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    The Skull of Alum Bheg

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      on Boyle, 90

      death of father, 110–11, 120, 127, 243

      hill stations, trips to, 27

      and Lahore, evacuation to, 88

      return to England, 217

      sowars, protection by, 113, 120, 122–3, 124

      Graham, William, 153, 219

      Grand Trunk road, 12

      grapeshot, 139

      greased cartridges, 37–50, 58–63, 74, 75

      Great Game, 170

      Greenwood, Staff-sergeant, 94

      Guha, Ranajit, 8

      Guise, Dr, 108–9, 123, 149

      Gujranwala, Punjab, 12, 13, 69, 86, 104, 105

      Gujrat, Punjab, 12, 16, 76, 92, 146

      Gurdaspur, Punjab, 12, 109, 124, 134, 135, 136, 138, 144

      Gurkhas, 230

      Hamlet (Shakespeare), 224

      hangings, 69, 83, 89, 118, 145, 151–3, 156, 159–60, 177

      Hatch, Duane Spencer, 213

      havildars, 14, 16, 37

      Hay, William, 165

      headhunting, 197–8

      Hearsey, John Bennet, 110–15, 122

      Heart of Darkness (Conrad), 1, 214

      Hedayut Ali, 7, 23, 25, 26, 46, 53, 55, 57, 58

      Highlanders, 196, 199

      Hill States, 127, 165

      hill stations, 27, 106–7

      Hill, R.A., 85, 94, 117, 150–51

      Himalayas, 11, 82, 144, 169–72, 187

      Hinduism, 13, 15, 16, 18–19, 20–23, 79–82

      caste, see under caste

      and Christianity, 52, 53, 80

      dietary rules, 18, 19, 21, 40, 47–9, 56, 57–60, 74, 79–80

      festivals, 19, 75

      funeral rites, 20, 57, 147, 176, 178–9

      Ganges river, 20–21, 22, 79

      kala pani, 20–23

      shrines, 19

      syncretism, 19

      Hindustanis, 16, 94, 100, 121, 135, 146, 151–2, 166–7, 186

      Hintsa kaKhawuta, Xhosa king, 196

      Hodson, William Stephen Raikes, 159

      Holy Trinity Church, Sialkot, 13, 29, 53

      Horse Artillery, 67

      Hoshiapur, Punjab Province, 134

      hot season, 11, 27, 71, 72

      ‘Hottentot Venus’, 207

      Household Words, 183

      Hunter Memorial Church, Sialkot, 221, 222

      Hunter, Jane, xix, 3, 7, 27–30, 34, 66, 68, 72, 150

      death, xix, 3, 119–20, 125, 128–30, 131–2, 149, 162, 173, 202

      grave, 221–2

      Hill’s house, refuge at, 94, 117, 118, 150

      and Lahore, evacuation to, 87, 91

      Hunter, Robert, 217–18

      Hunter, Thomas, 6–7, 34, 66, 68, 71, 72, 91, 150

      death, xix, 3, 119–20, 125, 129–30, 131–2, 149, 173, 202

      Gordons, relations with, 29, 86, 91

      grave, 221–2

      Hill’s house, refuge at, 94, 117, 118, 150, 151

      and Lahore, evacuation to, 86, 87, 91

      mission, 27–30, 51, 52, 53, 69

      Huxley, Thomas Henry, 215

      Indian and Colonial Exhibition (1866), 215

      Indo-Gangetic Plain, 13, 16

      ‘Inspector Strickland’ (Kipling), 121

      Iraq, 214

      Ireland, 4, 27, 191, 201 Rebellion (1798), 192

      Islam, 4, 13, 15, 16, 19, 56, 79–82

      and Christianity, 51, 53, 80

      Koran, 22, 79, 80

      festivals, 19, 75

      funeral rites, 176, 179

      and pork, 40, 80, 180

      Ramadan, 15

      Sufism, 19

      syncretism, 19

      Ismael, Mohamet, 29, 125

      izzat, 26

      Jallandahr, Punjab, 134

      Jamaica, 203, 215

      Jameson, James S., 206–7

