Brahmins, religious system of the, 141
Buddhism, in Thibet, ii. 36; Burmah,
59; introduction into China, 157;
its Chinese modification, 225;
Japan, 375
Bugis, "the Phenicians of the Archi-
pelago," 101
Burmah, war with the British, i. 270;
the country and its productions,
ii. 45; commerce, 50; govern-
ment, ib.; army, 53; customs and
manners, 55; religion, 59
Bushmen, 480
CABOOL, city of, ii. 16
Coffee, Indian, i. 465
Calcutta, origin of, 106; the English
driven from, 114; Black Hole of,
ib.; retaken by Clive, ib.
Canton, occupation of the heights
of, by the British, ii. 350
Cape of Good Hope, discovery of,
472; colonized by the Dutch,
473; conquered from them by the
British, 474; native inhabitants,
475; Hottentots 479; Bushmen,
480; Kafirs, 483; Natal, 486;
progress of the Cape colony, 488;
animal kingdom, 490; cattle, 491;
sheep, 492; wine, 493; Kafir-
trade, 494; capabilities and pro-
spects, 495
Cashmere, picture of the celebrated
valley of, 24; productions, 29;
population and character, 30
Caste, its general influence upon the
Hindoo character, i. 15; con-
nection with religion, 154; the
frame-work of Indian society, ib. ;
distribution of the people under
the system, 155; to some ex-
tent a fiction of the lawgivers,
156; probable origin, 157; per-
petuation of its prejudices by the
public life of the natives, 158;
influence of the Mahomedan con-
quest, 159
Celebes, ii. 77; its inhabitants the
Bugis, 101
Ceram, 99
Chand, Sultana, her heroic contest
with Akbar, i. 55
Cha-poo, capture of, ii. 359
China, history of, 145; patriarchal
stage, 148; feudal stage, 149;
consolidation of the empire under
the Hans, 155; military dynasty
of Tang, 159; uniform progress
and fate of the dynasties, 160;
struggle with the Tartars, 161;
a Tartar dynasty mounts the
throne, 165; which gives place
to a Chinese dynasty, 166; new
Tartar conquest, 167; glance
round the frontiers, 172; topo-
graphical sketch of China Proper,
179; theory of the government,
192; emperor and his cabinet,
199; education, 200; revenue,
205; ceremony, 206; army, 207;
law, 208; public works, 213; cen-
sorship, 214; religion, 218; lite-
rature, 231; society and manners,
235; progress of luxury, 239;
houses, 243; dress and personal
appearance, 247; ceremony, 250;
women, 252; infanticide, 254;
clans, 256; marriage and concu-
binage, 257; general state of
society, 258; productions and
resources of the country, 264;
agriculture, 280; manufactures,
282; fine arts, 290; science, 292;
commerce, 294; intercourse with
the Portuguese, 305; Japanese,
306; Dutch, 307; Russians, 311;
English, 313; opium war, 336
Chin-hae, capture of, 353; attempt
of the Chinese to recapture, 357
Chin - keang-foo, capture of, 363;
slaughter of their families by the
defeated garrison, 366
Christianity, progress of in China, 228
Chuenpee, capture of, 341
Clans of China, 256
Clive, captures Arcot, i. 113; recap-
tures Calcutta, 114; gains the
battle of Plassey, 115
Cochin China, 140
Commerce of India, its early course,
i. 83; in the hands of the Phe-
necians, 84; Romans, ibid.; its
commodities, 86; its effect upon
the western world, 89; in the
hands of the Arabs, ib.; jealousy
of the Greeks, who re-open its
early route, and make Constanti-
nople the entrepôt of the world,
90; interrupted by the crusades,
91;
in the hands of Venice and
Genoa, 91; monopoly of by the
Venetians, 92; Portuguese, 93;
and Dutch, 98; its principal sta-
ples, 102; revenue derived by
the Company from commerce, 410
Confucius, character of his doctrine,
ii. 151, 220; contention of his
sect with the government, 153;
triumphant under the Hans, 156
indifferent to religion, 227; Con-
fucian literature, 231
Constantinople, becomes the entrepôt
of the world, i. 90; sack of the
city by the Turks, 91
Cotton, Indian, 456; Chinese, ii. 270,
284; of the Indian Archipelago,
Cotton-goods imported by the Romans,
i. 86
DIAMONDS of Borneo, ii. 126
Diego Garcia Island, 470
Drugs imported by the Romans, i. 87
Dutch East India Company, origin of,
96; constitution, 98; transac-
tions in the Archipelago, ii. 76-
in Japan, 393
Dyaks of Borneo, 139
Dye-stuffs imported by the Romans,
i. 86
EAST INDIA COMPANY, English, ori-
gin of, 96; early history, 99; their
alliance of friendship with the
Dutch dissolved by the massacre of
Amboyna, 101; their settlement
at Madras, 103; obtain the privi-
lege of free-trade from Shah
Jehan, ib.; their settlement at
Bombay, ib.; obtain the power
of admiralty jurisdiction, 104-
and of making peace and war, ib. ;
compelled to abandon Bengal, ib.
