bansuriA bamboo transverse flute used in the classical music of North India.
BarabankiA city and district of Ayodhya division, Uttar Pradesh, India.
baradariA boxy building with twelve doors designed for free flow of air and excellent acoustics; similar buildings and pavilions with similar sets of openings.
BaramahalA large part of what later became the district of Salem in the Madras Presidency.
barasinghaRucervus duvaucelii, a deer that lives in South Asia.
bargirA trooper of irregular cavalry who is (unlike a silladar) not the owner of his troop horse and arms, but either is put in by another person, perhaps a native officer in the regiment who takes part of his pay, or has his horse from the state he serves.
Basant KunjA neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
basunPowdered gram used in cookery or in cleansing the hair, etc.
beediA thin, often flavored, Indian cigarette made of tobacco wrapped in a tendu leaf.
Bhai DoojAn annual Hindu festival celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters, observed on the second day after Diwali. Also known as Yam Dwitiya.
bhangiA member of the Bhangi caste, traditionally restricted to cleaning latrines and handling dead bodies
bharalA blue sheep, being any species of the genus Pseudois, goatlike bovids of the Himalayas and western China with a bluish-grey coat; Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur).
bhartaA South Asian dish of seasoned mashed vegetables or eggs.
bhatooraA fluffy deep-fried leavened bread from the Indian subcontinent.
bhelpuriAn Indian dish of puffed rice with potatoes and a tangy tamarind sauce.
bhunaA type of curry, in which the onions and spices are cooked in oil with no water
bhyacharraDescribing a settlement made with the village as a community, the several claims and liabilities being regulated by established customs, or special traditional rights.
bidriA kind of Indian ornamental metalwork made from a pewter-copper alloy inlaid with patterns in silver and then blackened.
BijnorA city and district of Moradabad division, Uttar Pradesh, India.
bikhA poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or related species of.
bildarA laborer who excavates or digs, often one employed by the Public Works Department of Upper India.
bursauteeA disease of horses caused by Pythium insidiosum, thought to be especially common in the rainy season, and characterized by pustular eruptions on the head and foreparts.
cassumunarA type of pungent, bitter, aromatic ginger, Zingiber montanum, now considered a synonym of Zingiber cassumunar, native to Southeast Asia and the Malayan peninsula.
cauriA former monetary subdivision, equivalent to one hundredth of a Guinean syli.