a mission field | 213 |
| ———. extract from letters to | 245, 291 |
| Durga-Poojah festival | 400 |
| Dwarper Yug | 76 |
| East India Company, misrepresentation of Christianity by | 358 |
| ———, idolatry patronized by | 403 |
| ———. overthrow of as a governing body | 458 |
| ———, their doctrine of “neutrality” | 405 |
| Editor, Hindoo | 54 |
| Edwards, Judge, incident concerning | 270 |
| Ellenborough, Lord, folly of, in the English Parliament | 359 |
| ———, nobly answered by Baboo Duckinarunjun Mookerjee | 360 |
| Emperor of Delhi, portrait of | 106 |
| ———, numerous beggarly dependents of | 174 |
| England, material interest of, in India | 73 |
| ——— conscious of her high trust, and moral obligation to India | 75 |
| ———, enemies of, the Fakirs, Brahmins, Thugs, and criminal classes generally | 373, 374, 397, 401, 420 |
| ———, the Mohammedans in India generally opposed to | 177, 275-277 |
| Eternity, Brahminical attempts to map out | 77 |
| Etmad-od-Doulah's Tomb, view of | 150 |
| “Fakir,” a self-torturing | 196 |
| ———, import of the term | 192 |
| ———, Himam Bhartee, and little babe | 281 |
| Fakirs, astonishment of Alexander and army at the sight of | 92 |
| ———, expense of supporting | 204 |
| ———, hold themselves superior to the claims of common decency | 198 |
| ———, humorous verses on | 197 |
| ———, numbers of, in India | 203 |
| ———, painful pilgrimages of | 198 |
| ———, portraits of | 193 |
| ———, “the secret service” and postmen of the Sepoy rebellion | 205 |
| ———, their appearance and influence | 191 |
| French rule deprecated by Hindoos | 365 |
| Friends of the Theological Seminary | 530 |
| Futtypore, Havelock's victory at | 339 |
| “Garment of Praise,” the | 270 |
| Geography of the Hindoos | 80 |
| Glossary of Indian terms | 559-568 |
| Gowan, Colonel, wonderful escape of him and his party | 247 |
| ———. interview of Dr. Butler with, at Meerut | 430 |
| ———, munificence of | 432 |
| Greased cartridges, terror created by | 223 |
| Grihastha, an order of Brahminhood | 35 |
| Gymnosophists, Fakirs so designated by Alexander the Great | 192 |
| Harem, the term defined | 478 |
| Havelock, General, and his men at the Well of Cawnpore! | 309, 341 |
| ———, defeats Nana Sahib at Ahirwa | 340 |
| ———, fights his way through Lucknow to the Residency | 345 |
| ———, last service of, conducting the ladies out of the Residency | 354 |
| ———, leaves Calcutta for Cawnpore | 333 |
| ———, opportune return of, from Persia to India | 273 |
| ———, portrait of | 334 |
| ———, prevented advancing to Lucknow | 343 |
| ——— reinforced, and on his way again | 344 |
| ———, sketch of life, conversion, and military service of | 335-338 |
| ———, triumphant death of | 355 |
| ———, victory of, at Futtypore | 339 |
| Himalayas, journey across the | 412 |
| Hindoo mind, freedom foreign to the | 429 |
| ———, portrait of a | 17 |
| Hindoos, original home of the | 16 |
| ———, astronomy of the | 82 |
| ———, chronology of the | 76 |
| Hindoos, condition of, in the time of Alexander the Great | 89 |
| ———, French rule deprecated by the | 365 |
| ———, geography of the | 80 |
| ———, literature of the | 95-100 |
| ———, mythology of the | 79 |
| ———, passion of, for display | 59-62 |
| ———, portraits of four | 17 |
| ———, the, an effeminate people | 18 |
| ———, their methods of measuring time | 78 |
| Hindustani estimates of British rule, by Baboo Duckinarunjun Mockerjee | 361 |
| ——— by Baboo Keshub Ohunder Sen | 368 |
| ——— by Baboo Bholonauth Chunder | 365, 369-370 |
| ———. by Satyendra Nath Tagore | 366 |
| ———, by the “Som Prukash” | 365 |
| ———, from “Sleeman's Recollections” | 371 |
| Home, its true sense unknown in India | 56 |
| Hunooman, the Mars of India | 98 |
| India, capacity for self-government wanting in | 72, 429 |
| ———, civil and religious statistics of | 67 |
| ———, diversity of races in | 66 |
| ———, first Mohammedan conquest in | 204 |
| ———, greater than Europe, leaving out Russia | 69 |
| ———, habits, education, and amusements of the aristocracy of | 54-58 |
