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INDEX
 

Bernier, on flattery among the Hindoos,
264, 265 ; account of seraglio, 267 ;
account of throne of great Mogol,
268, 269 ; describes elephant combat,
276 et seq. ; account of chief mosque,
the Jama Masjid at Dehli, 278 seq.

------ account of Agra, 284 et seq. ; on

the Jesuits and their missions, 286,
289 et seq.; description of mausoleum
of Taj Mahal, 293 et seq. ; Letter to
Monsieur Chapelain, 300-349.

------ on  two  solar  eclipses, 300-303 ;

account of festival of Juggernaut, 304,
305, 306 ; widow burning witnessed
by, 306-315 ; witnesses funeral rites
on the Ganges, 316; translates Des¬
cartes into Persian, 324.

------ on religious books and beliefs of

Hindoos, 325 seq.

------■ questions  Pundits  on   nature  of

Hindoo gods, chronology, etc., 341-
345 ; on doctrines of Hindoos, 346-
349 ; Letter to M. Chapelle, 349 n.

--------first letter to Monsieur De Mer¬
veilles, 350-357 ; equipment of, 353 ;
second letter to Monsieur De Mer¬
veilles, 358-382.

------■ the league (lieue) of, 367 n ; loses

his way iu camp, 368, 369.

------ third letter to M. de Merveilles,

383, 384 ; description of Lahore, 384 ;
fourth letter to M. de Merveilles,
385 ; fifth letter to M. de Merveilles,
386, 387 ; crosses river Chinab, ib.
and n ; sixth letter to M. de Mer¬
veilles, 388 ; seized with illness, ib.

------seventh letter, to M. de Merveilles

389; suffers from intense heat, ib.,
390; eighth letter to M. de Merveilles,
390-392 ; ninth letter to M. de Mer¬
veilles, 393 et seq. ; on beauty of
Kashmir women, 404, 405 ; account
of journey from Bhimbar to Kashmir,
405 et seq.

------ crosses Ratan Mountains, 406 and

n ; crosses Pir Panjal Pass, 407 et
seq. ; visits sacred spring at Bawan,
410 and n, 411 ; on origin of, 412
and n, 413 ; visits gardens of Achi¬
bal, 413; visits gardens of Vernag,
ib. n, 414; visits shrine and mosque
at Baramula, 414.

------ takes part in lifting sacred stone
 

at mosque of Baramula, 415, 416;
visits Wular Lake, 416 and n; account
of bubbling spring, 417, 418; visits
Lake Gungabal, 418 and «; ac¬
count of kingdom of Kashgar, 426
seq. ; on Jews in Kashmir and China,
429 and n, 430.

Bernier, on periodical rains in India, 431
et seq. ; on regularity of currents of
the.sea and winds in Indies, 434 et
seq. ; on fertility, wealth, and beauty
of Bengal, 437 et seq. ; witnesses a
lunar rainbow, 444, 445.

------ caught in a storm, 445, 446 ; on

periodical rising of the Nile, 446 et
seq. ; illness of, in Egypt, 451 ;
account of revenue of Great Mogol,
455 et seq. ; abstract of the F'rench
king's licence to print his travels,
461.

------letter   to   Monseigneur   Colbert,

note on, 473 seq.

Beths (Vedas) religious books of the
Hindoos, 325 and n, 335 ; on the
creation of the world, 328 and n.

Betel (Piperbetel, Lin.), 13 n.

Bet-le (Betel) chewed to sweeten the
breath, 283, 364.

Bhadur-Kan (Bahadur Khmt), conducts
Dara  through   streets of Delhi,  98,

99-

Biapek (Vyapaka), all pervading,   344

and n, 348.
Bibliography of Bernier's  Travels and

other works, xxv seq.
Bider (Bidar) captured by  Aurangzeb,

22 and n, 197 n.
Bihsthi, Pathan water-carrier, 207 n.
Billah (Bi-'lldhi), 'By God,' 153 «.
Bisnaguer ( Vijayanagar), kingdom of,

193 n,
Bokhara prunes (Alil Bokhara), 118 n.
Bouleponge (punch), of Bengal, 441 and

n.
Brahma,   the  eternal  creative   power,

328 n.
Brama of Pegu, cruelties of, 234 and n

235-
Brampour (Burhdnpui-),  city of, 31 ?/;

river, crossed by Aurangzeb at, '^^.
Buddhists of Tibet, sects of, 423 n.
Burning of widows, account of custom

of, 306-315.