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Afghanistan,
1

Agra,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

becomes British,
1

Thugs imprisoned in,
1

Akbar (Mughal emperor),
1
,
2

Akola case,
1

Akoopore,
1
,
2

Alee, Futtah,
1
,
2

Alexander the Great,
1

Ali, Ameer,
see
Syeed Amir Ali

Ali, Bunda,
1
,
2

murderers of punished,
1

wife and family of,
1
,
2

Allahabad,
1

Allyer (Thug),
1
,
2

Alumpore,
1
,
2

Thug tribunal at,
1

Aman Subadar,
1

Amanoolah (Thug),
1
,
2
,
3

Ameer (Thug),
1

Amherst, Lord,
1

anti-Thug campaign,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

and general warrants,
1
,
2

approvers (Thug informants),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9

deaths of surviving,
1
,
2

divisions among,
1
,
2

motivations of,
1
,
2
,
3

reliability of evidence of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Arcot, Thugs of,
1
,
2
n,
3

Aseel Thugs,
1
,
2

Asiatick Researches
,
1
,
2

Asigurh,
1
n

Assa (Thug),
1

Aukland, Lord George,
1

Aurangabad,
1
,
2

Aurangzeb (Mughal emperor),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Baboo, Khuruck,
1

Bacon, Thomas

on Indian roads,
1

on Juggernaut festival,
1
n

Badaloo (Thug leader),
1

Bahleen (Thug),
1

Banda,
1
,
2

Bangalore,
1

bankers,
see
seths

Baroda,
1
,
2

Baroda stonecutters, murder of,
1

Barrackpore,
1

Bartrum, Mrs,
1

Basaret College,
1

Batson, Henry,
1

Bayly, Christopher,
1

Beato, Felice,
1

beles (Thug murder spots),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Benares,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Bengal,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

British in,
1
,
2

Maratha incursions into,
1

Thugs of,
1
,
2
,
3

Two Hundred Days campaign,
1

Bengal Army,
1

Bengal Presidency,
1
,
2
,
3
n,
4

Bentinck, William,
1
,
2
,
3
n,
4
,
5
,
6

Berar, Thugs of,
1

Beseynee,
1

Beseynee affair,
1

Bevan, Henry,
1

bhang (drug),
1

Bhawanee Jemadar,
1
,
2

Bhopal,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Bhowanee (Hindu goddess),
1
& n,
2

Bhugga (Thug),
1

Bhugwan (Thug),
1

bhurtote,
see
Thugs, murder by strangulation

Bhurtpore,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

bhutas (spirits),
1

Bhyaram Gopal Das,
1

Bihar,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Bindachul,
1
,
2

Bindawa,
1
,
2

Blackston, Lieutenant,
1

blowing away from guns,
1
&n,
2

Bombay,
1
&n,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10

Bombay Presidency,
1
,
2

Borthwick, William,
1
,
2
,
3

Bowanee the Soosea,
1

Brahmins,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

branding,
1
&n

British,
see
East India Company

Brown, Charles,
1

Bughola (Thug),
1

Buhram Jemadar,
1
,
2

Bukkee Thug,
1

Bundelcund,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Thugs of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Burwaha Ghat,
1
,
2
,
3

Butler, William,
1

Calcutta,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13

description of,
1
,
2

Calcutta Gazette
,
1
,
2

Calpee,
1

Candeish,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8

Cape Cormorin,
1

caste,
1

see also
Thugs, castes of

Cavendish, Richard,
1

Cawnpore,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Chambel (river),
1

Chambel Ravines,
1
,
2
,
3

as home of Thugs and bandits,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12

resistance to British rule in,
1

Chatterjee, Amal,
1
n

chaukidars (watchmen),
1

Cheek, Dr,
1
n

Cheinsah (Thug),
1

China,
1
,
2

Chittoor,
1
,
2

Chitu (Pindari leader),
1
n

Chotee (Thug),
1
n

Chourella,
1

chundee pooja (rite),
1
&n

Chupara,
1
,
2

Chutta (Thug ally),
1

Clive, Robert,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Coharry (river),
1
,
2
,
3

collectors,
1
,
2
&n

Company,
see
East India Company

Confessions of a Thug
,
1
,
2

Couperas, Casina,
1
n

Creagh (East India Company soldier),
1

Criminal Tribes Act,
1

currency,
1

cutcherry (magistrate’s office),
1