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GENERAL INDEX.
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Imray, hydrographer, xv. 106.
India, xvii. 48, 52, 249, 261, 277, 281,
282.
India, Account of Remarkable Hail
storms in, from March 1851 to
May 1855, by Dr Buist, xii. 1, et seq .
India, annual approximate exports by
sea from, to Bushire, xvii. 89, 90.
India, a Catalogue of the most Re
markable Hailstorms which have
OCCURRED IN, BETWIXT 1822 AND 1850,
by Dr G. Buist, ix. 184, et seq .
*lndia, account of the great trigono
metrical survey of, xii. 91-93.
India, Account of the Great Trigo
nometrical Survey of, xvi. 92 ; gene
ral outline of operations, 92-95 ; the
coast series, 95 ; the Indus series, 97 ;
the Rahoon meridional series, 99 ;
the Goorhagurh meridional series,
100 ; the Assam party, 101 ; the
Bombay party, 104 ; the levelling
operations, 105 ; the computing of
fice, 106.
India, ancient Arab intercourse with, i.
95.
India, Central, account of buried cities
in, x. 163.
India, hydrography of, xv. 102.
*In®ia, Outline of the Physical Geo
graphy of, by Dr G. Buist, xiv. 6 ;
its extent and physical features, 7 ;
its river system, 8 ; and cataracts, 9 ;
atmospheric phenomena, 10, 11, 18,
19 ; its rainfall, 12 ; its feathered
tribes and their habits, 13 ; account
of the principal falls of rain, 14 ; pe
culiarities of the Indian Ocean, 15;
its currents, 16, 17 ; monsoons, 19 ;
and winds, 20, 21.
*India, Southern, xvii. 97, 101, 109.
India, Southern, xvi. 10.
*India, the river system of, xiv. 8.
India, the Volcanoes of, by Dr Buist,
x. 138.
India, the western coast of, on the
means of avoiding storms on the, viii.
35, 36.
India, Memoir on the Origin, Pro
gress, and Present State of the
Surveys in, by Major Jervis, iv.
133*; introductory observations, 135-
138; progress of geographical dis
covery from the fifteenth century,
138 ; Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch
intercourse with India, 139 ; advan
tageous geographical position of Pales
tine, 139, 140 ; Roman and Arab in
tercourse with India, 141 ; develop
ment of mathematical and geogra
phical science, 142, 143 ; labours of
Major Rennell and others in India,
144, 145 ; condition of geographical
science in India, 146-153.
India, the Origin, Progress, and
Present State of the Surveys in,
being an Address on the Subject
delivered at the Meeting of the
British Association at Newcastle-
on-Tyne in August 1838, by Major
Jervis, iv. 155*; importance of geo
graphy and astronomy, 158, 159 ;
necessity for accuracy, 160, 161; im
portance of geography to the geologist,
and the missionary, 162, 163 ; account
of the various surveys undertaken by
the East India Company, 164-182 ;
the best method of pursuing geological
and geographical research, 182-189.
India, Western Coast of, Historical
and Geographical Account of the,
and of its Revenue and Land Ten
ures^ by Major Jervis, F.R.S., iv. 1;
origin and collection of the Indian
revenue, 2, 3 ; amount of revenue
drawn by the Moghul Government
from the Tul Konkun, 4, former con
dition of Katteewar and Kutch, 5 ;
extent and revenue of the Konkun,
6-8 ; difficulty of dealing with the re
venue, 9 ; origin and history of land
tenures in India, 10, et seq.; Indian
sovereigns before the Mohammedan
invasion, 12 ; nature of the Hindu
character, 13 ; antiquity of the Hindu
Shasturs, 14 ; Hindu law, 15 ; influ
ence of the present races on the
customs of India, 17 ; antiquity of
the tenth or tithing system, 19-23 ;
Mohammedan mode of levying im
posts, 24 ; Hindu legislation on the
subject, 26 ; similarity of the Hindu
and Jewish codes, 26-30 ; the Empe
ror Akbar’s impartial system of taxa
tion, 31 ; fluctuations caused by con
quests, 32-34 ; relation between the
sovereign and the subject, 35-38 ; how
the ryot holds his lands, 40 ; the
zumeendars, 41-44 ; ancient tenures
and land measures, 45-51 ; the system
adopted by Akbar and his ministers,
Todur Mull and Moozuffur Khan,
52-54 ; the system of the Brahmins,
55 ; the dismemberment of the em
pire, 56, 57; Hindu ecclesiastical
architecture, 58 ; the different nation-