Kim Allusions & Cultural References

Literary and Intellectual References

• Haroun al Raschid (1.5) 
• The Arabian Nights (1.5) 
• Stanislas Julien (1.54) 
• lusus naturae (6.10) 
• William Wordsworth, "The Excursion" (9.135) 
• Shakespeare (12.115); King Lear (9.135); Julius Caesar (9.135) 
• Burke and Hare (9.135) These two were murderers, so beware—there's gruesome stuff after the link.
• The Life of Lord Lawrence (9.138) 
• The Royal Society (10.45, 10.50-1)
• Herbert Spencer (10.100, 12.150, 13.36) 
• cui bono (12.154)
• "Puss-in-Boots" (13.38)

Historical References

• The Indian Mutiny (Chapter 3) 
• John Nicholson (a.k.a. Nikal Seyn) (3.176) 
• "on the barricades in Forty-Eight" (6.15) 
• "The Queen's law" (11.140) 
• Titus (15.77)

British Indian Cultural References

• The Lahore Museum (Chapter 1) 
• The Masonic Lodge and the Masons (1.2, 1.5, 5.92, 5.107, 6.141-2) 
• Gunga River (Kipling means the Ganges) (2.70-6, 2.86, 3.156-7) 
• Bhumia (2.88) 
• Sikander Julkarn (Alexander the Great) (2.91) 
• "the great earthquake in Srinagar which is in Kashmir" (2.167) 
• The Ooryas (now Oriyas) (Chapter 4) 
• The Kulu people (now Kullu) (Chapter 4 and onward)

Religious References

• The Middle Way (1.32, 1.176, 3.14, 3.157) 
• Ananda (1.33, 9.141, 15.13) 
• Sakyamuni (1.42, 11.76)—Another name for Gautama Buddha, the historical Buddha.
• Asita (1.54) 
• Simeon (1.54)
• Devadatta (1.54, 9.140) 
• Fo-Hian and Hwen-Thiang (a.k.a. Faxian and Xuanzang) (1.54) 
• The Four Holy Sites of Buddhism (Chapter 1) 
• The Great Wheel of Things (a.k.a. samsara) (1.58, 1.69, 1.140 and throughout) 
• Krishna (3.37) 
• Solomon (5.9) 
• The Virgin Mary (7.25)
• Bibi Miriam (better known as Maryam—the Islamic name for Mary) (7.25) 
• Shaitan (7.98, 8.141, 9.27, 12.108) 
• Eblis (8.27, 10.90) 
• faquir (now generally spelled fakir) (8.90 and throughout) 
• The Jataka tales (9.140-1) 
• The Koran (10.6) 
• Arya-Somaj (now Arya-Samaj) (10.114)
• The arhats (11.31) 
• The Dalai Lama (12.52) 
• Elisha (13.32)