Herat, besieged by Persia, 145; defended by Eldred Pottinger, 151; second siege by Persia, 181
Hindus, protected against European soldiers at Madras, 14; rebel against the house tax, 15; municipality in the 17th century, 16; abolition of Suttee, 123; overawed by Thugs, 125; village communities in the North-West Provinces, 128; in the Madras Presidency, 131; ancient colonisation, _ib._; ancient migrations from Central and Northern Asia, 142; accept Sikh religion in the Punjab, 155; absence of roads in Hindu kingdoms, 172; belief in adoption but reluctant to adopt, 175; caste system, 188, 191; worship of the cow and horror of beef, 195; forced conversions to Islam, 196; hostility of the Brahmans at Benares, stamped out by Mr. Gubbins, 235; Hindu culture, 298; child marriages, _ib._; temper, _ib._; social despotism, 299; failure of hereditary officials, 300; successful training, _ib._
Holkar, Jaswant Rao, the bandit, 92; drives the Peishwa from Poona, _ib._; occupies Indore territory, 93; relations with the British, 95; defiance, 96; campaign of Lord Lake, _ib._; Monson's disastrous retreat, 97; joined by Sindia, etc., _ib._; flies to the Punjab, 99; confined as a madman, _ib._; dies of cherry brandy, 111; _see_ Indore
Holwell, Mr., elected Governor of Calcutta, during the siege, 38; sells Calcutta lands by auction, 60
Hughly, old Portuguese fortress at, 19; demolished in punishment for slave dealing, 20; British factory at, 25; Mogul oppressions, _ib._; British retreat to Madras, 27
Hyder Ali, of Mysore, desolates the Carnatic, 74
Hyderabad, disbandment of French battalions, 85; subsidiary force at, 113
Impey, Sir Elijah, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta, 65; charges against, 70
Indore, revolt of the army of Holkar, 115; defeated at Mehidpore, 117; subsidiary alliance, 118; outbreak during the mutinies, 272; political relations, 289 _note_
Java, wrested from the Dutch, 104; restored to Holland, _ib._
Jeypore, Raja of, fights for princess of Oodeypore, 105; asks British government to arbitrate, 106
Jodhpore, Raja of, contends for princess of Oodeypore, 105; asks British to arbitrate, 106
Judicature, justices of the Choultry at Madras, 13; mayor's court, 31; British zemindar at Calcutta, 59; magistrates and judges, 62; courts of circuit and appeal, 63; chief court or Sudder, 64; patriarchal system, _ib._; supreme court of barrister judges, 65; collisions, 67, 68; judicial reforms of Lord Cornwallis, 79; of Lord William Bentinck, 126; Asiatic judges, 127; amalgamation of Supreme Court and Sudder in the existing High Courts, 284; Asiatic judges and magistrates, 285; proposed changes, 300