A History of India, Third Edition

INDEX

Nagabhata (king of Gurjara Pratiharas) 108
Nagarjunikonda monasteries 97
Nagas (dynasties) 82
Nagas (people) 114, 146
Nagasena (Buddhist monk) 71
Nagda 157
Nagpur 263, 268–9
Namboodiripad, E.M.S. 301
Nana Phadnavis (minister) 216, 219
Nanadeshi (traders) 118
Nanadeshi-Vinnagar temple 118
Nandas (dynasty) 56–8, 95, 124, 126
Nandivarman III (king of Pallavas) 116
Naoroji, Dadabhai 263
Napoleon 221, 231
Narain, A.K. 71
Narasimha (king of Guptas) 90
Narasimha (king of Vijayanagar) 178–9
Narasimha Rao, P.V. 314–17, 322, 332
Narasimhavarman I (king of Orissa) 173
Narasimhavarman I, ‘Mahamalla’ (king of
Pallavas) 105, 114
Narasimhavarman II (king of Pallavas) 114
Narayan, Jayaprakash 305
Nastaliq script 259
National Congress 252–3, 255
and freedom movement 260, 262–4,
266–8, 276–80
and partition 282, 284–6, 288–90, 293
in republic 294–7, 299–305, 308–11,
313–19, 325, 334
National Front 316–18, 332
National Liberal Federation 264
National Planning Commission 298
National Self-Help Association (RSS) 300
nationalism 235, 245
freedom movement and 258–64
in Pakistan 283
nayakas (officers) 176, 180–2
Nayanars (saints) 132, 141
Nagapatam monasteries 116–17
Nehru, Jawaharlal 261, 266, 279, 291–3, 334
and Constitution 294–7
and economy 297–9
and freedom movement 271–3, 276, 286,
289–90
and international relations 300, 319–23,
327–8 and political parties 299–300
and states reorganisation 300–1
Nehru, Motilal 266, 270–1, 273
Neo-Hinduism 131, 235, 245, 250, 258–60;
see also Hinduism
Nepal 53, 83, 85, 97, 119, 330–1
Netherlands 201–6
newspaper censorship 260
Nikitin, Anastasy 171–2
Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. 116

Nixon, R. 325–8

Nizam-ul-Mulk (chief minister) 196–7, 210,

212–13, 217, 220–1

‘Non-Regulation Province’ 249

non-cooperation 265–7

non-violence 95, 271

North India 9–11

ancient empires in 47–91; Guptas 81–91;

Mauryas 58–81

early civilisations in see Ganges area;

Indus civilisation

in early middle ages 105–7; see also

Ganges area; Harsha; Shashanka

freedom movement and 258–65, 272

in late middle ages 153–6; see also Delhi

sultanate

partition and 281–93 passim

see also Bengal; Bihar; Company

Bahadur; Delhi; freedom movement;

Indus

northern invaders and Maurya empire

67–81

Northwest India 241, 244, 250–1

northwest

in ancient empires 5, 49–50, 53–4, 70–81,

90–1

early civilisations of 16–46; see also

Aryans; Indus civilisation

in middle ages 114, 154–6

see also North; West

nuclear option 304; and relations with

United States 327–9

Nur Jahan (wife of Jahangir) 191

OBC see Other Backward Castes

oil price rise 304

Oldenberg, Hermann 49

Oman 3, 17, 330

Operation Mountbatten 290–3

opium trade 232, 243, 250–1

Orissa 9

in ancient empires 51, 65, 94–6

in early middle ages 103–4, 107, 111–12,

124–7, 129, 140, 149

freedom movement and 262

in late middle ages 166, 170, 172–6,

178–9, 182–3

in Mughal empire 188 207

Oriya language 142

Other Backward Castes (OBC) 311, 313

Oudh 237

and Agra, United Provinces of 243–5 in

Mughal empire 210, 215–16, 218

P’an-p’an 146–7

Padang Lawas temple 149

Paes, Domingo 181

Pagan, temples at 118, 143, 149–50