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Ach e b i, 360
Almora, leopard shot at, 102
Amazon kingdom, 338-339
Ammunition, home-made, 334
Arak, 176
Architecture, 254
Aryan route, 38
Askot, 9-10, 362
Raj bar of, 6, 9-10, 20
Assam, 1
Asses, wild, 292
Atkinson, quoted, 4, 38-40, 54-55, 89
cited, 338
Avalokita, 242, 247
Ba d r i nath—
Marchas subsidised by, 348
reverence for, 2, 3, 38
springs and shrine at, 52 , 54
otherwise mentioned, 34, 51
Balchh, 362
Pass, 343, 346
Baidak, 231, 260
Balwakot, 22
Ban Manus (Rajis), 10-20
Barkha, 274-276
Barkha, Goba of, 276-277
Barkha, Tarjum of—
building not permitted by, 327
headquarters of, 273-275
illegalities of, 273
intercourse with, 3 3 1 -3 3 3
jurisdiction of, 159, 161, 259-260 274
326
- status of, 181
trial of, before the Garphans 174
310, 331
Barley, 336
Bashahris, 311, 334, 337, 340
Basti Ram, 196-197
Bathing, religious, 139, 282-283
Bats, 252
Bell-god, worship of, 358, 360
Benares, 2
Berenag Tea Co., 318
Bhotias—
borax mine worked by, 302
castes of, 65
characteristics of, 4, 93
connotation of term, 62
customs of, 56, 57 5
Bhotias (continued)—
Dacoits, action against, 334
death ceremonies of, 123,127,130
of Western Bhotias, 356
dress of, 59, 65-66
Ashing by, 304
herdsman with kid, 134
Hinduism adopted by, 43, 60, 64, 65,
68, 71, 85, 90, 294, 350
huts of, 172
Johari, 68, 334, 838, 364
langjaages of, 63, 64, 70-71, 76
unwritten, 77-78
laws of, contrasted with Hindu law, 350
low caste (Dumras) 90, 360, 362
Man i and Malpa, at, 348
marriage customs of, 72-73,88,104-113
customs of Western Bhotias, 3 5 4-
356
divorce, 114
elopement, 114
names of, 67
origin of, 69
passes used by, 343-344
pony-carrying by, 134
ram bangs among, 104-107
religion of, 43, 71, 78, 82-85, 90
rites, 90-93
Western Bhotias of, 60, 64,65, 71,
85, 90, 294, 350, 356-360
salt pastures of, 346-347
shrines among, 90
song's of, 107-108
superstitions of, 93-95, 102
trade monopoly of, 61, 69-70, 73
tribes of, 62-64
weapons of, 17
western, customs of—
children, 352
dress, 65
funerals, 356
marriage, 354-356
property, 350-352
worship, 90, 356-360
women of-—
characteristics of, 56, 88.105,317
dress of, 59, 65-66, 314
freedom of, 72, 73, 104, 107
position of, 68, 350
yaks of, 290
Bhutan jurisdiction, 278
Blacksmiths, 264
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