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 32
... Minar , the highest pillar in the world , 238 feet above the ruined Hindoo temples and Mahometan mosques at its base , and 860 years old . It is a wonderful INDIAN HOTELS . 33 and very imposing structure , of 32 A WINTER IN INDIA .
... Minar , the highest pillar in the world , 238 feet above the ruined Hindoo temples and Mahometan mosques at its base , and 860 years old . It is a wonderful INDIAN HOTELS . 33 and very imposing structure , of 32 A WINTER IN INDIA .
Page 58
... temples , the tawdry tinsel of which makes one feel quite angry ( more par- ticularly after seeing Agra ) , and the remarkable beauty of its public gardens and parks . I don't know any city so highly favoured in this respect . The ...
... temples , the tawdry tinsel of which makes one feel quite angry ( more par- ticularly after seeing Agra ) , and the remarkable beauty of its public gardens and parks . I don't know any city so highly favoured in this respect . The ...
Page 71
... temple inhabited by a vast number of monkeys . A great deal of money is spent in Benares , as rich people come from all parts of the Hindoo world , a few years before they expect their end , in order to die in the holy city . The ...
... temple inhabited by a vast number of monkeys . A great deal of money is spent in Benares , as rich people come from all parts of the Hindoo world , a few years before they expect their end , in order to die in the holy city . The ...
Page 72
... temples , was lately obliged to mort- gage the whole of its property in order to pay expenses . Some of our friends , it appears to me , attach far too much importance to making open and avowed converts to Christianity . They forget how ...
... temples , was lately obliged to mort- gage the whole of its property in order to pay expenses . Some of our friends , it appears to me , attach far too much importance to making open and avowed converts to Christianity . They forget how ...
Page 73
... in the feeling of the Indian peasantry towards the religion of their governors . There are said to be 5,000 temples and 350 mosques at Benares . One of the former is F tenanted solely by monkeys , which also swarm in the.
... in the feeling of the Indian peasantry towards the religion of their governors . There are said to be 5,000 temples and 350 mosques at Benares . One of the former is F tenanted solely by monkeys , which also swarm in the.
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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.