Why the village has obtained the name of the golden city " I have not been able exactly to ascertain ; some of the oldest inhabitants maintain that it has been so called on account of the wealth accumulated and comforts enjoyed by the peasantry in general; while others arQ of the vpinion that the village has bean called "golden " on account of the residence in it of some rich families of the sumn [...] A hollow tube is inserted ihto a coconut shell through the opening at the top ; small hole is bored between the two eyes of the shell : the shell is more than half filled with water; a small earthen bowl called kalki filled with the prpared tobacco and fire is put on the top of the hollow tube; to the hole between the eyes of the cocoa-nut is applied the mouth which thus draws in the smok [...] Behind the kitchen and near the tank is the sarkuda or the dust-heap of the family which is a large hole not very deep into whin the sweepings of the yard the ashes of the kitchen the refuse of the 'cow-house and all sorts of vegetable matter are thrown. [...] After the fatiguing labours of the day in the field he would of an evening sit croslegged on the open yard of the house and with hookah in hand would listen to her sweet prattle reciting the incidents of the day in the little family. [...] The oldest cow named Bhigavati gave only three quarters of a seer of milk in the morning and half a seer in the evening ; the next in age called Jhumri gave a seer and a half in the morning and one seer in the eveing; and the last though not the least in value called Kamadhenu (the cow of desire) gave every morning three seers of milk as thick as the juice of the fruit of the reus Indic
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- SARF Document ID
- sarf.142234
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Preface
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i-xii | Lal Day | view |
Chapter I. Premises What the Reader Is to Expect and What He Is Not to Expect in This Authentic History
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1-4 | unknown | view |
Chapter II. Introduces an Old Woman to The Reader
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5-9 | unknown | view |
Chapter III. Sketches a Village in Bengal
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10-16 | unknown | view |
Chapter IV. Describes a Roral Scene and Ushers our Hero into the World
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17-26 | unknown | view |
Chapter V. Photographs a Raiyat’s Cottage and Those Who Live in it
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27-36 | unknown | view |
Chapter VI. Fixes the Fate and Name of our Hero
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37-42 | unknown | view |
Chapter VII. The Protectress of Children
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43-47 | unknown | view |
Chapter VIII. The Village Astrologer
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48-54 | unknown | view |
Chapter IX. An Important Discussion
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55-61 | unknown | view |
Chapter X. The Five-Faced
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62-65 | unknown | view |
Chapter XI. Household Matters
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66-70 | unknown | view |
Chapter XII. The Village Schoolmaster
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71-78 | unknown | view |
Chapter XIII. The Match Maker
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79-84 | unknown | view |
Chapter XIV. Malati’s Marriage
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85-94 | unknown | view |
Chapter XV. The Vasarghar
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95-99 | unknown | view |
Chapter XVI. The Village Ghost
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100-111 | unknown | view |
Chapter XVII. Govinda at School
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112-117 | unknown | view |
Chapter XVIII. The Sati
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118-122 | unknown | view |
Chapter XIX. Evenings at Home
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123-127 | unknown | view |
Chapter XX. The Hindu Widow
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128-135 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXI. Odds and Ends
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136-141 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXII. Pastoral Scenes
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142-148 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXIII. Govinda’s Friends
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149-157 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXIV. Great Sensation in the Village
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158-164 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXV. The Village Market
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165-173 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXVI. Ladies’ Parliament
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174-182 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXVII. The Nectar-Mouthed Mother-in-Law
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183-192 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXVIII. Events at Durganar
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193-198 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXIX. All about Paddy
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199-203 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXX. The Navanna
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204-209 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXXI. The Harvest
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210-214 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXXII. Matters Hymeneal
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215-220 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXXIII. The Sugar-Cane
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221-227 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXXIV. Aduri Becomes a Vaishnavi
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228-234 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXXV. Alanga Goes on Pilgrimage
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235-240 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXXVI. The Car Festival
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241-246 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXXVII. Bengal Fever and the Village Leech
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247-251 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXXVIII. The Situation
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252-255 | unknown | view |
Chapter XXXIX. The Zamindar of Kanchanpur
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256-262 | unknown | view |
Chapter XL. Politics at the Smithy
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263-271 | unknown | view |
Chapter XLI. Before the Zamikdar
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272-277 | unknown | view |
Chapter XLII. The Indignation Meeting
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278-282 | unknown | view |
Chapter XLIII. Fire ! Fire !
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283-287 | unknown | view |
Chapter XLIV. The Mahajan
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288-293 | unknown | view |
Chapter XLV. The Village Grog-Shop
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294-298 | unknown | view |
Chapter XLVI. The Indigo Planter of Durganagar
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299-305 | unknown | view |
Chapter XLVII. The Advances
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306-310 | unknown | view |
Chapter XLVIII. The Zamindar of Durganagar
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311-316 | unknown | view |
Chapter XLIX. All about Indigo
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317-321 | unknown | view |
Chapter L. Bengali Heroism
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322-326 | unknown | view |
Chapter LI. The Affray
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327-330 | unknown | view |
Chapter LII. What Happened in Father-in-Law’s House
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331-335 | unknown | view |
Chapter LIII. The Police Investigation
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336-341 | unknown | view |
Chapter LIV. Madhava’s End
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342-346 | unknown | view |
Chapter LV. The Lares and the Penates
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347-350 | unknown | view |
Chapter LVI. A Gala Day
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351-354 | unknown | view |
Chapter LVII. Kalamanik
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355-359 | unknown | view |
Chapter LVIII. The Pancham
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360-363 | unknown | view |
Chapter LIX. The Raiyat’s Magna Charta
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364-368 | unknown | view |
Chapter LX. The Epidemic
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369-373 | unknown | view |
Chapter LXI. The End
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374-376 | unknown | view |
Glossary of Indian Terms
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377-i | unknown | view |
Backmatter
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1-47 | unknown | view |