| ———, languages spoken in | 68 |
| ———, names of, and their significance | 70 |
| ———, number of British troops in, in 1856 | 73 |
| ———, style of dress of gentlemen of | 49 |
| ———, style of“ dress of“ a lady of | 42 |
| ———, trade, railroads, telegraphs, and wealth of | 70 |
| ———, value of, to England | 73 |
| Infanticide, female | 470-476 |
| ———, the, in the Lucknow Court | 453 |
| Inglis, Lady, testimony of, to the soothing influence of prayer | 331 |
| Irishman, the, blown up with the Muchee Bawun fort | 327 |
| ———, the, in Lucknow court | 453 |
| Iron Pillar, description of the | 167 |
| ———, import of inscription on | 168 |
| ———, its mystery | 168 |
| ———, the palladium of Hindoo dominion | 167 |
| Jain Temple, in Delhi, visit to | 417 |
| Janvier, Joel T. | 550 |
| Joel, the first native helper of the M. E. Church in India | 214 |
| ———, escape of, from Bareilly | 259 |
| ———, joyful meeting of, with Dr. Butler, on the road to Meerut | 434 |
| ———, portrait of | 215 |
| Jones, Sir William, facetious designation of Polyandry by | 497 |
| Judson, Mrs. Ann Hazeltine, grave of, at Amherst | 156 |
| Jumma Musjid, desecration of | 418 |
| Jungle, the prayer in the | 239 |
| Kalika Purana, the, quoted | 399 |
| Kali Yug, the | 76 |
| Kama-dera, the Hindoo Cupid, Prayers addressed to | 479 |
| Keshub Chunder Sen, representation of Vedic teaching by | 92 |
| ———, opinion of missionaries of | 367 |
| Khan Bahadur, his treachery and cruelty | 237, 269 |
| ———, his trial and death | 446 |
| ———, visit to, in prison | 443 |
| Koh-i-noor diamond, its last possessor | 50 |
| Kootub Minar, view of the | 157 |
| ———, origin and object of | 161 |
| ———, peerless majesty of | 159 |
| ———, the monument of a dead city and a dying faith | 163 |
| Kshotriya, caste of the | 29 |
| Kurnaul, Nawab of, noble conduct of, during the rebellion | 280 |
| Lady of India, portrait of a | 40 |
| Lalla Rookh, quotation from, mistake of the poet corrected | 119 |
| Lawrence, Sir John, noble conduct of during the rebellion | 406 |
| ———, official paper of, issued in behalf of justice to native Christians | 464 |
| Lawrence, Sir Henry, appointed governor of Gude | 319 |
| ———, disastrous defeat of, at Chinhut | 321 |
| ———, injunction of—“Never to surrender!” | 329 |
| ———, killed in the siege of Lucknow | 327 |
| Lucknow, arrival and reception of Dr. Butler at | 207 |
| ———, Dr. Butler contemplates a mission at | 212 |
| ———. efforts of Havelock to reach | 343 |
| ———, Havelock fights his way through | 346 |
| ———, “Jessie Brown," and her “Dinna ye hear the slogan?” | 353 |
| ———, lawlessness and depravity of, in 1856 | 208 |
| ———, preparations for defense of | 319 |
| ———, repeated attempts to storm | 331 |
| ———, siege of, begun | 325 |
| ———, the capital of Gude | 207 |
| ———, the Muchee Bawun fort at, blown up | 325 |
| ———, the relief of, view of | 348 |
| ———, the “Residency,” view of | 317 |
| ———, the Residency reached, and the ladies saved | 349 |
| 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 |
| “Neutrality” of the East India Company not understood | 189, 405 |
| Noor Jehan, the “Daughter of the Desert,” her singular history | 151 |
| Nynee Tal, view of | 243 |
| ———, Dr. Butler's first entrance into | 242 |
| ———, first chapel in | 434 |
| ———, joyous salute heard at | 408 |
| ———, measures of defense at | 266 |
| ———, panic at, and flight from | 282 |
| ———, refugees at, hungry for news | 269 |
| ———, singular panic of besiegers of | 408 |
| Orphanages of the M. E. Church in India, origin of | 506 |
| ———, the need of | 519 |
| Oude, annexation of | 207 |
| ———, discouragements by British officials in regard to establishing missions in | 212 |
| ———, history of, presents a record of violence, perfidy, and blood | 211 |
| ———, its last king, Wajid Ali Shah, portrait of | 209 |
| ———, necessity for the annexation of | 207 |
| ———, Queen of, protests against annexation | 102 |
| “Outcasts,” cruel law concerning | 32 |
