INDEXAtharvaveda (text) 34, 47
Atisha (Buddhist monk) 148
Atranjikhera 44
Attila (Hun leader) 90, 154
Attlee, Clement 287–8, 290–1
Augustus (Roman emperor) 100
Aurangabad 9, 11, 66, 165, 193–4
Aurangzeb (Mughal emperor) 67, 140,
164–6, 171, 192–6, 205
Aurobindo (politician and philosopher) 263
Avadi Resolution 318
Avanti 9, 47, 50, 56, 62, 84
Ayar (people) 93
Ayodhya 311–12, 314
Ayub Khan 323
Ayuktakas (city officers) 89
Ayyavole guild 118–20
Azad, Maulana (journalist) 267, 278–9
Azes I (king of Shakas) 72, 73
Azes II (king of Shakas) 74
Baber (Mughal emperor) 169, 184–7, 191,
193, 195, 197, 210–11, 215, 311
Babri Masjid (Ayodhya) 311–12, 314
‘Babu’ (elite) 242–3
Bactria 31, 36, 73–4, 77–9, 90
Greek kings of 68–72
Badami 9, 11, 104–6, 113
Bahadur II (Mughal emperor) 236
Bahadur Shah (Mughal emperor) 196
Bahman Shah see Zafar Khan
Bahmanis (dynasty) 170–2, 178
sultanate 106, 166, 170–2, 174, 178–80
Bajaur 185
Baji Rao I (Peshwa) 196–7, 207, 210
Baji Rao II (Peshwa) 221
Bakhtyar Khilji, Muhammad (general) 112,
157–8
Baksar 216
Balaji Baji Rao (Peshwa) 215
Balaji Vishwanath (Peshwa) 196
Balaputra (king of Shrivijaya) 113, 147
Balban (sultan of Delhi) 159, 164, 168
Bali 150
Balkh 192
Ballala III (king of Hoysalas) 160, 177
Ballala IV (king of Hoysalas) 177
Baluchistan 2, 18–22, 25, 31, 58–9, 188, 283
Bana (writer) 104
Banerjea, Surendranath 259, 270
‘Bangistan’, advocated 283
Bangladesh 304, 307, 325–7, 328, 330; see
also Pakistan
bankers 68
banking 233
Barani (writer) 163–5
Barhut 68
Barid Shahis 171
Barnala, Surjit Singh 310
Baroda 196, 211
Basava (Brahmin reformer) 141
basileus (Greek royal title) 73, 75
Basra 200
Basu, Jyoti 307, 317
‘Battle of Ten Kings’ 35
Behistun, inscription at 53
Benaras see Varanasi
Bengal 9, 90, 119
in early middle ages 106, 111–13
freedom movement and 258, 261–2, 270,
276
in late middle ages 157, 159, 164–6, 172–4
Mughal empire and 187, 207–11, 213
partition and 283, 289, 291; rise of
extremism 262–3
in republic 300, 307
under British 205, 216–220, 223, 224, 227,
229, 231–3, 241–3, 248, 254–5; Diwani
of, and Clive 213–15; textiles exported
232, 246
see also Calcutta
Bengali language 142
Berar 183
Besant, Annie 264
Besnagar, Heliodorus’ pillar at 69, 71
bhadralok 242–3
Bhagabhadra (king of Shungas) 69
Bhagavata Purana (text) 139, 142
Bhakti movement 114, 131–9, 141
Bhanjas (dynasty) 125–6, 173
Bhanudeva IV (king of Orissa) 174, 178
Bhanugupta (king) 90
Bharatas (people) 35
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 300, 305,
310–17
Bharhut, monastery at 81
Bharukacha 66, 70
Bhaskaravarman (king of Kamarupa) 121
Bhaumakaras (dynasty) 125–6
Bhave, Vinobha 299, 305
Bhils (people) 110
Bhindranwale, Jarnail Singh 308
Bhir Mound 50, 54; see also Taxila
Bhoja (king of Gurjara Pratiharas) 108
Bhoja (king of Paramares) 179
Bhubaneshwar, temple at 129
Bhutto, Zulfiquar Ali 323, 325, 327
Bidar 9, 106, 170–1
Bihar 9
in ancient empires 50
in early middle ages 106, 112
freedom movement and 262, 265, 275,
280, 289
in late middle ages 157–8
in Mughal empire 185, 207, 216
under British 216, 233, 242–3