INDEXJejuri 136
Jewish merchants 118
Jhansi, rani of 237–8
Jinnah, Mohammed Ali 264, 266, 269, 294;
and partition 281–93
Johnson, Colonel 279–80
Jones, Sir William 29–30, 226, 228, 234
Junagadh 78
jungle rajas 83
jurisdiction see law
Justice Party 277
jute trade 243
Kadambas (dynasty) 113
Kadphises I, Kujala (king of Kushanas) 74
Kaisar see Kanishka II
Kaivartas (tribe) 122, 127
Kakatiyas (dynasty) 109, 160
Kakavarna (king of Magadha) 56
kala pani 12
Kalabhras (people) 10, 99, 114
Kalakacharyakathaka (text) 73
Kalachuris (dynasty) 111–12, 141, 173
Kalapahar (general) 174
Kalhana (writer) 163
Kali (goddess) 112, 261
Kalibangan (prehistoric site) 18, 19, 22–4,
26–7, 29, 31, 37
Kalidasa (poet) 69, 87
Kalinga
in ancient empires 51, 56, 62–5, 67–8, 82,
95
in early middle ages 124–5, 173, 176
Kalinga Jina (statue) 95
Kalinganagara 95, 172
Kalsi 66
Kalyani 9, 106, 109, 115, 141
Kamara 101
Kamarupa 83, 104, 107, 121
Kamboja 49, 119
Kampila 50
Kampili 165, 176–7
Kanara 113, 221
Kanauj 105–6, 108–11, 121, 153–4, 157
Kanchipuram
in ancient empires 82, 98–9
in early middle ages 105–6, 113–14, 150
Kandahar 63, 66, 188, 191–2
Kanishka I (king of Kushanas) 6, 73, 75–80
Kanishka II (king of Kushanas) 78
Kannada language 246–7
Kanpur 236, 238, 244
Kanvas (dynasty) 69
Kapilendra (king of Orissa) 174–6, 178
Karachi Resolution 296
Karakorum Pass 322
Karikal 101
Karikala (king of Cholas) 98–9
Karma Mimamsa (philosophical system) 131
Karmayoga and freedom movement 261–2
Karnataka 62, 176–7
in early middle ages 104, 107
in republic 301, 307, 309, 315, 317
Karoshthi script 51
Kashmir
in ancient empires 75–6, 85, 90–1
freedom movement and 276
in middle ages 107, 140–1, 157, 163, 172
in Mughal empire 188
partition and 292–3
in republic 319, 324
Kashmir Shaivism 140–1
Kasi 49–50
Kaspar see Gondopharnes
Kasr-al-Kabir, battle of 201
Kathasaritsagara (text) 122
Kathiawar 3, 18, 111, 153–4
Kaundinya (brahmin of 1st century) 146
Kaundinya (brahmin of 5th century) 146
Kauravas (people) 44–5
Kausambi
in ancient empires 49–51, 54–6, 66, 68, 76,
82
in early civilisations 29, 45
Kautalya 58, 60–1, 65, 67, 98
Kautilya see Kautalya
Kaveri (river) 9, 99, 102, 106, 147; valley
114–15, 178
Kaveripatnam 101–2
Kavindra Parameshvara (poet) 172
Khaljis (dynasty) 112, 159
Kheda district 265
Kennedy, John F. 323, 328
Kerala 66, 74, 98, 299–301
Keralaputras (people) 63
Kesri, Sitaram 317
Khaberis 102
Khajuraho 154; temples at 111, 129
‘Khalistan’ 309
Khandoba (god) 136
Kharavela (king of Orissa) 68, 94–6, 98, 124
Khilafat movement 267–9, 282
Khiljis see Khaljis
Khinjali Mandala 125
Khrushchev, N. 320, 323
Khusru Khan (sultan of Delhi) 164
Kidara (Hun leader) 90
kingdoms, regional see middle ages
kings 41–3, 190
in ancient empires 56, 61, 67, 69–70, 80,
98–9
in early middle ages 128–30
Kisan Sabha (peasant movement) 275
Kissinger, Henry 325–6
Koh-i-Nur diamond 160
Konarak temple 173