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Punjab.

Date:: 1908

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Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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INDEX A. -clbdd, a place-ending of Arabic origin, = ‘ abode,’ i. 57. Abohar, ancient town in Ferozepore District, i. 450, 451. Administration, i. 97-99 : the Lieutenant- Governor, 97 ; the Secretariat, 97; the principal heads of departments, 97, 98 ; the Punjab Commission (I.C.S.), 98; the Provincial Civil Service, 98 ; Ad- ministrative Divisions, 98, 99. Administration of Native States, i. 99- 102. See also under Administration in each State. Adoption, right of, granted (i860) to chiefs, ii. 277, 382, 404. Afghanistan, trade with, through Multan, ii. 243, through Muzaifargarh, choked by prohibitive duties, 251. Age, statistics of, with tables for 1891 and 1901, not trustworthy, i. 41. > Agricultural classes, number dependent on agriculture, i. 59; cultivating owners, 69; landlords, 59, 69, 70; tenants, 69, 70; landless labourers on wages', 70 ; general improvement in their material condition, 72; schools and scholarships for, 138, 139, 140. Agricultural College and Research Insti- tute at Lyallpur, i. 62. Agriculture, i. 57-68 ; soil and cultiva- tion, 57-59 ; principal crops, 59-62 ; loans, 62, 63; cattle and beasts of burden, 63-65 ; irrigation, 65-68 ; half the land is cultivated by owners, 69 ; experimental farm at Lyallpur, ii. 211; Provincial Statistics of, i. 154. See in each District underQttntxdX Agricultural Conditions ; Chief Agricultural Sta- tistics and Principal Crops; Improve- ments in Agricultural Practice. Agroha, ancient town in Hissar District, i. 242 ; remains of its former fort and greatness, 242 ; original home of Agar- wal }3anias, 242, Ahmad Shah Durrani, his complete de- feat (1762) of Sikhs and destruction and defilement of Amritsar, i. 31; sacked Delhi, 294; took Lahore, ii. 36; in Dera Ghazi Khan, 259 ; ravaged Gujrat, II2 ; his victory over Marathas at Panipat, i. 317. Ahmadiyas, a Muhammadan sect, ii. 62. Ahmadpur, town in Jhang District, ii. 217. Ahmadpur East, tahsil of Bahawalpur Ahmadpur East town, ii. 350, 351, with considerable trade and export of shoes and earthenware, 351. Ahmadpur Lamma, iahsll of Bahawalpur State, ii. 350. Ahmadpur West, town in Bahawalpur State, ii. 351. Aitchison, Sir Charles, his encouragement of indigenous schools, i. 138, 139; Chiefs’ College at Lahore, ii. 38. Ajnala, tahsJl of Amritsar District, ii. 52. Akalgarh, town in Gujranwala District, ii. loi. Akbar the Great (1556-1605), Mughal emperor, named the Doabs, i. 2 ; rule in the Punjab, 27 ; religious toleration, 50; granted site for a temple to Guru Ram Das at Amritsar, 29 ; restored the Jumna Canal, 202 ; improved Katora Canal, 213; at Delhi, 294; in Kangra District, 356 ; at Lahore, ii. 33 ; great victory at Panipat, i. 3171 ascended the throne at Kalanaur, ii. 73 ; the assessment of land revenue under, i. 113 et passim. Ala Singh (d. 1765), founder of the dynasty of Patiala, ii. 275, 276. Alexander the Great, his expedition to India and campaigns in the Punjab and Sind, and the cities he founded, i. 17, 18; advanced as far as the Beas, 18; his Greek successors, 18, 19; probable site of his twelve boundary altars, i. 18, ii. 61 ; his defeat of Porus in Gujrat District, m; at Taxila, 161, 174; founded Bucephala, identified with Jalalpur, 152; crossed the Jhelum at Jalalpur, 153, the Indus at Ohind, 16 miles above Attock, 183 ; took Sangala, identified with Sangla, 106; stormed Multan, 225, 226; took Shorkot, 218; took Talamba, 244; Nicaea identified with Mong, 143; Uch identified with a town built by him near the meeting of the rivers, 354, this and several other identifications doubtful, 355 el passini; Atari, identified with city of Brahmans taken by him, 239. All Mardan Khan, Shah Jahan’s famous engineer, his canals, i. 203, 207, ii. 77 ; laid out the Shalamar gardens of Lahore, 35; his peaceful rule of Lahore, 34. Alienation of Land Act, its causes, objects, and results, i. 63, 103, 114. AlTpur, tahsil in Muzaifargarh District, 253? 254*

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