Aden, 305
Africa, xi, 260, 303–5 (fig. 56)
Agra, 47, 78, 197, 201, 216, 217, 220, 259, 261; Fort, 213, 241, 274, 290, 291; Mughal capital, 231–32; riverfront gardens, 231, 235; tomb of I’timad-ud-Daulah, 220, 231, 290
Akbar, 20, 102, 166–67, 208, 216, 219, 295, 308; Fatehpur Sikri, 185, 216, 232, 258, 280, 346n57; tomb, 220
Akshardam Temple, 299–300
Amherst, Lady Sarah, 40, 55, 77, 85, 87, 88, 103, 104, 148–49; Amherstia nobilis, 149–51, 174, 178; botanical study, 174; golden pheasant, 174, 335n107
Amherst, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (daughter), 77–78, 174
Amherst, Lord, 105
Arabian Nights, 29, 186, 189
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), 199, 201–2, 222, 229, 243, 244–48, 254, 291, 293, 299
Archer, Maj. Edward, 100, 186
Ashoka, 133, 229; Bull, 346n53
Assam, 41, 47–48, 100, 162, 176, 314; tea-growing in, 157–58
Auckland, Lord, 46, 68, 70, 88, 105–6, 113, 312–13
Augusta, Princess, 14, 143
Aurangzeb, 20, 106, 207, 213, 226, 238, 239
Awadh (Oudh), 181, 183, 184, 187, 196; annexation, 187–88; king’s exile in Calcutta, 71. See also Lucknow
Babur, 260; Baburnama, 167; dislike of Hindustan, 8, 19, 60, 210, 230–31; Garden of Fidelity, 210, Pl. 18; love of gardens, 7, 19, 102, 129, 208, 210, 211, 231, 235, 255, 258, 280
Bacon, Francis, 304, 312
Bahadur Shah (Zafar), 240, 243–44, 341n41
Baikie, Dr., 121–22, 124
Baker, Sir Herbert, 217, 260, 270, 274, 283
Bangalore, xii, 4, 122, 130–36, 280, 294, 298, 301, 348n97; bungalows, 131–32 (fig. 25), 135; Lal Bagh, xii, 133–34, 136 (fig. 26), 139–41, 176, 298, Pl. 27; Residency, 133
Banks, Sir Joseph, 143–44, 149, 157, 162, 178, 179
banyan trees, 29, 59, 91, 95, 174, 285, Pl. 8, 12
Baroda, 273, 285 (fig. 53)
Barrackpore, 31, 62, 83–96 passim (fig. 22), 175, 297, Pl. 5, 7, 8; menagerie, 84, 86, 161–62; 1857 Mutiny, 92, 182, 244
Benares (Varanasi), 4, 52, 60, 156, 167, 221, 299
Bengal, 20, 21, 46–47, 51, 68, 87, 96, 149, 153, 181, 259, 297; Bay of, 24, 63, 114
Bentinck, Lord, 86, 216–17, 339n61, 66; Lady, 78
Bernier, François, 98, 106, 163, 201, 202, 207, 209, 219, 223, 233, 235, 238, 247, 281
Bombay (Mumbai), 2, 15, 20, 21, 24, 28, 33–36, 51, 60, 97, 100, 122, 184, 280, 348n96; Elphinstone Circle and Gardens, 50, 59 (fig. 16); Malabar Hill, 30; Parel, 89–90, Pl. 6; summer bungalows, 98–99; Victoria Gardens, 50, Pl. 2; Victoria Terminus, 131; University, 299, Pl. 32
botanical gardens, 141–43, 303, 307: Darjeeling, 153 (fig. 27); Mauritius (Pamplemousses), 143; Saharanpur, 146, 152; St. Vincent, 143, 171, 303. See also Calcutta Botanic Garden; Dapuri; Kew
botanical illustration, 164, 166–69, 172–76
boxwallahs, 22, 101, 119
Brighton Pavilion, 7, 56, 196 Brindavan Gardens (Krishnaraja Sagara), 287, 288, Pl. 26
Brown, Capability, xi, 31, 33, 67, 85, 164, 219
Buchanan, Francis, 130, 161
Buddha, Buddhism, 5, 12, 149, 172, 220, 284; Buddhacarita, 6
Burton, Richard, 121, 122, 126
