INDEXBijapur 9
in late middle ages 171–2, 179
in Mughal empire 193–4
Bimbisara (king of Magadha) 53–4, 57
Bindusara (king of Mauryas) 62
Birkenhead, Lord 255
Birla, G.D. 270, 298
BJP see Bharatiya Janata Party
Board of Control (East India Company)
226
Bodh Gaya 83; Buddha’s Enlightenment at
53
Boghazköy, peace treaty of 32
Bombay (now called Mumbai) 13
freedom movement and 258, 260, 264,
267, 270
in Mughal empire 205
in republic 301
under British 207–8, 219;
courts 240;
education 235; Presidency 246–8, 252;
textile industry 248
‘Bombay plan’ 298
border kings in ancient empires 83–5, 121
Borobudur 143, 148–9
Bose, Subhas Chandra 271, 277–8, 281
Bourdonnais, see La Bourdonnais
boycotts and freedom movement 267–8,
270–1
Brahma (god) 133
Brahmanas (texts)
in ancient empires 47–9, 96
under early civilisations 33–4, 38–9, 41, 46
Brahmanism 132; see also Hinduism
Brahmasutras (text) 131
Brahmins
in ancient empires 48–9, 59, 67, 80;
Guptas 88, 92, 94; Shatavahanas, 97, 99
in early civilisations 33, 35, 39, 42, 46 in
early middle ages 121, 123, 128–30, 137,
141; Bhakti and 133–5, 139; ritual
sovereignty of kings 128–30
land grants to 87–8, 97, 99, 121, 123, 128
in late middle ages 167
theory of colonisation of Southeast Asia
143–6
under British 228, 246
see also Hinduism
Brahmo Samaj (religious association) 235,
258
‘Breakdown Plan’ 287–8
Brezhnev, Leonid 326, 328
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (text) 46
Brihadratha (king of Mauryas) 68
British and Mughal empire 202–23
British colonial rule 13, 224–57, 333–4
Company Bahadur as trader and ruler
224–39
constitutional reform, pattern of 252–7
imperial structure and regional impact
239–52
see also freedom movement
British Indian Association 252
bronze 40
Budhagupta (king of Guptas) 90
Buddha, Gautama 49, 52–4
Buddhism 46
in ancient empires 49, 51–4, 56, 68, 71, 97;
Ashoka and 62–4, 67; Guptas and 88,
91; Kushanas and 75–6; rise of 51–3;
Shatavahanas and 97; Shungas and 68;
in South 92, 94
in early middle ages 112, 114, 131–2, 141,
147–50
monasteries 51, 68, 78, 83, 88, 91, 97, 99,
113–17, 150
Buhlul Khan (sultan of Delhi) 167
buildings 112, 167, 191; see also temples
Bukka I (king of Vijayanagar) 176, 178
Bulganin 320
Bundi 157
Burke, Edmund 218
Burma (now Myanmar)
in early middle ages 147–8, 150
Japan conquers 281
Upper, conquest of (1885) 250, 319
Bussy, General Charles de 206, 212–14,
220Cabinet mission scheme, partition and
288–90
Calcutta 13
freedom movement and 258–60
in Mughal empire 205, 213–14, 218
partition and 289–90
under British 210–14, 217, 242–3, 268;
constitutional reform 252; courts and
law 228, 240, 242; education 231, 234–5,
242; trade and commerce 231–4
Cambodia 116–17, 146, 150
Carr, Tagore & Co. 232–3, 248
Carter, J. 328–9
caste system
in early civilisations 39–43
in late middle ages 156
movements against 133, 141
see also Hinduism; social differentiation
cattle
cow protection movement 259, 261
in early civilisations 35–7, 45
raids 37, 93
cavalry see weapons
Celebes 148
censorship, newspaper 260
Census of India 14
Central Asia 147
Central Legislative Assembly 276, 283