      Jammu, 12, 27, 148, 162–3, 169, 222

      Jamuna river, 16, 199

      Jandiala, Punjab, 97

      Jantje, Luka, 208–9

      Japan, 214

      Jasrota, Jammu, 162–3

      jemadar, 15

      Jesus and Mary convent, Sialkot, 13, 29, 95, 98, 120, 125, 126

      Jhansi, North-Western Provinces, xx, 99, 133

      Jhelum, Punjab, 12, 92, 93, 97, 102, 126, 141, 144

      Jhelum river, 77, 97

      Jones, Assistant Commissioner, 65, 68, 70, 71, 93, 94, 95, 117–19

      Jungle Book (Kipling), 158

      kala pani, 20–23

      Kallianwala Ku, Ajnala, 223

      Kangra District, Punjab, 164

      Karachi, Sindh, 4

      Kashmir, 12, 148, 157, 162, 165, 168–9, 171, 222

      Kaurik, 169

      Kaye, John W., 156, 181–2, 183, 220

      Kenya, 214

      khalasi, 39, 40

      Khan, Ahmed, 7, 45–6, 52, 54, 60, 61, 133

      Khan, Hurmat, 101–2, 125, 132, 153, 187, 202

      capture of, 222–3

      Hunters, killing of, 119, 129–30, 132, 223

      Monckton, relations with, 101, 130, 152

      reward for capture, 153, 222

      Khan, Mainodin Hassan, 25, 35, 42, 47, 99

      Khan, Subhan, 130

      khansamahs, 103, 146

      Kildare Street Club, Dublin, 191

      Kilmarnock caps, 15, 136

      ‘Kim’ (Kipling), 121

      Kipling, Rudyard, 121, 158, 161, 172, 222

      Kissen, Ram, 42

      Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, 209–11

      Knox, G., 169–71

      Knox, Robert, 196, 206

      Koran, 22

      Korean War (1950–53), 214

      kotes, 43, 44, 106, 241

      Kotwali, 101, 219

      Kucha Chelan, Delhi, 219

      Kuka sect, Namdharis, 203

      Kullu Valley, 165, 169

      Kumasi, Ashanti, 206

      Ladakh, 169

      Lahore, Punjab, 12, 27, 31, 37, 151, 153

      evacuation to, 67, 71, 72, 85–8, 90, 91, 94, 109, 119, 149

      executions, 89

      rebel advance on, 85, 134, 135

      telegraph, 12

      Lakshmi Bai, 133

      Landour, Himalayas, 27, 88

      Lawrence, John, 27, 63, 90, 180, 184

      Lawrence, Richard, 27, 88, 151, 152, 153, 155

      Leh, Ladakh, 169

      local dress, disguise in, 72, 121

      The Lord Clyde, Walmer, xix–xxi, 3, 5, 223

      ‘Lost Legion, The’ (Kipling), 161, 172

      Lucknow, Awadh, 150, 193, 198, 247

      Lushai campaign (1871–72), 197–8

      Madame Tussauds, 172

      Madhopur, Punjab, 135, 166–8

      Madras Presidency, 55–6, 177

      Mahdi (Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah), 209–13

      Majendie, Vivian Dering, 159

      Malaya Emergency (1948–60), 214

      Mall, Shah, 192–3, 203

      Manchester Guardian, The, 210

      Maori people, 205, 215, 224

      Marathas, 176, 177

      martial law, 158

      ‘martial races’, 213

      Martineau, Edward, 20, 48–50

      martyrdom, 73, 81, 82

      Mashone people, 208

      Master, John, 121

      Matabele people, 208

      Mau Mau Uprising (1952–60), 214

      McMahon, C.A., 33

      fugitives, hunt for, 162–3

      on Hunters, murder of, 129

      Monckton house, refuge at, 71, 93, 94, 117

      and plundering, 151

      and prayer meetings, 69

      uprising, 117–20, 123, 125

      Meean Meer, Punjab, 154, 157

      Meerut, North-Western Provinces, 16, 47

      Mrs Chambers, killing of, 101

      greased cartridges dispute, 40, 59, 61–2

