Arhar.

A leguminous crop plant which attains a height of four feet or more.

Chik.

A curtain composed of a number of very thin strips of wood. Chiks are hung in front of doors and windows in India with the object of keeping out insects, but not air.

Holi.

A Hindu festival.

Jhil.

A lake or any natural depression which is filled with rain-water at all or in certain seasons.

Kharif.

Autumn. Rice and other crops which are reaped in autumn are called kharif crops. Crops such as wheat which are cut in spring are called rabi crops. Two crops (sometimes three) are raised in India annually.

Megas.

Sugar-cane from which the juice has been extracted.

Rabi.

Spring. See Kharif.

Shikari.  

One who goes hunting or shooting.

Tope. C

A term applied to a grove of mango trees, artificially planted. Thousands of such topes exist in Northern India. In some places they are quite a feature of the landscape.