A Winter in IndiaCassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 - 196 pages Tour 1881-1882 Bombay, Delhi, Lahore, Agra, Lucknow, Benares, Calcutta, Madras, Poona & trip to Darjeeling; focus on Afghan policy, Indian economy, Christian education. |
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Page 30
... principal events of the siege and storming of Delhi by a handful of British and Sikh troops in 1857 . We first visited the Cashmere Gate ; this and the ramparts on each side are left unre- paired , exactly in the same state as they were ...
... principal events of the siege and storming of Delhi by a handful of British and Sikh troops in 1857 . We first visited the Cashmere Gate ; this and the ramparts on each side are left unre- paired , exactly in the same state as they were ...
Page 36
... principal mosque , and obtained a really magnificent view of the city and its surround- ings - the sandy wastes on either side of the river Ravee , the low , mean - looking houses within the walls , and the innumerable villa gardens ...
... principal mosque , and obtained a really magnificent view of the city and its surround- ings - the sandy wastes on either side of the river Ravee , the low , mean - looking houses within the walls , and the innumerable villa gardens ...
Page 40
... Principal , showed us over the build- ing . There are ninety - seven students in the English department , each of whom receives two rupees a month from the Government , and 192 THE LAHORE College . 41 in the Oriental classes , 40 A ...
... Principal , showed us over the build- ing . There are ninety - seven students in the English department , each of whom receives two rupees a month from the Government , and 192 THE LAHORE College . 41 in the Oriental classes , 40 A ...
Page 49
... of which , and particularly the marble screens , fills one with astonishment . The principal excursion is to Fattehpur- Sikri , which Akbar founded 250 years ago , and intended to make his capital ; but he was forced.
... of which , and particularly the marble screens , fills one with astonishment . The principal excursion is to Fattehpur- Sikri , which Akbar founded 250 years ago , and intended to make his capital ; but he was forced.
Page 52
... principal grain on the fields at this time of year is pulse . There is a variety of other cereals used by the people , such as moong , urd , & c . , and every second or third shop in the bazaars and villages is for the sale of ...
... principal grain on the fields at this time of year is pulse . There is a variety of other cereals used by the people , such as moong , urd , & c . , and every second or third shop in the bazaars and villages is for the sale of ...
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200 Original 400 Illustrations Agra anchor beautiful Benares Bombay British bungalow Calcutta carriages Cassell's History Cawnpore Cheap Edition Christianity Church classes cloth gilt Co.'s Volumes Continued Cookery Coonoor crowded Crown 8vo Cumballa Cumballa Hill Darjeeling Delhi Demy 4to Dictionary drove English European Extra crown 4to F. E. HULME F. J. FURNIVALL Fac-simile Coloured Plates feet flowers Four Vols Galpin & Co.'s gardens gilt edges Government House half-morocco harbour Hindoo Hindostan Hotel India inhabitants interest Lahore land library binding lofty London Lord Lord Ripon Ludgate Hill Madras Major Baring Malabar Hill ment miles morning morocco mosque mountains native nearly night o'clock officers Original Illustrations passed peaks Petter picturesque plain plantations Poona population railway remarkable revenue river ROBERT BROWN ship Siliguri station steamers Suez Sunday Sunday Musings temples Three Vols tion town travelled trees Wood Engravings
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Page 194 - It has been calculated that the average income per head of population in India is not more than Rs. 27 a year; and though I am not prepared to pledge myself to the absolute accuracy of a calculation of this sort, it is sufficiently accurate to justify the conclusion that the taxpaying community is exceedingly poor. To derive any very large increase of revenue from so poor a population as this is obviously impossible, and, if it were possible, would be unjustifiable.