      prison break, 100

      telegraph, 66

      uprising (1857), 31, 34, 35, 62, 63, 66, 97, 98, 102

      memento mori, 198

      memsahibs, 13, 128

      Metcalfe, Charles, 155

      Minié bullets, 38

      missionaries, 27–8, 50
    –53, 69, 186–7, 217–22

      see also American Presbyterians; Church of Scotland

      Missur, Maharaj, 107

      Monckton, Henry, 13, 32–4, 71, 93, 94, 117, 119, 124, 221

      illness, 13, 117

      and The Lord Clyde, 223

      preaching, suspension of, 31

      punishment of rebels, 153

      Sikh levy, raising of, 68–9

      Montgomerie, Lieutenant, 102–4, 105

      Montgomery, Robert, 180

      Morant Bay Rebellion (1865), 203

      Morley, John, 210

      Morning Post, The, 5

      Morocco, 214

      Morris, William, 215

      Mounted Police, 117, 151

      Moveable Column, 67, 77–8, 91, 93, 98, 134, 137–48

      Mughal Empire (1526–1857), 18, 62, 66, 73, 76, 78, 79–83, 99, 122

      Bahadur Shah, imprisonment and trial of, 159, 219

      cannon executions, 176

      proclamations and letters from, 78–83, 99, 102

      sepoy allegiance to, 79–83, 133, 134, 148

      warrior gentlemen, 229

      Mughal, Mirza, 78

      Mukherjee, Rudrangshu, 8

      Multan, Punjab, 161, 172

      Munro, Hector, 177

      muskets, 14, 15, 20, 33, 37–50, 58–63, 72, 75, 138, 139

      Nagode State (1344–1950), 46

      Nana Sahib, xx, 133, 157–8, 169, 172, 193

      Napoleonic Wars (1803–15), 37

      Natural History Museum, London, 3

      Neill, James, 179

      Nepal, 169, 230

      Netherlands, 204, 207

      New Zealand, 205, 215, 224

      Nicholson, John, 77, 153

      55th BNI, pursuit of, 161

      death, 220–21

      Delhi, assault on, 220

      disarmament of sepoys, 77, 97

      freebooter, beheading of, 191–2

      post, interception of, 77

      and punishment, 90, 156, 158

      reputation, 89, 90, 92, 158

      Trimmu Ghat, battle of, 137–8, 140, 142–8, 173

      North-West Frontier, 12, 213–14

      Northern Ireland, 6

      Nully, Hospital Sergeant, 247

      Nurpur, Punjab, 134

      Nutteree, Punjab, 136

      Omdurman, battle of (1898), 209, 211–12

      Ommaney, Lieutenant, 145

      Opium War, Second (1856–60), 170

      Oude, see Awadh

      Oxfordshire Regiment, 52nd, 13–14, 67, 70, 125, 135, 138–48, 186, 188

      Pacific War (1941–5), 214

      Pakistan, 223

      Palkhu creek, 12, 114, 119, 221

      Pandey, Mangal, 45, 141

      Parsis, 122

      Pashtuns, 101, 140, 144

      Pasrur, Punjab, 109

      Pathans, see Pashtuns

      Pattern 1842 muskets, 15, 37, 38

      Pattern 1853 muskets, 37–50, 58–63, 72, 75, 79, 139

      Persia, 74, 170, 176

      Peshawar, Punjab, 12, 37, 39, 50, 67, 75

      execution of sepoys, 90, 178, 180, 181, 183

      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 73, 86

      Philippines, 259

      Phillaur, Punjab, 164

      Phrenological Society of Edinburgh, 193

      Phrenological Society of London, 194

      phrenology, 194–204

      pilgrims, 76, 164–5

      pirs, 19

      Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, 2

      Plassey, battle of (1757), 73–4

      plundering, 100, 113, 120–22, 134–5, 143, 151, 163, 165

