INDEXcoins 86, 166, 168
plates see inscriptions
Cornwallis, Lord (governor general) 221,
225, 229–31
Coromandel coast 101, 106, 151
corruption 310, 317
in East India Company 216–17, 231, 242
Cosmas, called Indicopleustes (Greek
seafarer) 91
cotton see textiles
courts see law
craftsmen and artisans 38–41, 45, 60, 86, 94,
161, 209
Cranganore 100, 118
Cripps, Sir Stafford 279–80, 285–8
culture
borrowings in Southeast Asia in early
middle ages 144–7
regional growth in early middle ages
130–43
currency see coins
Curzon, Lord (viceroy) 255, 260, 262
Cuttack 173, 179
Dacca 228
Daimabad 3, 18
Daivaputra Shahi Shahnushahis (dynasty)
79
Dakshina Koshala 9, 82, 125
Dakshinapatha 4, 66, 82
Dalai Lama 320
Dandi, salt march to 272
Dareios the Great (Persian Emperor) 49,
53–4
‘Dark Centuries’, splendour of 79–81
Das, C.R. 264, 270–1
Dasaratha (king of Magadha) 68
dasyus (indigenous people) 34–6
Daud (ruler of Multan) 155
Daulatabad 11, 165, 170, 193
Dayanand Anglo Vedic College 250
Dayanand Saraswati, Swami 250
de Bussy (French general) 206, 212–14,
220
de la Haye, M. (French viceroy) 206
de Rozio (poet and teacher) 235
de Seignelay, Marquis 206
Deccan
ancient empires on 91, 105–7
in early middle ages 118, 136
in late middle ages 159, 170–1, 179
in Mughal empire 191–3, 210
see also South
Deccan Lava Trap 9
Delhi 10–11, 13, 57, 238
in late middle ages 158, 165
in Mughal empire 185–6, 191, 194, 196–7,
207, 210, 218, 220
in republic 308, 315
sultanate of 110–11, 158–69;
administrative problems 160–5, 168–9;
central and South India 158–9, 169–83
Demetrios (king of Indo-Greeks) 70–1
Depression, Great 272–3, 277, 294
Desai, Moraji 302, 305–6, 328–9
‘Desh’ (highlands) 247–8
Deshmukh, Gopal Hari 258
Devagiri 159, 165
Devanagari script 244, 259
Devapala (king of Palas) 108, 111, 147
Devaraya I (king of Vijayanagara) 178
Devaraya II (king of Vijayanagara) 178
Dhamma-Mahamatras 63, 67, 95
Dhangars (people) 136
Dharapuram 221
Dharmapala (king of Palas) 107–8, 111–13,
148
Dhauli 64, 66
Dhillika see Delhi
Dholavira (prehistoric site) 3
Dhruva (king of Rashtrakutas) 107
Diadochi (Greek rulers) 58
Dilli 149
Diodotos (king of Bactria) 69
Dion Cassius 78
‘Direct Action Day’ 289–90
divinity see gods; religion
Divodasa (father of Sudasa) 36
DMK see Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Doab see Ganges area; Raichur Doab
Dominion status, demand for 271
Draupadi 44
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) 316
Dravidian language 15, 92, 246, 301
Dulles, John Foster 328
Dupleix, Joseph F. 206, 211–14
Durga (goddess) 88
Dutch 200–6
Dvarasamudra 160
‘dyarchy’ 255–6
Dyer, General 266early civilisations see under Northwest
early middle ages, regional kingdoms in
103–51
cultures, growth of 130–43
rise and fall of 103–20
Southeast Asia, impact on 143–51
structure of realms 120–30
East India
in ancient empires see Kalinga
in early middle ages 106, 126–8, 136; see
also Orissa
in late middle ages 172–6; see also
Orissa
see also Ganges area; South