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480 Slides, 60 for each Lecture, have been prepared in connection with this book, and are sold on behalf of the Committee by Messrs. Newton & Co., 3, Fleet Street, London, E.C., from whom the books of lectures can also be obtained. The complete set of 480 Slides, in eight padd...
[Sidenote: 60. Political Map of India.] Let us cast our eye over the map and enumerate the principal divisions of India. Under direct British rule are in the south Madras and in...
10. Part 10“This pillar was originally erected at Meerut in the third century B.C. by King Asoka. It was removed thence, and set up in the Koshuk Shikar Palace by the Emperor Firuz Shah in...
11. Part 11Let us commence our survey of the northwest at Dehra Dun, which is placed in a mountain valley among the foot hills of the Himalayas, not far from the hill station of Mussoorie,...
3. Part 3[Sidenote: 2. The Shore, Madras.] [Sidenote: 3. In Madras Harbour.] We embark from Madras on the steamer which is to carry us to Rangoon. Formerly it was necessary to go out to...
8. Part 8[Sidenote: Repeat Map No. 32.] Finally, we must note that a portion of the Bombay Presidency lies far away to the northwest, detached from the remainder. This is the province of...
4. Part 4Buddhism was developed from Hinduism. It originated as a revolt from the excessive ritualism of the Brahmans. We have seen that Hinduism became an all-embracing system of religi...
6. Part 6[Sidenote: 16. The Observatory, Benares.] [Sidenote: 17. The Samrat Yantra in the Observatory.] [Sidenote: 18. Eclipse Festival, Benares.] Perhaps the most interesting of all th...
5. Part 5The Higher Civil Service of India, recruited by competitive examination in England, consists of some twelve hundred officials—the Commissioners, the Collectors of the Districts,...
7. Part 7[Sidenote: 5. Map of Bombay District.] The island of Bombay is about twelve miles long from north to south. The harbour, set with hilly islets, lies between Bombay and the mainl...
2. Part 2The religious books of India are written in Sanskrit, the tongue of Aryan conquerors who came into India across the northwestern mountains nearly two thousand years before Chris...
1. Part 1480 Slides, 60 for each Lecture, have been prepared in connection with this book, and are sold on behalf of the Committee by Messrs. Newton & Co., 3, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,...
12. Part 12NOTE (II).—The thanks of the Committee are due for a few of the slides to Colonel Frederick Firebrace, R.E., Managing Director of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, and...