      policing, 12, 33, 69, 94, 100–101, 111, 117, 118, 151–2

      pollution of foodstuff, 48, 59–60, 74, 78

      Portugal, 207, 214

      poshteens, 56

      Presbyterianism, 6, 13, 29, 30–34, 35, 51

      Primrose League, 211

      Princep, Arthur H., 95, 103, 104–5, 117, 126

      prisons, 62, 100–101, 117–19, 121, 151–2

      Protestantism, 27

      Public Record Office, Northern Ireland, 6

      Pucka Road, 109, 111

      Punch, 205

      Punjab, 11, 12, 16, 27, 66–7, 89

      annexation of (1849), 24, 53

      missionaries, 27–34, 50–53

      and Purbiyas (Easterners), 70–71, 75, 121

      Punjab Infantry Regiment, 3rd, 137

      Punjab Infantry Regiment, 6th, 137

      Punjab School of Musketry, 37–8, 41, 47

      Purbiyas, 16, 25, 47, 70–71, 75, 101, 121, 134, 152, 153

      purdah, 54

      rain season, 134, 144

      Rajghat gate, Delhi, 220

      Rajputs, 16, 18, 22, 57, 58

      Ram, Sita, 7

      Ramadan, 15

      Ramadeen, Subadar, 166

      Ranbir Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, 168, 169

      Rangoon, Burma, 21

      Rani of Jhansi, xx

      Raniganj, Bengal, 42

      Ranjit Singh, Sikh Maharaja, 13

      rape, xx, 113, 128, 131, 156–7, 203

      Ravi river, 134–5, 138, 142, 144, 147, 148, 157, 162, 167, 224

      Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, 191

      Ray, Thomas B., 202–3

      Red Fort, Delhi, 62

      Redmond, William, 212

      Rewa State (c.1790–1948), 46

      Rich, Gregory, 227

      Riel, Louis, 215

      Rif War (1920–26), 214

      Rissaldar, 151–2, 154

      Robert, Andrew, 8–9

      Roberts, Frederick, 1st Earl Roberts, 182, 183

      Rohilkhand, 229

      Roy, Tapti, 8

      Royal College of Surgeons, London, 197, 205, 210

      Royal Dragoon Guards Museum, York, 5

      Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, 6

      Russell, William Henry, 172, 179–80, 181, 199, 209

      Russell, William Howard, 165

      Russia, 74, 170

      sadhus, 76–7

      Sahabad, Bihar, 58

      Salt Department, 59

      sati, 54, 178

      Satichaura Ghat, Cawnpore, 199

      Saunders, J.B., 110–15, 132

      ‘savage warfare’, 197

      Saya San Rebellion (1931), 214

      Scotland, 4, 6, 27–8, 66

      Scott, Brother, 33, 85, 150, 186, 187

      sepoys, 13, 14

      batta, 21, 24

      bhang, 45, 140–41

      caste, 17, 18, 20–23, 39–42, 44, 46, 47, 49–50, 55

      and corporal punishment, 56–7

      daily routine, 14–15

      disarmament of, see under disarmament

      and Enfield cartridges, 37–50, 58–63, 74, 75, 79

      family, attachment to, 16–17, 18, 20

      and foodstuff, pollution of, 48, 59–60, 74

      as fugitives, 161–73

      furlough, 17–18

      izzat, 26

      kala pani, 20–23

      living arrangements, 19–20

      promotion, 23–4

      recruitment, 4, 17–18, 22–3, 26

      religious beliefs, 18–19, 20–23, 56

      salary, 16–17, 24

      Sita Ram, 7

      social status, 17–18, 19

      subaltern prosopography, 8

      uniforms, 15, 19, 55–6

      weapons, 15

      villages, attachment to, 16–17, 19, 25

      servants, 13, 32–3, 99

      execution of, 152–3

      loyalty of, 32–3, 130

      preaching to, 30

      punishment of, 152–3

      and rumours, 74

