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The Imperial Gazetteer of India Karens to Madnagarh

1886

They are said to have traditions of the creation and fall of man coinciding minutely with the Scriptural account even preserving the names of Adam and Eve of the Deluge the dispersion of nations and the difference of languages. [...] In general they are fairer than the Burmese and the obliquity of the eyes and the cast of the countenance more nearly approach the Chinese. [...] ' The head is pyramidal wider across the cheek-bones than across the temples and the bridge of the nose rises slightly above the face.' The houses vary in shape size and construction. [...] Karmala is in the north of the District between the Bhima on the west and the Sina on the east. [...] Karna the mythical champion of the Kauravas in the great war which forms the theme of the national epic while the greater part of the northern uplands are included in the Kurukshetr or battle-field of the opposing armies of the Kauravas and Pandavas.
government politics public policy
Pages
548
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iv W.W. Hunter view
Imperial Gazetteer of India
1-544 W.W. Hunter view