Maingmo or Meyangma, part of the Himaliya mountains, 89, 158, 160
Makunda Sen, son of Rudra, Raja of Palpa, 131, 170
Makunda Sen, son of Udyata, Raja of Palpa, 170, etc. 245,
Makwani, ) a principality and district, 130, 132, 133,
Mal family, chiefs of the Newar tribe, 29, 52, 187, 191
Malebamba, ) called also Parbat, a lordship, 28, 238, 239, 245, Malebum, )269, 275, see Mal
Mandhata, Raja of Vijayapur, and his descendants, 139, etc.
Manik, Raja of Makwanpur, and his descendants, 144
Manu, a passage among the snowy mountains, 301
Manufactures, 232, see also Bell metal, Brass, Cotton, Iron,
Maps, by various natives, 2, 3, 4, 5, 124, 160
Mas, May, or Mung, several kinds of pulse, see Dolichos and Phaseolus
Mastang, a lordship in Thibet, 272, 273, 283
Mataya, an ancient kingdom, now the district of Dinajpur, 7, 119
Matsyendranath, a deity, and his temple, 32, 211
Meleagris Satyra or Manal, a bird, 95, 285
Melk or charity land, or Khairat zemin, land held in perpetuity, which
does not pay rent to the prince, 149, 179, 212, 218,
Menjoo Dev’, a deity, (probably Manyu, son of Brahma,) 206
Military establishment or army, 110, 115, 148, 149, 246,
Mines, see Copper, Corundum, Crystal, Gold, Iron, Lead, Mercury,
Mica, Salt, Sulphur, Zinc, also 76, 154, 156, 164,
Mint at Almora, 293, at Kathmandu, 213, 293
Mirgu, part of the snowy mountains, 89, 158, 159
Mithila or Tirahut, an ancient kingdom, 156, 191
Mohurer, register in the Fouzdars office, 155
Mokuddum, a petty officer, called also Mahato, Pradhan, and
Morang, a lordship and district, 138, 151, etc.
Muktanath, hot springs, a place of pilgrimage, 79, 272
Munsuf of Bahadurgunj, his information, 2
Musa, a fruit tree, called Plantain by the English, 230
Musikot, two lordships, 238, 239, 263, 266, 270,
Musk, a drug, and the animal producing it, 94
Musulmans, properly Moslemin or Muhammedan, 38
Nag Bamba Mal, chief of Malebum, 270, 271
Narabhupal or Nribhupal, Raja of Gorkha, 244, 262
Nawab Vazir, Muhammedan Prince of Oude or Ayodhya, 277, 278, 301
Nayakot, a lordship, and its capital, 238, 239, 241
Neat cattle, including oxen, (Bos taurus,) 76, 217
Neb, an inferior minister of a prince, 2, 147
Negi or Adhikar, an inferior officer of government, 114
Nepal Proper, conquest by the Gorkhalese, 7