      uprising (1857), 101, 104, 109–14, 117, 120, 121–2, 125, 130

      sexual violence, xx, 113, 128, 131, 203

      Shabqadar, Punjab, 75

      Shahpur, Punjab, 69, 77

      Shakespeare, William, 224

      Sharpe, J.E., 247

      Shaw, George Bernard, 210

      Shere Singh, Sikh Maharajah, 82

      Sialkot, Punjab

      American Presbyterian mission, see under American Presbyterians


      bungalows, 11, 12, 26

      Church of Scotland mission, see under Church of Scotland

      courthouse, 12, 101, 123

      destruction of, 150

      European population, 13, 26–34, 65–74

      fort, 12, 94, 103–107, 109, 111, 117, 118, 121–5, 127, 130, 151

      Hearsey mansion, 110–15, 122

      Holy Trinity Church, 13, 29, 53

      hot season, 11, 27

      Hunter Memorial Church, 221

      jail, 12, 100–101, 117–19, 121, 131, 151–2

      Jesus and Mary convent, 13, 29, 95, 98, 120, 125, 126

      military station, 12, 13, 124

      musketry school, 37–8, 41, 47–8, 63

      old city, 12, 13

      Palkhu creek, 12, 114, 119, 221

      plundering, 100, 113, 120–22, 134, 135, 143, 151, 163, 165

      police barracks, 12

      St James Church, 13, 29

      Sudder Bazaar, 12, 13, 29, 53, 55, 94, 95, 109, 121, 122, 123

      Sufi shrines, 19

      treasury, 12, 120, 121, 123, 134

      warning note, 85

      signal gun, 137, 146

      Sikhs, 13, 16, 24, 58, 71, 82, 171, 230

      Anglo-Sikh War, First (1845–46), 230

      Anglo-Sikh War, Second (1848–49), 12, 13, 53, 146, 230

      Kallianwala Ku, 223

      khaki uniforms, 137

      Kuka sect, Namdharis, 203

      levies, 68, 104, 117, 118, 119, 123, 152, 157

      Sikh Kingdom (1799–1849), 12, 13, 24, 53, 146

      treasury guard, 167

      Trimmu Ghat, battle of, 136, 137, 142, 143, 145

      Simla, 127, 165, 169

      Sindh, conquest of (1843), 24

      Singh, Gholab, Raja of Jammu, 148

      Singh, Issuree, 42

      Singh, Jemadar Sewbuccus, 41–2

      Singh, Mirwan, 139

      Singh, Ranbir, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, 168, 169

      Singh, Ranjit, Sikh Maharaja, 13

      Singh, Sirdar Teja, 12

      slavery, 192

      Sleeman, William H., 16–17, 23, 57, 76

      smallpox, 215

      Smith, Mr, 108–9, 123

      smoothbore muskets, 138

      South Africa, 195–7, 201, 204–5, 207–9, 212–13, 215, 224

      Southampton, Hampshire, 217

      sowars, see Bengal Light Cavalry

      Spanish Foreign Legion, 214

      Sphere, The, 6, 226

      Spiti Valley, 169–71

      Spry, Henry Harpur, 194–5, 206

      St James Church, Sialkot, 13, 29

      Stanley, Edward, 184

      Stanley, Henry Morton, 204, 206–8

      Stevenson, E.H., 71, 73, 85, 87

      ‘stiff upper lip’, 68, 158

      Stokes, Eric, 8

      subaltern prosopography, 8

      Sudan, 209–12

      Sudder Bazaar, 12, 13, 29, 53, 55, 94, 95, 109, 121, 122, 123

      Sufism, 19

      sunstroke, 138

      Swat valley, 161

      Swift, Indian convert, 85

      Tantia Tope, 198, 256

      Tanzania, 197

      Taylor, Meadows, 7

      telegraph, 12, 31, 65–6, 75

      Temple Bar, London, 197, 206

      Terai, 169

      Tharoor, Shashi, 9

      ‘Thugs’, 7, 121, 155, 158, 163, 177–8, 179, 194, 195

     


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