Calcutta (Kolkata), 15, 20–21, 24, 28, 34, 35, 37, 48, 55, ch. 2 passim, 97, 104, 115, 119, 122, 158, 160, 167, 170, 184, 242, 258–59, 280, 306; Alipur, 65, 66, 83; Belvedere, 65, 67, 81, 268; Botanic Garden, 87, 93, 146–52, 161, 168, 174, 187, 325n47; Chowringhee, 65, 66, 72; Eden Gardens, 50, 74; flower market, Pl. 1; Garden Reach, 65–68, 71–72, 83, 170, 314; Government House, 64, 73–81 (figs. 18–20), 88, 96, 241, Pl. 4; maidan, 65, 73–75, 77, Pl. 3; Marble Palace, 71; St. Paul’s Cathedral, 73; South Park St. Cemetery, 67, 147, 172; Tollygunge Club, 297, Pl. 30; Victoria Memorial, 224–26 (fig. 44)
Canning, Lady Charlotte, 26, 29–30, 55, ch. 2 passim, 107, 119, 151, 312, Pl. 7; botanical illustration, 175, Pl. 8; design for Cawnpore sculpture, 194; durbars, 194, 248; grave, 94–95, 297, 327n121, Pl. 29; Highcliffe, 90; Lady Canning’s Seat, 93, 125, 298; visit to the Nilgiris, 124–25
Canning, Lord, 77, 88, 92, 94–95, 151, 194, 244, 297
Carey, William, 55, 87
Cawnpore (Kanpur), 40, 194–96 (fig. 35), 314; Angel of the Resurrection, 194, 292
Ceylon, 153–54, 158, 169, 314
Chandi Chowk (Delhi), 233, 237, 238, 245, 246, 260, 272, 277, 281, 283
Charnock, Job, 63, 76
Chatsworth. See Duke of Devonshire
Cheltenham, 123, 128, 134
chunam, 29, 36, 185
Churchill, Winston, 40, 132
cinchona, 145, 153–54, 179
Clive, Edward, 30–32, 161
Clive, Lady Henrietta, 13, 24, 30, 130–31, 140, 310, 332n3, 335n101
Clive, Robert, 21, 70
Coonor, 99, 124, 125, 298
Crystal Palace, xii, 176; in Lal Bagh, 176, Pl. 15
Cubbon, Sir Mark, 133, 136
Curzon: Lord, 75, 81–83, 88, 92, 95–96, 114, 116, 288, 297; dislike of Simla, 118–19; durbar of 1902–3, 250–53, 272, 294; restoration of Taj Mahal, ch. 6 passim, 290, 314; opposition to New Delhi, 258, 259
Curzon, Lady Mary, 94, 95, 109, 252–53, 269, 344n113
Cuthell, Edith, 43, 48, 50, 53, 58, 182, 190–93 passim
Dacca, 52; cotton, 146
Dalhousie, Lord, 74, 108, 122, 179–80; Dalhousie Square (Calcutta), 75
Dalrymple, William, 7, 35, 128, 223, 245, 293
Daniell, Thomas and William, 56, 64, 203–4 (fig. 39), 218, Pl. 19
Dapuri, 177 (fig. 31)
Dara Shikoh, 237, 241; Album, 167, Pl. 13
Darjeeling, 60, 93–94, 99, 106, 107, 119, 120; botanical garden, 153 (fig. 27), 163; tea, 158
Deegah, 48–49
deforestation: Delhi Ridge, 278, 296; Himalayas, 179–80; Kashmir, 296; Nilgiri Hills, 126, 296–97
Dehra Dun, 119, 300
Delhi, 15, 37, 60, 83, 96, 98, 128, 152, 167; decline in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, 184, 188, 227–28 (fig. 45), 239–41; durbars, 248–56 (fig. 48, 49); pre-Mughal rulers, 228–30; Shahjahanabad, 232–39, 258 (fig. 46); under British control, 239– 56; 1857 and its aftermath, 243–47, 260. See also Red Fort
Devonshire, Duke of, 68, 124, 162, 165, 178, 219
Dietrich, Marlene, 154
Dilkusha (Lucknow), 185–86, 188, 191; Dil Kusha (“Metcalfe’s Folly,” Delhi), 242
Dufferin, Lady, 2, 32, 35, 42, 44, 49, 76, 103, 104, 109, 113–16, 120, 190, 192
Dufferin, Lord, 75, 113–16
Duncan, Sara, 110–11, 129, 306
durbars, 42, 80, 293, 304; 1877, 248–49; 1902–3, 248–53 (fig. 48), 272; 1911, 253–56, 257
East India Company (British), 4, 20–21, 26, 31, 35, 37, 63, 66, 83, 97, 99, 100, 101, 123, 142, 147, 149, 161, 185, 207, 285; directors, 30, 76, 146; support of botanical research, 169; trade in tea and opium, 155–58
