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Chitral.
_Chloroxylon Dupada_.
Cho-chau (Juju).
_Choiach_, the term.
Chola, or Sola-desam (Soli, Tanjore).
Chonka (Fo-kien), kingdom of, explanation of name.
Chonkwe Chorcha, _see_ Churchin Christian, astrologers; churches in China, early; inscription of Singanfu; Alans in the Mongol service.
Christianity, attributed to Chinghizide princes, Kublai's views on.
---- former, of Socotra.
Christians, of the Greek rite, Georgians, and Russians; Jacobite and Nestorian, at Mosul; among the Kurds; and the Khalif of Baghdad--the miracle of the mountain and the one-eyed cobbler; Kashgar; in Samarkand; the miracle of the stone removed; Yarkand; Tangut; Chingintalas; Suh-chau; Kan-chau; in Chinghiz's camp; Erguiul and Sinju; Egrigaia; Tenduc; Nayan and the Khan's decision; at Kublai's Court; in Yun-nan; Cacanfu; Yang-chau; churches at Chin-kiang fu; at Kinsay; St. Thomas'; Coilum; Male and Female Islands; Socotra; Abyssinia and fire baptism; of the Girdle; in Lac (Wallachia).
_Chrocho_, the Rukh (_q.v._).
Chronology and chronological data discussed, first journey of the Polos; war between Barka and Hulaku; Polos' stay at Bokhara; their departure and their second journey from Acre; their return voyage and arrival in Persia; story of Nigudar; Hormuz princes; destruction of Ismailites; history of Chinghiz; Kublai's birth and accession; Nayan' rebellion; visit to Yun-nan; battle with the king of Mien; wars between China and Burma; value of Indo-Chinese; conquest of S. China; capture of Siang-yang; Kublai's dealings with j.a.pan; with Champa; Marco's visit to j.a.pan; Kublai's Java expedition; review of the Malay; events in Ma'bar; King Gondophares; cessation of Chinese navigation to India; Abyssinia; Kaidu's wars; Mongol revolutions in Persia, notes from; wars of Toktai and Noghai.
(_see_ also _Dates_.) Chrysostom.
Chuchu, in Kiang-si.
Chughis, _see_ Jogis.
Chung-Kiang.
Chungkwe, "Middle Kingdom".
Chung-tu, or Yen-King (Peking, _see_ Cambaluc).
_Ch'ura_.
Churches, Christian, in Kashgar, Samarkand; Egrigaia; Tenduc; early, in China; Yang-chau; Chin-kiang fu; Kinsay; Zayton; St. Thomas's; Coilum; Socotra.
Churchin, or Niuche, Churche, Chorcha (the Manchu Country).
Cielstan, Suolstan (Shulistan).
Cinnamon, Tibet, Caindu; Ceylon; story in Herodotus of; Malabar.
Circ.u.mcision of Socotrans, forcible, of a bishop; of Abyssinians.
Cirophanes, or Syrophenes, story of.
Civet, of Sumatra.
Clement IV., Pope.
_Clepsydra_.
Cloves, in Caindu.
Coal (Polo's blackstone), in Scotland in Middle Ages; in Kinsay.
Cobbler, the one-eyed, and the miracle of the mountain.
Cobinan (Koh-Banan).
Cocachin (Kukachin), the Lady.
Cochin-China, the mediaeval Champa (_q.v._).
Coco-nut (Indian nut).
Coco Islands, of Hiuen T'sang.
Cocos Islands.
Coeur de Lion, his mangonels.
Coffins, Chinese, in Tangut.
Cogachin (Hukaji), Kublai's son, King of Carajan.
Cogatai.
Cogatal, a Tartar envoy to the Pope.
Coiganju (Hwaingan-fu).
Coilum (Kollam, Kaulam, Quilon), kingdom of, ident.i.ty of meaning of name; Church of St. George at; modern state of; Kublai's intercourse with.
Coilumin, _columbino, colomni_, so-called Brazil-wood, ginger.
Coins of Cilician Armenia, of Mosul; Agathocles and Pantaleon; Seljukian with Lion and Sun; found at Siang-Yang; King Gondophares; Tartar heathen princes with Mahomedan and Christian formulae.
Coja (Koja), Tartar envoy from Persia to the Khan.
Cold, intense, in Kerman, in Russia.
"Cold Mountains".
Coleridge, verses on Kublai's Paradise.
Coloman, province.
_Colombino_, _see_ Coilumin.
Colon, _see_ Coilum.
Colossal Buddhas, rec.u.mbent.
Columb.u.m, _see_ Coilum.
Columbus, Polo paralleled with, remarks on.
Comania, Comanians.
Comari, Comori (Cape Comorin, Travancore), temple at.
Combermere, Lord, prophecy applied to.
_Comercque_, Khan's custom-house.
Compartments, in hulls of s.h.i.+ps.
Compa.s.s, Mariner's.
Compet.i.tive Examinations in beauty.
Conchi, King of the North.
Concubines, how the Khan selects.
Condor, its habits, Temple's account of; Padre Bolivar's of the African.
Condur and Sondur.
_Condux_, sable or beaver.
Conia, Coyne (Iconium).
Conjeveram.
Conjurers, the Kashmirian, weather-; Lamas' ex-feats.
(_see_ also Sorcerers.).
Conosalmi (Kamasal).
Constantinople, Straits of.
Convents, _see_ Monasteries.
Cookery, Tartar horse.
Cooper, T.T., traveller on Tibetan frontier.
Copper, token currency of Mahomed Tughlak, imported to Malabar; to Cambay.
Coral, valued in Kashmir, Tibet, etc.
Corea (Kauli).
Corn, Emperor's store and distribution of.
Coromandel (Maabar), _see_ Mabar.
Corsairs, _see_ Pirates.
Corte del Milione, _see_ Ca' Polo.
---- Sabbionera at Venice.
Cosmography, mediaeval.
_Costus_.
Cotan, _see_ Khotan.
Cotton, stuffs of, at Merdin; in Persia; at Kashgar; Yarkand; Khotan; Pein; Bengal; bushes of gigantic size.
Counts in Vokhan, at Dofar.
Courts of Justice, at Kinsay.
_Couvade_, custom of.
Cow-dung, its use in Maabar.
Cowell, Professor.
Cowries (porcelain sh.e.l.ls, pig sh.e.l.ls), used for money, etc., procured from Locac.
_Cralantur_, its meaning (?).
Cramoisy (quermesis).
Cranes, five kinds of.
Crawford, John.
Cremation, in Middle Ages.
