war against Hyder Ali, 167;
treaty, ib.
Mahan, Captain, Influence of
Sea Power in History,' 199 n.
Mahdajee Sindia, his political

aim, 223; sudden death, 225.
Mahé, taken by the English, 194.
Mahomed Ali, 92.

Manipur, taken by the Burmese,
300; recognizes our protector-
ate, 301.
Marathas, the, in central India,
64; power of the, 136; invade
the Punjab, 150; defeated at
Pániput, 152; in the Carnatic,
167; increasing power, 184;
tactics, 185; incursions into
north-west India, 186; menace
Rohilcund, 187; strength of
their position, 188; overtures
from the French, 192; wars
with the English, 196, 253, 293;
new system of war tactics, 225-
227; invade Hyderabad, 234;
internal contests, 248; submit
to English supremacy, 294.
Marion, M., on French finance,

104.

Murshid, Kuli Khan, Governor of
Bengal, 128.

Mysore, partition of, 240.

Nádir Shah, 63; sacks Delhi, 64 ;
assassination, ib.
Nagpore, 255, 293, 320.
Napier, Sir Charles, defeats Amírs
of Sinde at Meeánee, 313.
Napoleon, his scheme of Asiatic
conquest, 233, 268; letter to
Tippu, 236; embassy to Persia,
268; coalition with Russia, 270,
271; overthrow, 273.

Násir Jung, 91; murder of, 93.
Native armies, weakness of, 98,
132-135.

Nawab of the Carnatic, 82.
Nepal War, 288-290.

Nizám of Hyderabad surrenders
at Kurdla, 234.

North, Lord, 174, 177, 178.
Nott, General, holds Kandahar,
311.
Nujíb-ud-daulah, 151.

Orme's History, 'The War in
Coromandel,' 91.

Ostend East India Company,
suppression of the, 73.

Oudh, Vizier of, defeated at
Buxar, 147; alliance with the
English, 156, 158, 162; treaty
with the Rohillas, 186; unites
with the English against Ro-
hilcund, 187; cession of his
frontier provinces, 247.

decline of the State of, 228;
annexation of, 322.

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Rája of Nagpore, league with
Sindia, 251; cessions to the
English, 255.
Rájput, States of, claim British
protection, 281.

Rangoon, British attack on, 300.
Ranjit Singh, 155; ruler of the
Punjab, 298; treaty with the
English, 302, 308; death, 313.
Roe, Sir T., embassy to the
Emperor Jehangir, 23.
Rohilcund, annexed to Oudh, 188.
Rohilla War, 187-189.

Rughonáth Rao, 151; seizes Delhi,
ib.

Rumbold, Sir T., 195.

Russia, influence over Persia, 305.
Ryswick, peace of, 37, 38.

Sikhs, the, 161; rapid rise of
the, 208; power and position,
209; internal anarchy, 314;
collisions with the English,
315; renewed hostilities, 316;
overthrown at Goojerat, 317.
Sinde Amírs, territory of, brought
under British control, 312; fall
of the dynasty, 313.

Sindia, chief of the Maratha
federation, 196; occupies Agra
and Delhi, 212; destruction of
his armies, 253-255; cessions
to the English, 255.
Sivaji, 29; invades the Carnatic,
39; death, 40.

Spain, commerce with Asia, 10;

claims monopoly of trade, 13;
negotiations with Holland, 14.
Spanish insurrection of 1808, 273.
Subsidiary treaties, system of,
243.

Suffren, Admiral, 121; naval en-
gagements, 199; sails for
Europe, 200.
Suráj-ud-daulah, Nawab of Ben-
gal, 128; attacks Calcutta, 109,
129; routed at Plassey, 110, 131.
Surat, chief establishment of the
English East India Company,
23.
Sylhet, Burmese claim British
district of, 300.

Tanjore, 90.

Temple, Sir W., negotiator of the
Triple Alliance, 36.
Tenasserim provinces, annexation
of, 301.

Tippu of Mysore, 200; embassies
from, 221; attacks Travancore,
222; first war with the Eng-
lish, 223; alliance with the
French, 236, 238; besieged in
Seringapatam, 240; death, ib.;
character, 241.
Trichinopoly, siege of, 93.
Trincomalee, occupied by the
French, 34, 202.

Turcomantchai, treaty of, 305.

United States, declaration of inde-
pendence, 192.
Utrecht, peace of, 38.

Vandewash, battle of, 114.
Venice, trade with the East, 8;
diversion from, 10, 58.
Verelst, on the commerce of Ben-
gal, 139; succeeds Lord Clive,
170.

Versailles, Peace of, 122.

Watson, Admiral, 129.
Wellesley, Lord, Governor-
General, lands at Madras, 237;
treaty with the Nizám, 239;

conquest of Mysore, 240; sys-
tem of subsidiary treaties, 244;
policy towards the Marathas,
248; offers to resign, 251;
preparations for war, 252; vic-
tories, 254; his policy, 256;
result of his rule, 260.
Wellesley, Arthur, 240; Maratha
campaigns, 254.

Zemán Shah, 210; occupies
Lahore, 235.