The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (Second Series) July 1927

To the members of the Mythic Society who are acquainted with the past history of Bangalore such a demonstration appears to he peculiarly appropriate and does credit to the present generation who have inherited the traditions of their ancestors from the days of Chikkadevraja Wadiyar the great constitutional monarch and ancestor of the -present Maharaja who ruled this country towards the end of [...] But for the beneficent rule of His Highness and the progressive tendencies witwhich it has been associated in the shape of the Representative Assembly the Legislative Council and other popular institutions thereby ensuring that the measures of Government initiated for the benefit of the people are really in consonance with their wishes and tend to their real utility the recent remission of t [...] Shama Rao had already invited the attention of the Meeting to the imposing and high personality of the Ruler of Mysore and he requested all the members to join in one voice for the adoption of the resolution. [...] Take this significant passage from 'the pen of a distinguished Judge of the East India Company describing the situation of India towards the closing part of the eighteenth and the early decades of the nineteenth century.' The Gochores or cow-stealers are among the cleverest of delinquents. [...] Marco Polo the Venetian traveller who was the first man to give us an account of the thirteenth century conditions of the East emphasizes the venertion of the Hindus towards the ox in those days of excessive national ordeal and dishonour under the severe yoke of the aggressive Muhammadans who were notorious for their hatred of the Hindu beliefs in the sanctity of cow-life.' The greater part