Rajputana, princes and chiefs taken under British protection by Lord Wellesley, 95; annulment of treaties by Sir George Barlow, 99; plundered by the Mahrattas, _ib._; ravaged by Sindia and Amir Khan, 105; renewal of protective treaties by Lord Hastings, 120; relations with the British government, 289
Rana, of Oodeypore, his descent, 104; war for his daughter, 105; her death, 106
Rangoon, expedition to, 121; second Burmese war, 168
Roe, Sir Thomas, Ambassador to India, 135
Runjeet Singh, Sikh ruler of the Punjab, 102; relations with the British government, 103; attitude in the first Afghan war, 146; death, _ib._; genius and depravity, 156; family pensioned, 165
Russia menaces Persia, 141, 143; driven back by Nadir Shah, 144; cat's-paw policy, 145; hold on Turkistan, 296
Ryotwari settlement, in Madras presidency, 133; introduced into Bombay presidency, 134
Sale, Sir Robert, sent to Jellalabad, 149; besieged by Afghans, 151
Sepoy army of India, 188; old mutinies, 189; separate armies of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras, 190; high caste in old Bengal army, 191; mutinies against greased cartridges, 193-274
Shere Ali Khan, Amir of Afghanistan, 291; estranged from British government, 296; flight, _ib._; death, 297
Shore, Mr. John, presses for an inquiry into rights of ryots, 79; Governor-General, 81
Sikh, kingdom founded by Runjeet Singh, 102; review of Sikh history, 154-157; first Sikh war, 158; second Sikh war, 161; annexed to British India, 165; help the British against Delhi, 222, 226, 237
Sind, Amirs of, defeat of, 152; their territories incorporated with the Bombay presidency, _ib._
Sindia, Mahadaji, feudatory of the Peishwa, 71; established a dominion in Hindustan, 72; French battalions, 83; rule of Daulat Rao, 90; his vacillation, 93; flight at Assaye, 94; joins Holkar, 97; returns to the British alliance, 98; ravages Rajputana, 105; secret negotiation, 111; submission, 114
Sivaji, hero of the Mahrattas, 71; his tomb repaired, _ib._ _note_
Slavery, Hindu and Mohammedan, 18; Mogul restrictions, 19; Portuguese trade, _ib._; abolished at Madras, 22
Supreme and Sudder Courts amalgamated, 284
Surat, British traders at, 3; factory, 4; foreign guests, 5; decay, 24
Talukdars, or zemindars, 130; discontent in Oudh, 220; healed, 293