Salagram, a stone worshipped by the Hindus, 79, 273
Saliyana, a lordship, town, and government, 261, 270, 277,
Salpa pahar, part of the Himaliya mountains, 160
Samadi, the custom of burying alive, 138, 152
Samar Bahadur, his account of the Khas country, 4, 173
Sangsar Chandra, chief of Kangra, 303, 304, 310, 311, 314,
Satrudra, Satadru, or Sutluj river, 91, 288, 307, 315
Satya Raja, a dynasty governing the Kiratas, together with
Sayer, or direct taxes, 153, 154, 156, 161, 162
Sayn, the name given by the Newars to the people of Thibet, etc, 56
Seapoy, properly Sipahi, in Nepal applied to irregular armed
men employed in the police and revenue, 106
Ser, a weight, that of Kathmandu weighing about 11,664 grains, that
Serdar or Sirdar, one of the Baradar, or chief officers of government,
Serdar, a very high military rank, 109, 151, 165
Serdar, a military officer among the Kiratas, 148, 149
Sesamum, Hamo, or Til, a seed used for oil, 228, 282
Seshant or Siklik, a mart and passage through the Himaliya mountains, 243
Shalivahana Raja, and his descendants, the Shalivahana Rajputs,
Shawl goat, its wool, and shawls, 315, see also Goat
Sheep, tame, 75, 214, 217, 274, 298, 301, 307
Sher Bahadur, a chief of Gorkha, 254, 260
Shoræa robusta, Sal, or Sakhuya tree, 67, 198
Sikh, a religious sect, 313, see also Ranjit Singha
Sikim, a principality, 1, 118, 119, 124, 126, 127,
Sinapis ramosa Roxb. or Ika, a grain, 228
Sinapis, called Sarisha or Turi, a kind of mustard or rape, 228
Singha, a division of the Sikh sect, 313, see also Ranjit Singha
Singha Pratap, king of Gorkha, 171, 196, 246, 247
Sisaudhiya, a tribe of Rajputs, see Chauhan
Sitakund, a burning spring near Chitagang, 273
Siva, a deity, 32, 193, 208, 285, 302, 310, see also
Siva, sect of, or Sivamarga, which worships Siva as the chief
Snow, 69, 88, 89, 90, 234 see also Himaliya
Solanum melongena, or Bera, a vegetable, 229
Solanum tuberosum, or common potatoe, 229
Springs, burning, 194, 272, 281 ; see Burning rock
Springs, heat of, 197, 200, 203, 204, 205
Srinagar, present capital of Garhawal, often used for the whole
Subah, governor of a large district, zila, or province 104, 105,
Sri Krishna Sahi, a chief of Gorkha, 254, 262
Survey of Nepal, in 1792, by Ranjit Pangre, 216