Eden: Emily, 23, 46, 60–61, 68, 70, 78–79, 84, 88, 105, 107, 108, 111–13, 127–28, 134–35, 186, 222, 240, 312; Eden Gardens, 50, 74; fragility of imperialism, 128, 182
Edward VII, 133, 253; Emperor of India, 249–50. See also Prince of Wales
Elizabeth I, Queen, 20, 22
Elphinstone, Montstuart, 37, 89–90
Emerson, William, 225–26
Fay, Eliza, 29, 65, 67
Fenton, Elizabeth, 59, 67
Firoz Shah Tughlak, 229–30, 295
Fitzpatrick, James Achilles, 32–34, 139–40
Forbes, James, 4, 9, 13, 23, 36, 50, 53–55, 312
Fortune, Robert, 160
Gandhi, Mahatma, 2, 127
Ganges, 61, 63, 64, 89, 94, 119, 156, 195; fish, 161
Garden of Eden, 12, 13, 71, 142, 148, 149
Gardner, William Linnaeus, 36–37, 242, 313
garlands, 2–4 (fig. 1)
George III, King, 143, 144
George V, King, 254–59, 263, 273, 293
George, Walter, 275–77, 293
ghosts, 196, 298, 350n30
Gibson, John, 165
Goddens, 47, 53; Jon and Rumer, 51
Govindoo, 169
Graham, Maria, 25, 35, 36, 57, 77, 83, 168, 310
Griffith, William, 150–51, 162
Haidar Ali, xii, 21, 28, 130, 136, 139; Lal Bagh, 139, 141
Hamilton, Capt. Alexander, 24, 65, 66
Hampstead Garden Suburb, 257, 263
Hampton Court, 141, 272
Hardinge, Lady, 258, 262–64
Hardinge, Lord, 75, 119, 253–55, 258, 261, 268, 274
Hastings, Lord (Earl of Moira), 77, 218; Lady Flora, 87
Hastings, Warren, 21, 56, 65–66, 157, 185; Belvedere, 65, 67, 81; Daylesford, 55, 81; Hastings House, 81–83; Lady (Marian Imhoff), 81–82; naturalist, 161, 163; Zoffany painting of, 82 (fig. 21)
Hayat Baksh. See Red Fort
Heber, Bishop Reginald, 8, 30, 40, 67, 68, 70, 73, 76, 89, 148, 240
Himalayas, xii, 55, 93–94, 99, 101–20 passim, 152, 153, 195, 303, 314; plant hunting in, 162–65 (fig. 29), 174, 179, 180
Hinduism, 6, 12; caste and food taboos, 35, 81, 326n87; deities, 5, 56, 101–2, 127, 134, 187, 221, 228; festivals, 243; gardens, 4–5, 15, 219, 278
Hodges, William, 56, 203–4 (fig. 38)
Hodgson, Col. J. A., 200–201 (fig. 37), 226
Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, xii, 68, 100, 107, 150, 162; botanizing in the Himalayas, 163–65 (fig. 29), 168, 169, 179, 180; director of Kew, 145–46, 151, 154
Hooker, Sir Wiliam, 145–46, 150, 151, 165
Hughli River, 63, 65, 96, 146
Humayun, 211; Tomb, 211–12 (fig. 42), 213, 220, 246, 268, 274, 293, 343n84; water palace, 341n17
Hyde Park, 67, 68, 74, 245, 250
Hyderabad, 140, 252, 273; Residency, 32–34 (fig. 9)
Impey, Sir Elijah, and Lady Impey, 174
Indraprastha, 228, 259
Irwin, Lord, 32, 264, 268, 285, 351n17; Lady, 264, 271
Islam, 7, 35; Islamic gardens, 7; Mohurram, 243, 342n65; social relations with Muslims, 32, 35, 243. See also Mughal gardens
Ismail, Sir Mirza, 287–88
Jahanara, 237–39; garden renamed Queen’s Gardens, 246
Jahangir, 20, 102, 129, 167, 208, 231, 280, 311
Jains, 6, 12
Jekyll, Gertrude, 13, 42, 219, 262–64, 269, 270, 278, 279, 304, 314
Jones, Anna Maria, 170–74 (fig. 30), 175
Jones, Sir William, 55, 65, 169–72, 175, 312; Royal Asiatick Society, 170
Kamasutra, 6
Kashmir, 8, 102–3, 162, 167, 223, 295–96, 308; gardens: 103, 211, 262, 267, 288, 296; Pl. 9
