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INDEX
Afghanistan, 1
Agra, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
becomes British, 1
Thugs imprisoned in, 1
Akbar (Mughal emperor), 1, 2
Akola case, 1
Akoopore, 1, 2
Alee, Futtah, 1, 2
Alexander the Great, 1
Ali, Ameer, see Syeed Amir Ali
Ali, Bunda, 1, 2
murderers of punished, 1
wife and family of, 1, 2
Allahabad, 1
Allyer (Thug), 1, 2
Alumpore, 1, 2
Thug tribunal at, 1
Aman Subadar, 1
Amanoolah (Thug), 1, 2, 3
Ameer (Thug), 1
Amherst, Lord, 1
anti-Thug campaign, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
and general warrants, 1, 2
approvers (Thug informants), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
deaths of surviving, 1, 2
divisions among, 1, 2
motivations of, 1, 2, 3
reliability of evidence of, 1, 2, 3, 4
Arcot, Thugs of, 1, 2n, 3
Aseel Thugs, 1, 2
Asiatick Researches, 1, 2
Asigurh, 1 n
Assa (Thug), 1
Aukland, Lord George, 1
Aurangabad, 1, 2
Aurangzeb (Mughal emperor), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Baboo, Khuruck, 1
Bacon, Thomas
on Indian roads, 1
on Juggernaut festival, 1 n
Badaloo (Thug leader), 1
Bahleen (Thug), 1
Banda, 1, 2
Bangalore, 1
bankers, see seths
Baroda, 1, 2
Baroda stonecutters, murder of, 1
Barrackpore, 1
Bartrum, Mrs, 1
Basaret College, 1
Batson, Henry, 1
Bayly, Christopher, 1
Beato, Felice, 1
beles (Thug murder spots), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Benares, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Bengal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
