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Taj Mahal,
1

Talghat, unusual Thugs of,
1

Tapti (river),
1
,
2

tattooing,
1

Tavenier, Jean,
1

Taylor, Philip Meadows,
1
,
2
n,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

see also Confessions of a Thug

Tejun (Sindouse zamindar),
1

Telingana,
1

Thugs of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

thanahs (police compounds),
1

Thermantidotes,
1
n

Thévenot, Jean de,
1

thieves, Indian,
1
n

Thornton, Edward,
1

Thug, origin of word,
1

Thug Road Book (Paton),
1

Thuggee

evidence for the reality of,
1

threat posed by,
1

Thuggy Department (Thuggee & Dacoity Department; thagi daftar),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

manufacture of work by,
1

Thugs

argot of,
1
&n,
2
,
3
,
4
n,
5
&n,
6

belief in permanence of Thuggee,
1

benefit from introduction of Pax Britannica in India,
1

bereaved relatives responses to,
1

burial of,
1

castes of,
1
,
2

composition of gangs of,
1

costs of expeditions of,
1

deaths of surviving,
1
,
2

difficulties of apprehending,
1

disdain of for other criminals,
1

disguises of,
1

displayed in gibbets,
1

disposal of bodies by,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

division of spoils among,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

doubts concerning evidence against,
1

errors made by,
1
,
2

escapes from jail,
1

execution of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

exhumation of victims of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

feelings of remorse and pity among,
1
,
2

flight from homes: (before 1800),
1
,
2
;

(1800),
1
;

1810),
1
;

(1812),
1
,
2
;

(1830s),
1

forcible adoption of children by,
1

geographical and social mobility of,
1

gravediggers employed by,
1

gurus of,
1

handholders employed by,
1
,
2

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

Hindu,
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,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

historians’ views of,
1

income of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

increase in numbers during later 1820s,
1

indifference of to capital punishment,
1
&n,
2

induction of children into gangs of,
1

initial disbelief in efficacy of approvers,
1

inveigling of victims by,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

irons worn by,
1
,
2
,
3

jailed
1
&n,
2
,
3
,
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,
5
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
16

jemadars of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

latrine tents and,
1

in literature,
1

loss of caste and,
1

love for families,
1
,
2
,
3

make up of gangs of,
1

modus operandi of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

murder of Europeans by,
1

murder by individuals acting alone,
1
,
2

murder by strangulation,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

murder of women by,
1

Muslim,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

mutilation of victims by,
1
,
2

non-hereditary,
1
,
2
,
3

number of murders committed by,
1
,
2

number of victims killed at one time,
1
,

numbers of,
1
,
2

old, retained as camp followers,
1
,
2

origins of,
1

peculiarities of evidence supplied by,
1

Phansiagars and,
1

plunder seized by,
1
,
2

proscribed victims of,
1
,
2
,
3

quality of evidence against,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

recovery of, after 1812 campaign,
1

reform of,
1

relations and cooperation between gangs,
1
,
2
,
3

relations with zamindars,
1
,
2
,
3

religious beliefs of,
1
,
2
,
3

rituals of,
1
,
2

scouts employed by,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

shedding of blood by,
1
,
2

size of gangs of,
1
,
2
,

soothsayers employed by,
1
,
2

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