am A cantonment is a military station in India.
an Darzi means "tailor" in Hindi. Tailorbirds, any of numerous chiefly Asian warblers of the genus means "tailor" in Hindi. Tailorbirds, any of numerous chiefly Asian warblers of the genus Orthotomus, Orthotomus, are known for "sewing" leaves together to build and camouflage nests. are known for "sewing" leaves together to build and camouflage nests.
ao Brahma, the creator god in the Hindu pantheon and one of the three most important gods, along with Shiva and Vishnu.
ap Hindi word for "krait," a type of brightly banded, venomous snake of the genus Bungarus Bungarus; several species inhabit India and Pakistan.
aq Chant.
ar Or Ali Masjid; British fort in the Khyber Pass, Afghanistan; the scene of intense fighting in the Second Afghan War (1878-1880).
as Port city in Myanmar (formerly Burma); once an important shipbuilding center.
at Hilly region of Assam, in northeastern India.
au Term for a grown male elephant.
av Sharply pointed device used to drive elephants (Hindi).
aw Drivers or keepers of elephants (Hindi).
ax Seat on an elephant's back (Hindi).
ay Or Kanpur; city in Uttar Pradesh, in northern India.
az Or kheda; kheda; enclosure in which elephants are caught (Hindi). enclosure in which elephants are caught (Hindi).
ba Middle course of the Brahmaputra River, where it breaks through the Himalayas in Assam, northeastern India.
bb Shiva, or Siva; one of the most powerful gods in the Hindu pantheon; called "the destroyer"; closely associated with animals.
bc Throne (Hindi).
bd Hindi expression meaning "great god"; used in northern India in reference to Shiva.
be Probably a misprint for "hog-boar" (male boar).
bf Obeisance (respectful gesture; the word is derived from Urdu and Arabic).
bg Or Parvati, Shiva's wife; a manifestation of the Hindu goddess Kali, the Di- vine Mother (see the footnote on p. 204).
bh Mathematical problem-solving method, in which three proportional terms are used to find a fourth; called the golden rule in Renaissance Europe.
bi Blue gums are trees (genus Eucalyptus Eucalyptus) native to Australia; backblocks backblocks is an Australian term for a rural interior area. is an Australian term for a rural interior area.
bj Reference to hoof knives, used by horseshoers to trim a horse's hooves.
bk Famous harness racehorse of the late-nineteenth century, whose pedigree was questioned.
bl Slang term for a poor horse.
bm Malaga; port city in southern Spain.
bn Astrakhan, or karakul, is a breed of sheep found in central Asia.
bo Holy man.
bp Hindu king.
bq Kipling worked as an editor of the Pioneer, Pioneer, a newspaper based in Allahabad, India, from 1887 to 1889. a newspaper based in Allahabad, India, from 1887 to 1889.
br Prime minister bs Hard-shelled seed of a fan-leaved palm, resembling a large coconut shell.
bt Or Yogis; adherents of Yoga, a Hindu theistic philosophy. Kala Pir (also known as Kala Mahar) was a siddh siddh (a saint who has achieved a semi-divine existence) worshiped by jogis in the low hills of eastern India. (a saint who has achieved a semi-divine existence) worshiped by jogis in the low hills of eastern India.
bu Rohtak and and Samanah, Samanah, or Samana, are towns north of Delhi; or Samana, are towns north of Delhi; Kurnool Kurnool is a town in southern India; the Sutlej River and its tributary is a town in southern India; the Sutlej River and its tributary the Gugger the Gugger flow through the southern Himalayas. flow through the southern Himalayas.
bv Rajput refers to the people of Rajputana, or Rajasthan, a region of north-western India; a refers to the people of Rajputana, or Rajasthan, a region of north-western India; a Brahmin Brahmin is a Hindi of the highest caste; is a Hindi of the highest caste; Kulu Kulu is a valley in the Himalayas, in Himachal Pradesh, northern India. is a valley in the Himalayas, in Himachal Pradesh, northern India.
bw Range of hills near Simla (see endnote 1 for The Second Jungle Book The Second Jungle Book).
bx Little Simla (Hindi); refers to the native quarter.
by Lamaist monks; Lamaism is a sect of Mahayana Buddhism.
bz Tibet.
ca Now Matiana, 40 miles northwest of Simla.
cb East Indian cedars.
cc The Hindu goddess Kali, Kali, the Divine Mother, is the goddess of destruction and transformation; the Divine Mother, is the goddess of destruction and transformation; Durga, Durga, the goddess of war, and the goddess of war, and Sitala, Sitala, the goddess of health and illness, are manifestations of Kali. the goddess of health and illness, are manifestations of Kali.
cd Flat breads.
ce Ladakh is a region of Kashmir.
cf Musk deer (Hindi); a small deer of central Asia.
cg An invented state.
ch Hindu ascetic (Hindi).
ci Or Gharatpur; former Indian state, now part of Rajasthan.
cj Tribal people of central India.
ck Crocodile (Hindi).
cl Crocodile-ford; a mugger is a common crocodile of India.
cm Bats.
cn Large, long-snouted reptile related to the crocodile.
co Ganges River.
cp Rewa, Mohoo, Chapta, Batchua, and Chilwa are types of freshwater fish found in the region.
cq Members of an Indo-Aryan tribe of the Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in northern India.
cr Sikhs (members of a religious sect founded in the Punjab [also called the "Bet"] in the late-fifteenth century) from Malwah.
cs Lake in Massachusetts.
ct Arid region in the Punjab.
cu Or Munger; town and district in northeastern India on the bank of the Ganges, in the former British-ruled province of Bengal.
cv Martini-Henry rifle, commonly used at the time by the British army.
cw Eighth-century founder of the Sisodia dynasty in Rajasthan.
cx Literally, a rotted out tree-stump.
cy Labrador, Hudson Strait, Melville Peninsula, Fury and Hecla Strait, Baffin Island, Bylot Island, Lancaster Sound, North Devon Island, and Ellesmere Island are coastal areas of eastern and northern Canada.
cz Bodies of water in Canada's Northwest Territories.
da Also called the northern lights; luminous, nighttime phenomenon that occurs in the Northern Hemisphere.
db Lake on Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.
dc District in Madhya Pradesh, in central India.
dd Wild dog of India.
de Or Deccan; central plains of India.