Bájiráv Ballál: Peshwa (1720–1740), sends Udáji Pavár to Gujarát to drive away Piláji Gáikwár; carried on negotiations with the Gujarát viceroy and promises to exclude Piláji, Kántáji, and other freebooters from Gujarát, [308]; discovers the intrigues of Trimbakráv Dábháde; advances to Baroda and besieges it; raises the siege and on his way to the Dakhan defeats the forces of Trimbakráv and Piláji and kills Trimbakráv (1731), [393]; his negotiations with the Nizám (1731), [312], [313]; is appointed governor of Málwa with Anandráv Pavár as his deputy, [382].

Bájiráo II.: Peshwa, son of Raghunáthráo (1796–1818), appoints his younger brother governor of Gujarát, [411]; appoints Trimbakji Dengle Sar Subha of Ahmedábád, [427].

Bakkar: place, [520].

Bakshi: military paymaster, [214].

Baktria: independence of, [543].

Baktrian Greeks: [456 note 1], [535].

Baktrianoi: warlike race, [545].

Bakuládevi: queen of Bhim I. (1169), [169]; concubine, [181].

Balabha: town, [524], [525].

Báladevas: Jain saints, [451 note 3].