INDEX 243
149, 170-171, 174; textual traditions
embedded in, 16, 21, 25-26, 32-44,
54-69, 92-rn2, 110-II1, II4-II5,
153-154; as translation of Arabic
text, 9, II, 15, 19-20, 55-62, 64-65,
81, 171; Uch's depiction in, 9-12,
20-21, 71, 80-81; women in, 65-66,
128-144
Chakravarti, Ranabir, 19203
Chakravarti, Uma, 4
Chalukya, 50
Chandella, 50
Channan Pir, 20904
Charlemagne, 1
Chaudhry, Javed, 9
Chaudhuri, K. N., 19203
Chauhan, 50
China, 29-30, 32
Chinghiz Khan, 1, 51-52
Chishti 'Usmani, Alhadiya, 122
Cholistan desert, 19, 182
Christian Topography (Cosmas), 30
Claudius Ptolemy, 28
Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium
(Solinus), 29, 93
colonialism: anticolonialism and,
170-179; British depictions of
Muslims and, 69-70, 75-77, 160-171;
Chachnama's misreading and,
151-152, 181-184; education and, 7-8,
171, 176-177; essentialism and,
157-158, 163-64, 171-179, 194023,
215018; historiography and, 1-6,
19-21, 150-152, 171-179;Indian
nationalism and, 170-171; origin
stories and, 15-16, 162-179; post-
colonialism and, 6, 180-184; Sind's
British conquest and, 159-171;
translation issues and, 157, 171-179,
216023
conquest narratives: advice genre and,
21, 81, 84-rn2, rn9-II0; alliance-
building and, 86-92, 181-182,
2rnn22; British colonialism and,
159-171; c;,hach's exploits and,
rn7-rn9, 125, 133-134, 142-143;
conversions and, 115-124, 163, 177;
Muslims in, 32-44, 62-67, 86-92,
110-113, 162-171, 181, 201Il37;
political acumen and, 33-34, 86-92,
210022; Qasim's exploits and, 2,
38-44, 120-121, 134, 146, 174-176,
181; religious differences and,
86-rn2, rn5-rn6, IIO-IIS, 135-136;
temple destruction and, 25, 163,
167-168, 171, 174, 196056; women's
erasure from, 144-149. See also
specific cities and regions
The Conquest of New Spain (Diaz
del Castillo), 6
conversions (religious), u5-124,
163, 177
Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum,
197058
Cosmas Indicopleustes, 30
courtesans, 72
"Courts, Capitals, and Kingships"
(Kumar), 199n8
Cousens, Henry, 69-71, 170
Crow, Nathan, 159
Ctesias of Cnidus, 29, 93
Dahar: advice genre and, 82, 84-85,
87-91; Chach's succession and, 13,
64, 82-83, 85-86; colonial under-
standings of, 167-168; in conquest
narratives, 37-44, 87, 134; death of,
120, 136; Ladi's relationship to, 134;
marriage of, 2nn39; religious
conversion and, II?
Daharsena, 13, 82-86
Daily Dawn, 178
Daily fang, 9
Damascus, 14, 25, 32, 41, 44, 72
Daudpota, 'Umar bin Muhammad, 13,
171-172, 175
Daughters of King Daher (Hood), 145
Dawar, IIO
Daybul: conquest narratives and, 35, 39,
50, 52, 91, 154-155, 164-165, 174;
trade and, 30, 44, 71
Deccan, 50, 72-74, 156
Dehlavi, Amir Khusraw, 95
Delhi, 50-52, 54, 57, 71, 76, 83, 153,
156, 184
demons, rn9-111
De Mundo, 94
dharmasastra texts, 98
Diaz del Castillo, Bernal, 6
Dilshad, Muhammad, 128
Dinar, Malik bin, 150
Dinawari, 94