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Peeps at Many Lands. India

1915

CHAPTER IV IN THE PUNJAB BEYOND the wide desert which stretches along the north-western border of Rajputana lie the plains of the Punjab running up to the foot-hills of the Himalayas. [...] 32 The Land of the Mogul Kings CHAPTER VIII THE LAND OF THE MOGUL KINGS FAR in the north-west of the great plain of Hindostan the ancient and famous city of Delhi stands on the broad Jumna the chief tributary of the Ganges and around her lies the land of the Mogul Kings. [...] These letters form verses and chapters of the Koran the sacred book of 36"The Land of the Mogul Kings the Moslems and it is said that the whole of the Koran is thus inlaid in the Taj. [...] The Siege of Delhi by our troops is one of the great incidents of the Indian Mutiny and the historic ridge to the north-west is the site of the British camp. [...] The well is enclosed by a fine stone screen and over the gateway is carved the words: These are they which came out of great tribulation." In the centre of the enclosure directly over the well itself rises the figure of a beautiful white marble angel and the well 42"In the Mutiny Country bears this inscription : Sacred to the perpetual memory of a great company of Christian people chiefly w
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Pages
121
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142160
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Frontmatter
i-ix John Finnemore view
Chapter I the Gateway of India
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Chapter II in the Land of the Rajputs
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Chapter III in the Land of the Rajputs (Continued)
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Chapter IV in the Punjab
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Chapter V Among The Himalayas
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Chapter VI Among The Himalayas (continued)
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Chapter VII The Great Plains of the Ganges
30-32 unknown view
Chapter VIII The Land of the Mogul Kings
33-37 unknown view
Chapter IX the Land of the Mogul Kings
37-42 unknown view
Chapter X in the Mutiny Country
42-46 unknown view
Chapter XI The Sacred City of the Hindoos
46-49 unknown view
Chapter XII The Capital of India
50-53 unknown view
Chapter XIII Across the Deccan
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Chapter XIV AT tHE COURT oF a NATIVE PRINCE
57-61 unknown view
Chapter XV The Religious Mendicants
61-64 unknown view
Chapter XVI in the Bazaar
64-70 unknown view
Chapter XVII in the Jungle
70-75 unknown view
Chapter XVIII in the Jungle
75-79 unknown view
Chapter XIX in the Village
79-82 unknown view
Chapter XX in an Indian Village
83-88 unknown view
Backmatter
1-8 unknown view

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