Kedleston Hall, 75, 219, Pl. 20
Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, xi, 7, 30, 89, 91, 141–45 passim, 149, 151, 153–54, 174, 177, 178, 312; botanical exploration, 162, 168, 178–80; Rhododendron Dell, xi, 164
Khajuraho, 220, 221, Pl. 21
Kingdon-Ward, Frank, 306
Kipling, J. L., 45 (fig. 14), 329n65
Kipling, Rudyard, xii, 23, 34–35, 61, 72–73, 226, 348n3; City of the Dreadful Night, 66; “Glory of the Garden,” 308–9; Kim, 99; opium production, 156–57
Kirkpatrick, James Achilles, 32–33, 36
Kitchener, General, 118, 329n84
Kodaikanal, 101, 127, 174
Koenig, Johann Gerhard, 161, 171, 172
Kyd, Col. Robert, 146–47, 149
Lahore, 50, 66, 106, 152, 232, 274; Shalimar Garden, 268
Lalla Rookh (Thomas Moore), 55, 102–3, 186, 295
Landour, 99, 100, 103, 109, 119
Landsdowne, Lord and Lady, 116
lawns, 14, 37, 38 (fig. 10), 49–52, 112, 113, 116, 119, 185, 219, 285, 296, 299, 300, 302, 304, 307, 309; Delhi durbars, 250–56 passim; doob grass, 192, 268, 298; mowers, 51 (fig. 15); New Delhi, 257, 267, 268, 274, 277–78, 293, 298; Red Fort, 247; Taj Mahal, 203, 206, 223, 290, 292, 293
Lear, Edward, 40, 47, 59–60, 68, 105, 108, 119, 125, 313, 347n65; Bangalore, 131, 132, 141, 176, 195; Flora Nonsensica, 169; Taj Mahal, 203, 205, 217
Lindley, John, 145–46
Lively, Penelope, xi, 304
lotus, 1, 5–7, 174, 214, 249, 269–70, 300, 319n7, 346n53
Loudon, J. C., 176, 177
Lucknow, 2, 10, 15, 43, 48, 50, 57, 152, 167, ch. 5 passim, 268, 314; Botanical Garden, 191; Qaisar Bagh, 185, 187, 191, 193 (fig. 33); Residency, 182–84 (fig. 32), 188, 192–93 (fig. 34), 292
Lutyens, Edwin, 260–84 passim, 314; on the Taj Mahal, 261, 262, 268; visit to Red Fort, 268–69
Lutyens, Emily, 265
Lytton, Lord, 76, 106, 113, 121, 263; 1877 durbar, 248–49, 250; Lady Lytton, 80
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 121, 124, 312
Madras (Chennai), 15, 20, 21, 47, 57–58, 97, 122, 123, 132, 147, 168, 242, 280, 288; Chepauk Palace, 31; Choultry Plain, 26, 27; early history, 24–32, 34–35, 37, 184; Fort St. George, 24 (fig. 4), 27 (fig. 5), 30; garden houses, 26–29 (fig. 6); Government Houses, 30–33 (fig. 7, 8), 36, 124, 297; MGR Memorial Arch, 292; St. Thomas Mount, 26; Triplicane, 30
Mahabaleshwar, 100
Mahabharata, 6, 228
Mahtab Bagh (moonlight garden), 9; Agra, 5, 215–16, 290, 291; Delhi, 235, 236, 244–45, 255–56
maidans, 50, 65; Calcutta, 73–75, 77, Pl. 3
Maitland, Julia, 56–58, 132
malis, 40–42 (fig. 12), 45, 47, 81, 219, 265, 295, 301–2
manuals, garden, 42–46 (fig. 13), 49–50, 53
Martin, Claude, 185, 187
Mary, Queen, 255, 271
Mashobra, 117–18 (fig. 24)
Mayo, Lord, 75; Lady, 80
medicinal plants, 12, 142, 152–53 (fig. 27), Ayurvedic medicine, 12, 160; physic gardens, 141
Metcalfe, Charles, 36, 107, 241, 243, 342n62
Metcalfe, Emily, 242, 245
Metcalfe, Thomas, 241–43, 343n68, Pl. 22
Minto, Lord, 84; Lady, 116
Moonlight Garden. See Mahtab Bagh
Mount Kailash, 101, 127
Moynihan, Elizabeth, 215
