Read Thug: The True Story Of India's Murderous Cult Online
Authors: Mike Dash
Taj Mahal,
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Talghat, unusual Thugs of,
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tattooing,
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Tavenier, Jean,
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Taylor, Philip Meadows,
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see also Confessions of a Thug
Tejun (Sindouse zamindar),
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Telingana,
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thanahs (police compounds),
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Thermantidotes,
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Thévenot, Jean de,
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thieves, Indian,
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Thornton, Edward,
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Thug, origin of word,
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Thug Road Book (Paton),
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Thuggee
evidence for the reality of,
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threat posed by,
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Thuggy Department (Thuggee & Dacoity Department; thagi daftar),
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manufacture of work by,
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Thugs
belief in permanence of Thuggee,
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benefit from introduction of Pax Britannica in India,
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bereaved relatives responses to,
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burial of,
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composition of gangs of,
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costs of expeditions of,
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difficulties of apprehending,
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disdain of for other criminals,
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disguises of,
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displayed in gibbets,
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doubts concerning evidence against,
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escapes from jail,
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1810),
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forcible adoption of children by,
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geographical and social mobility of,
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gravediggers employed by,
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gurus of,
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historians’ views of,
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increase in numbers during later 1820s,
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induction of children into gangs of,
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initial disbelief in efficacy of approvers,
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latrine tents and,
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in literature,
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loss of caste and,
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make up of gangs of,
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murder of Europeans by,
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murder of women by,
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number of victims killed at one time,
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origins of,
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peculiarities of evidence supplied by,
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Phansiagars and,
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recovery of, after 1812 campaign,
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reform of,
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