-and to succumb to Aurungzebe,
105; constitute Calcutta a sepa-
rate presidency, 106; assist the
Rajah of Tanjore, 112-and take
part against the French in a
disputed succession of the Dec-
can, ib.; driven by the viceroy
of Bengal from Calcutta, 114—
which is retaken by Clive, ib.;
constituted masters of Bengal by
the results of the battle of
Plassey, 115; struggle with the
French in the Deccan, 201; se-
verely mulcted by the Mahrattas,
ib.; resume possession of Madras,
202; defeat a French fleet, 204;
oust the French from the ascen-
dency in the northern Deccan,
207; the heir of the Moguls is
suppliant for the mercy of Clive,
who is made an omrah of the
empire, with the jaghire of the
Calcutta territory, 208; capture
the Dutch fleet, ib.; drive the
emperor before them in Bengal,
209; depose two successive na-
bobs, and by the battle of Buxur
establish themselves as the greatest
military power in India, 210;
the emperor pensioned, and the
Company made Dewan of Bengal,
Bahar, and Orissa, 211; condi-
tion of India at this epoch, 212;
disagreement in India between
the Company and the Crown,
216; change in the constitution
of the Company, 220; the Ro-
hilla war and its horrors, 221;
first Mahratta war, 223; destroy
the last remnant of the French
power in India, 224-but in doing
so draw against them the hostility
of Hyder Ali, 225; dangerous
position of the new dominions,
226; alternate successes, ib. ;
peace, 227; new Mahratta war,
followed by a disadvantageous
peace, the English giving up all
their acquisitions, 229; deposi-
tion of the Rajah of Benares,
230; establishment of the Board
of Control, 230; new war with
Mysore, 231; capture of Banga-
lore, ib.; capture of Seringapa-
tam, 233; period when the British
government become fully identi-
fied with the Company in their
military operations, 234; new war
with Mysore, 236; second cap-
ture of Seringapatam, and death
of Tippoo, 237; Oude perma-
nently subsidized, 239; deposi-
tion of the nabobs of Furruckabad,
Surat, Tanjore, and Arcot, 240 ;
treaty of Bassein, 242; New Mah-
ratta war, 243; power of the
chiefs completely crushed, 244,
ib.; alarm of the nation at home,
and a peace patched up, in which
most of their advantages are
relinquished, 247; mutiny of the
native troops at Vellore, 249;
mutiny of the European officers
at Seringapatam, 252; destruc-
tion of the Dutch power in the
Archipelago, 255; disastrous war
with Nepaul, and acquisition of
the provinces of Kamaon and
Gurhwal, 259; Pindarrie war,
263; Mahratta war rekindled, and
the Rajah of Berar chastised and
deposed, 266; Holkar's troops de-
feated, ib.; the Peshwa deposed,
the Pindarries destroyed, and
the Mahratta confederacy com-
pletely broken up, 269; war with
the Burmese, 270; mutiny of
Barrackpore, 278; chastisement
of Bhurtpore, 281; Mysore
placed under a British commis-
sion, 282; annexation of Coorg,
the Company become exclusively
a political body, 284; origin of
the Affghan war, 288; Ghuznee
captured, 295-and Khelat, 296;
transactions at Cabool, 299; de-
scription of the retreat and mas-
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