| Outram, Sir James, magnanimously waives his right to command in favor of Havelock | 344 |
| ———, interview of, with the dying Havelock | 356 |
| Pana, the, its value | 33 |
| Paradise, illustrated from the Dewanee Khass | 120 |
| Parisnaih, two as large as life, in Delhi | 418 |
| Parsees, (followers of Zoroaster,) number of, in India | 67 |
| Peggy, matron of our Female Orphanage, portrait of | 218 |
| Peggy's sacrifice for her Saviour | 214 |
| “Peishwa,” import of the title | 178 |
| Permissive Providence of God, instance of | 231 |
| Pierce and Humphrey, Rev. Messrs., suppose Dr. Butler dead | 410 |
| ———, joyful meeting with, in the Taj Mahal | 433 |
| Poictiers, Abder Rahnum's defeat at | 12 |
| Polyandry | 497 |
| Polygamy | 494 |
| Post-office, the regular, distrusted by the Sepoy conspirators | 190 |
| Prayer, the, in the jungle | 239 |
| ———, soothing effects of | 331 |
| Presbyterian Church, missionaries of, murdered | 15, 261, 298, 294 |
| Presbyterian Church, M. E. Mission indebted to, for its first native helper | 214 |
| Presbyterian missionaries did not die in vain | 466, 467 |
| Priests of Mahadeva, interview with | 419 |
| Prime, Dr., testimony of, to the improvements in India | 461 |
| Providential interpositions:— | |
| General Sibbald's timely absence | 232 |
| Singular panic which fell upon the besiegers of Nynee Tal | 408 |
| The night in the Terai | 239 |
| The night in the Himalayan forests | 283 |
| Punjab, its preservation in the hour of trial | 407 |
| Rajpoots, their pride and cruelty | 475 |
| Ramayana, outline of the | 95-99 |
| Rampore, Nawab of, noble conduct of, during the rebellion | 279 |
| ———, exposed to danger in consequence of aiding us | 281 |
| ———, munificent liberality of, to the Woman's Missionary Society | 525 |
| Rig-Veda, the | 84 |
| Robertson, Judge, deceived by Bahadur Khan | 287 |
| ———, execution of | 249 |
| Roe, Sir Thomas, in the Court of the Mogul | 122 |
| ———, a changed scene in Delhi from what he witnessed | 422, 424 |
| Romanism, failure of, to improve its opportunity in India | 145 |
| Russian rule not desired by the people of India | 355 |
| Sacontala, the, forbids inquiry concerning the wife of another man | 488 |
| ———, injunction as to the subordination of younger to elder wives | 496 |
| Sannyasi, rules of life for | 36 |
| Satya Yug, the | 76 |
| Saugor Isle, its accursed scenes | 473 |
| Sepoy Rebellion, the, originating causes of | 170-190 |
| ———, causes of the failure of | 427 |
| ———, criminals in the jails linked in with the | 227 |
| ———, did not originate in patriotism | 428 |
| Sepoy Rebellion, growing fear of the extension of the Christian religion a cause of the | 189 |
| ———, how English government in India affected by | 460 |
| ———, Mohammedan monopoly of place and power a cause of the | 186 |
| ———, no native Christian joined the | 464 |
| 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 |
| Woman, training of a youthful Hindoo | 482 |
| Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church | 521 |
| ———, munificent liberality to the, by the Nawab of Rampore | 525 |
| Women of India doomed by modern Hindooism to a life of ignorance | 42 |
| ——— in India at present unable to create a true home | 57 |
| ——— in India, higher social position of, in the Vedic age | 88 |
| ——— in India never dance unless they are prostitutes | 46 |
| ———, courtship of, unknown in India | 497 |
| ———, statistics of education of | 42 |
| ———, widowhood of, in India | 497-502 |
| Women, wrongs of, legalized in India | 469 |
| Woodside, Rev. J. S., interview of, with the Emperor of Delhi | 424 |
| “Yogee,” meaning of the word | 203 |
| Yogees, or silent saints of India, portraits of | 200 |
| ———, singular rules of moral perfection for, from the Bhagvat Geeta | 201, 202 |
| ———, superstitious veneration for | 203 |
| Zeenat Mahal, last Empress of Delhi, portrait of | 111 |
| Zenana, the term defined | 479 |
| Zenana Schools, number of pupils in | 42 |