INDEXPratishthana 66
Pravarasena I & II (kings of Vakatakas) 85
Prayotas (dynasty) 56
Premadasa, Ranasinghe 331
Presidency Associations 252
Presidency Colleges 235
prices
fixed 162–4
under British 234, 244, 266
princelings 81, 123–4, 126, 174–5, 7; see also
samantas
Prinsep, James 62
Prithviraj Chauhan (ruler of Delhi) 111, 157
Prithvisena I (king of Vakatakas) 85
private property 229, 296
‘Proto-Shiva’ 17
provincial assemblies 276–8, 284, 287; see
also regional
Ptolemaeans (dynasty) 62
Ptolemy 93, 96, 100, 102
Ptolomaios II (king of Ptolemaeans) 64
Puducceri 101
Pulakeshin I (king of Calukyas of Badami)
113
Pulakeshin II (king of Calukyas of Badami)
104–5
Pulindas (tribe) 110
Pulindasena (king of Kalinga) 125
Pulumavi, Shri 96
Pune 193, 215, 221, 236, 247, 259
Puranas (texts) 56, 67, 81, 87–8, 96, 139, 142
Puri 140; temple 129, 136, 173–5
Purnavarman (king of Maukharis) 121
Purugupta (son of Kumaragupta) 89–90
Purus (tribe) 35, 39, 57
Purusha (mythical king) 39, 135
Purushottama (king of Orissa) 174
Pushyagupta (governor) 79
Pushyamitra Shunga (king of Shungas) 68,
70–1
Pushyamitras (dynasty) 89–90
putra (son), king as son of god 130, 175
‘Qaid-i-Azam’ see Jinnah
Qtub-ud-din Aibak (sultan of Delhi) 152,
157–8
Quetta 2, 19–20, 31
‘Quit India Resolution’ 278–81
Qutlugh Khvaja (Mongol ruler) 160
Raban, Joseph 118
Radha (goddess) 139–40
Radhakantha Deb, Raja 235
Raghunath (general) 215–17, 219, 221
Raghuvamsha (poem) 87
Rahman, Zia-ur 330
Rahmat Ali (and Pakistan National
Movement) 283–5, 289–90
Raichur Doab 1, 9, 178
railway construction, under British 233, 239,
246–8; design of 251–2
Rajagopalachari, C. 277, 299
Rajagriha 50, 54; Buddhist council at 53
Rajamandala 61, 84, 170, 318
Rajanarayana Sambuvaraya (king of
Tondaimandalam) 178
Rajaraja I (king of Cholas) 109, 115–16, 129–
30
Rajasthan 83, 90, 107–8, 110, 153
early civilisations and 19, 24, 26, 28
nuclear test in 304, 327
Rajatarangini (text) 91, 163
Rajatiraja Devaputra, Maharaja see
Kanishka
Rajendra I (king of Cholas) 109, 112,
115–17
rajgurus (king’s priests) 4, 129, 149
Rajputs 9, 237, 313
in early middle ages 91, 109–11
in late middle ages 154–9
in Mughal empire 184–5, 187, 194, 196,
220
Ram, Jagjivan 305, 307
Ram Mohan Roy, Raja 235
Rama (god) 87, 110, 190, 311–12
Rama Raya (regent of Vijayanagar) 179–80
Rama Rao, N.T. 307, 315
Ramachandra (ruler of Orissa) 174
Ramacharitam (text) 127
Ramanuja (philosopher) 139, 141
Ramapala (king of Bengal) 112, 127
Ramayana (text) 142, 172, 312
Ramjanmabhumi 311
Rana Sangha (ruler of Mewar) 185
Ranade, Mahadev Govind 259, 334
Ranjit Singh, Maharaja 222
Ranthambor 157, 159
Rao see Narasimha Rao, P.V.; Rama Rao,
N.T.; Sadashiv Rao
Rashtrakutas (dynasty) 11, 92, 106–9, 111,
113, 115, 127, 153, 170
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS,
association) 270, 300, 312
Ratnadeva (king of Kalachuris) 173
Rau, Wilhelm 38
Rayalaseema 9, 14
Raziyyat (daughter of Iltutmish) 158–9
Reddis (people) 178
Reddy, Sanjiva 303, 306
regional
centres, rise of 67, 105–10
gods 136–7
impact under British see imperial
structure
kingdoms see early middle ages
patterns of Indian history 9–12