An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal: And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of GorkhaHamilton, Francis
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An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal: And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha
Hamilton, Francis
Nepal -- Description and travel; Nepal -- History
at Kalesi, 165,
at Nilkantha, 194,
at Rerighat, 180
Fallow in agriculture, 231
Farms and gardens cultivated on the Raja’s account, 217
Farmers who rent land to cultivate, 220
Farmers of rents and duties, 162, 163
Fenugreek, a pot herb, 229
Feodal tenure, or lands held in fee for service, called Chakran and
Jaygir by the natives; see Jaygir, and pages 107, 150,
156, 163, 164, 212, 218
Fevers, 71
Fines imposed as a punishment or expiation, 103
Fines as a source of revenue, 103, 161, 164, 218
Fir tree, see Pinus picea
Fish, 65
Fluxes, 71
Food, 236
Forests, 64, 196, 197, 198, 200, 202, 217, 218
Foujdar, the military chief of a district or Taluk, 114
Fouzdar, the chief officer of revenue in a district or Taluk, 105, 150,
152, 155, 161
Fox, 63
Fruit, 73, 230
Fuel, 225
Futeh Sa, a chief of Garhawal, 299
GAJAL, a lordship, 276, 280
Gajarkot, a lordship, 171, 184, 238, 239
Galkot, a lordship and town, perhaps the Ghoorikote of
Kirkpatrick, 238, 239, 269, 275
Gandaki, Kali, Krishna, Narayani, or Salagrami river, 79, 91, 181,
272, 273
Gandharbha Sen, Raja of Palpa, 171
Gandhauk, capital of the part of Sikim remaining independent, 122
Gandi river, 244
Gang or Gram, a small division of territory, a village, a
manor, 102, 113, 150, 155
Gangaye, a tribe, 156, 164
Ganges river sources, or Ganggotri, 3, 301, 302
Ganggoli, a town, 297
Ganggotri, see Ganges
Gangja, see Cannabis
Gar, see Garhawal
Garahang, a lordship, 238, 239, 241
Gardens, kitchen, 230, see also Fruit
Garhawal or Gar, a principality, often called Srinagar from its modern
capital, 248, 283, 295, 298-302, 303
Garhi, a district or considerable portion of territory, 150
Garlic, the root, 228, 229
Gar Pasara, a fortress, 168, 196
Gar Samaran, a ruined city, once the capital of Mithila or
Tirahut, 45, 49, 129, 188, 190, 191
Gautama, a deity of the Buddhas, 57
Gautamiya, a tribe, 270, 271
Gelpo, title of the chief of Sikim, 118
Gengdi, a town, 241
Gentiana, called Chirata, 85
Ghaman, chief of Kangra, 310
Gharti, a tribe, 18, 19, 28, 279
Ghiring, a lordship, 171, 184, 238, 239
Ghosts, worship of, 26
Ghowasin, a lordship, 310
Ginger root, 75, 229, 306
Giuseppe, Father, his account of Nepal, 7
Goat, common, 76, 217
Goat producing the shawl-wool or Changra, and its wool, 76, 93, 217
Gods of the Hindus, 288 ; see also Brahma, Devi, Gautama, Gorakhanath,
Kangkali, Salagram, Siva, Tulasi, Temples, Vishnu
Goitre or swelled throat, 72, 87
Gola, see Custom-house
Gold, 76, 93, 272, 289, 298
Gomashtah, an officer of revenue, 103
Gootum, a lordship, 280
Gopal dynasty, or second family of Cowherd kings in
Nepal, 188, 191, see Gupt
Gorakhanath, tutelar deity of the reigning family, 210, 211 244
Gorakhpur district, once subject to Tirahut, 129
Gorayit, a messenger employed in the police and revenue departments, 155
Gordonia, a tree, 83
Gorkha, a lordship, 238, 242, 243
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