Mughals, 14, 20, 76, 184, 227–29, 256, 257, 258; botanical illustration, 166–67; gardens, 7–10, 12, 14–15, 19, 24, 33, 37, 49, 56, 70, 139, 187, 197, 206–16, 278–80, 306, 308, 311, 340n10; Kashmir, 102–3, 128; penchant for opium, 156. See also individual rulers
Mumtaz Mahal, 209, 212, 213, 232, 286
Mundy, Peter, 207–9
Munro, Sir Thomas, 32, 121, 125, 161, 297; Lady Munro, 32, 36
Mussoorie, 99, 101, 103, 119–20, 127, 153
Mustoe, William Robertson, 264–65, 293–95, 314
Mysore, 122, 127, 130, 133, 140, 161, 287
Naini Tal, 99, 116
Napier, Col. Robert, 189
nautches 9, 190
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 224, 291, 300–301, 312
New Delhi, 47, 190, 217, 226, 243, ch. 8 passim (fig. 52), 292–93, 306, 314; Commonwealth Games, 294, 299; Connaught Place, 273, 274, 277, 282; Government House (Viceroy’s House, later Rashtrapati Bhavan), 261, 264, 271, 279–80, 283–84, 293, 294; Imperial Hotel, 298, Pl. 31; Jaipur Column, 269; King’s Way (Processional Way, later Raj Path), 257, 261, 273, 274, 276–77, 283, 284, 288 (fig. 55), 293 Pl. 24; Lodi Garden, 274, 347n73; Mughal Garden, 264–72 (fig. 50, 51), 293, 313, Pl. 23; Purana Qila, 259–61; Talkatora Gardens, 246, 275; War Memorial, 273
Nilgiri Hills, 49, 92–93, 99–100, 121–26, 296, 314; invasion of Australian trees, 126; tea, 158, Pl. 1. See also Ootacamund
North Marianne, 169, 175, 205, 218, 244; gallery at Kew, 176; Pl. 17
Nur Jahan, 167, 311
Ochterlony, David, 36, 75, 241, 242, 342n62
Ootacamund, 99, 121–27 passim, 175, 180, 296–97, 298; Botanical Garden, 124, 175, 297; cinchona, 153–54; Government House, 124, 125, 297; Hunt Club, 297–98
opium, 156, 314; factory at Ghazipur, 156– 57; War, 1838–42, 157
Orlich, Baron von, 47, 187, 285, 305
Paradise, in Qur’an, 10, 12, 207, 213, 215– 16, 223, 283; in Milton, 148
parks, 58, 286–91, 307
Parks [Parkes], Fanny, 10, 37, 52, 54–56, 60, 98–101, 103–5, 120, 134, 186, 227; Taj Mahal, 203, 209, 222
Parsees, 35, 68, 127
Paxton, Joseph, 68, 124, 287
peepal tree (bo), 5, 54, 61, 270, 276, 347n78
Pelsaert, Francisco, 231
photography in India, 88, 191, 205, 213
picturesque, the, 60–61, 85, 90, 131, 218, 313
potted plants, 38–39 (fig. 11), 53, 131 (fig, 25), 132, 133, 242, 278, Pl. 31
Prince of Wales: visit to India, 2, 176, 182, 189, 222, 250. See also Edward VII
Prinsep, Val, 249, 328n15
railroads, 72–73, 104, 106, 126, 134, 135, 180, 245
Raj Ghat, 291, Pl. 28
Rajputs, 8, 229, 252, 306, 312; Amber Fort, 8 (fig. 2)
Ramayana, 2, 6
Ranelagh, 155, 187
Reading, Lady, 28, 116, 117, 119, 272–73
Red Fort (Delhi), 233–38 (fig. 47), 241, 260, 268, 279–80; Diwan-i-Am, 247–48, 253, 254; Diwan-i-Khas, 237, 247, 253, 254; Hayat Baksh, 235–38, 244, 247, 254–55 (fig. 49), 269; Moti Masjid, 245, 269; post-1857, 244–48, 258, 293; Rang Mahal, 5, 247, 270. See also Delhi; New Delhi
rhododendrons, xi, 107–8, 110, 163–64, 176
Ridge (Delhi), 228, 250–51, 259, 262, 278, 295, 296
Roberts, Emma, 29, 36, 40, 46, 48–49, 54, 69, 80, 185, 241; Barrackpore, 85–87, 89
Robinson, William, 42, 43, 219
Roe, Sir Thomas, 275
Roshanara Garden, 239, 240, 246, 294
Roxburgh, William, 147, 167–68
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 169
