Pir Badr of Chittagong, 85 Pirs (Muhammadan saints), 99 Prākrit languages, 71 _Prati-loma_ (see _Anu-loma_) castes, 38 Primary Prākrits, 74 Purānas (sacred books), 90 Rājputs in Nepāl, etc., 24 Rāmānuja (Hindu reformer), 91 Risley, Sir H. H., his account of Marātha origins, 30; Article in _Journal of R. A. Institute_ quoted, 15 Roy, Rājā Rām Mohan, 94 Sādhāran Brāhmo Samāj, 96 Sāktas, a Hindu sect, 94 Saraswati (Dayānand), 96 Sauraseni language, 75 Scytho-Dravidian type of race, 22 Scytho-Dravidian, supposed origin, 29 Sectarian type of caste, 46 Sen (Keshav Chandra), 94 Shagird-peshās as a mixed caste, 48 Shia Muhammadans, 99 Sikhs and the Sikh religion, 93 Sindhī language, 76 Siva, as a member of the Hindu Trinity, 91 Sse or Sakas (Scythians), 30 Stature as an index of race, 20 Sunni Muhammadans, 99 Tagore, Maharshi Devendranāth, 94 Tagore, Rabindranāth, 94 Tamil language, 61, 64 Tantras (sacred books), 94 Telugu language, 62, 65 Thomasine Christians, 103 Tīrthan-karas (Jain saints), 90 Toda language, 62 Totems and Totemistic clans in Assam, 36 Tribal castes, 40, 43 Tribes in Assam, 35 Tribes, Turko-Iranian, 37 Tulu language, 62 Turko-Iranian type of race, 20 Turushka race, 31 Upanishads (sacred books), 88 _Vangiya Sāhitya Parisat_ (Bengal Academy of Literature), 56 Vardhamāna, the founder of Jainism, 89 Vedas, the four sacred books, 86 Vedic deities, 87 Vishnu as one of the Hindu Trinity, 91 Wahābi Muhammadans, 100 Yueh-chi race, 31 CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS [Illustration: map THE INDIAN EMPIRE Distribution of Population _Camb. Univ. Press_] [Illustration: map THE INDIAN EMPIRE Distribution of Prevailing Languages _Camb. Univ. Press_] End of Project Gutenberg's The Peoples of India, by James Drummond Anderson