Royal Horticultural Society, 162
Royle, John Forbes, 152
Rungiah, 169
Ruskin, John, 93, 135
Russell, Patrick, 170, 172
Russell, William Howard, 185, 187–90 passim, 218, 222
Sakuntala, 170, 171
Samru, Begum, 243, 342n64
Sarnath, 220–21, 261, 345n25
scent, importance of, 7, 9, 13, 56–57, 203, 207–9, 302
Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior, 252
Scots in India, 160–61, 168, 169, 304
Serampore, 87, 147
Shah Jahan, 50, 78, 224, 226, 255, 260, 283; creation of Shajahanabad, 223, 226, 232–39 (fig. 46), 280–81; “flowermania,” 167, 211; Peacock Throne, 233, 239; Taj Mahal, 197, 198, 206, 209, 211, 213, 215, 216, 223
Shalimar Garden, 133; Delhi, 238, 241, 245; Lahore, 238, 268; Kashmir, 211, 238; Sibpor, 146, 147
Sikkim, 162, 163, 179
Simla (Shimla), 83, 96, 99, 103, 104–20 passim, 122, 127, 258, 295, 298; Barnes Court, 112, 118; Peterhof, 113, 114, 116; picture-postcard England, 128–29; Viceregal Lodge, 111–16 (fig. 23), 295
Singh, Patwant, 257, 283, 295
Sleeman, William, 201; Mrs. Sleeman, 222
Spear, Percival, 65, 81, 229
Srirangapatnam. See Tipu Sultan
Stanley, Lady Beatrix, 32, 47, 53, 175, 268
Steel, Flora Annie, 45–46, 52, 53, 57, 310, 344n113
Sujaya, C. P., 301–2, 312
Sullivan, John, 121–23, 125
Surat, 9, 20, 24, 64
Tagore, Dwarkanath, 35, 70; Jorasanko, 70, 297
Tagore, Rabindranath, 5, 70–72 (fig. 17), 297
Taj Mahal, 5, 195, ch. 6 passim (figs. 37–43), 268; floral decoration, 213–15 (fig. 43), Pl. 16, 17, 19; Lutyens’s disdain for, 261–62; proposed changes, 290–91; Taj Ganj, 199 (fig. 36), 209–10, 213
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 219, 233, 275
tea, 145, 146, 159 (fig. 28), 179, 314; drinking in England, 154–55; drinking in India, 159–60, 326n87; and opium, 157
Tennyson, Alfred Lord, 182, 184, 292
terai, 94, 119
Theosophy, 112, 265
Timur (Tamerlane), 19, 76, 229, 231
Tipu Sultan, 130–31, 136, 139–40; defeat at Srirangapatnam, 21, 30, 76, 77, 130, 140, 161; embassy to Louis XVI, 140; Lal Bagh, 139–40; mechanical tiger, 321n7
Trevelyan, Charles, 31, 297, 343n67
Uprising of 1857, 62, 88, 92, 136, 175, 182– 84, 188, 194, 196, 199, 243–47, 260, 292. See also Cawnpore; Delhi; Lucknow
Valentia, Lord, 29, 52, 76, 147–48, 150
Vauxhall, 104, 155, 187, 196
Vedas, 12, 171
Versailles, 237, 238, 285
Victoria, Queen, 63, 88–89, 94, 95, 124, 143, 175, 224, 245, 249, 302; Empress of India, 248; statues of, 133, 226, 260, 297; Victoria Memorial Hall, 224–26 (fig. 44), 259, 285 (fig. 54), 297; Victoria amazonica (Victoria regia), 74, 151, 178, 269–70
Villiers-Stuart, Constance, 9, 44, 222, 245, 246, 255–56, 262, 268, 313
Wallich, Nathaniel, 87, 88, 147, 150, 164, 165, 174
Wardian case, 164–65
Wellesley, Lord Richard, 31, 64, 75–76, 83, 85–87, 259; naturalist, 161
Western Ghats, 100; tea, 158, 159 (fig. 28), 168, 314
Wight, Robert, 123, 168–69, 179
Willingdon, Lady, 271, 280, 347n73; Park, 274
Wren, Christopher, 261–62, 272
Yamuna River, 54, 119, 120, 210, 228, 235, 260, 294, 299
Zayn al-Din, 172, 174
zenana (purdah) gardens, 10, 11 (fig. 3), 12, 33, 37, 194, 235, 244, 265, 270, 296