Winter India
THE SACRED BO-TREE AND THE DIAMOND THRONE, BUDDHA-GAYA.
THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE VERANDA OF KNOWLEDGE.
Winter India
By
Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore
Author of "Jinrikisha Days in Japan," "Java: The Garden of the East," and "China: The Long-Lived Empire"
New York
The Century Co.
1903
Copyright, 1903, by
The Century Co.
Published March, 1903
THE DE VINNE PRESS
TO
CAROLINE TOUSEY BURKHAM
THE FRIEND OF
AN INDIAN WINTER
CONTENTS
Introduction chapter page I On India's Coral Strand 3 II Trichinopoli and Tanjore 21 III With Chidambram's Brahmans 34 IV For the Honor and Glory of Shiva 51 V Madras and the Seven Pagodas 64 VI Madras and Calcutta 80 VII Calcutta in Christmas Week 89 VIII The Greatest Thing in the World 105 IX Mahabodhi, the Place of Great Intelligence 116 X The Sacred Bo-tree 133 XI The Greatest Sight in the World 149 XII Benares 165 XIII Lucknow 177 XIV Agra 185 XV Akbar, the Greatest Mogul of Them All 202 XVI Delhi 213 XVII Old Delhi 227 XVIII Lahore 239 XIX The End of the Indian Empire 256 XX Through Khyber Pass with the Caravans 276 XXI Amritsar 298 XXII Simla 312 XXIII Alwar 323 XXIV Gwalior 335 XXV Jeypore 344 XXVI Mount Abu and Ahmedabad 357 XXVII The Caves of Ellora and Karli 369 XXVIII Bombay 383 Index 393
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Sacred Bo-tree and the Diamond Throne, Buddha-Gaya Frontispiece. PAGE Tamil Children 5 The Great Gopura, Madura Temple 13 Detail of Gopura, Madura Temple 19 Indian Lotas 27 Gopura and Tank, Chidambram Temple 43 Pattu Thacheadar 57 Monolithic Temples at Mahabalipur 67 The Village Street 77 The Ruins and Pagodas of Pagan 91 From photograph by Bourne & Shepard. The Fort at Mandalay 91 Vases from the Sakya Stupa at Piprawah 121 The Sarcophagus in the Cave 121 The Ekka 124 The Great Temple at Buddha-Gaya and the Sacred Bo-tree 127 Asoka's Rail, Buddha-Gaya 143 The "Women's Ghat, Benares 151 The Burning-Ghat, Benares 159 Fakirs at Benares 169 On the Ganges 173 The Taj Mahal 187 Private Audience-Hall and Jasmine Tower in Agra Palace. Taj Mahal in Distance 197 Mausoleum of Selim Chisti, Fatehpur Sikri 207 Kutab minar 219 Detail of Kutab minar 231 Street Dancers, Delhi 237 The Roofs and Balconies of Lahore 245 School-boys in the Vazir Khan Mosque, Lahore 251 Afghan Falconer, Peshawar 251 The Mad Molla, Peshawar 269 Caravans in the Khyber Pass 287 The Golden Temple, Amritsar 301 Window at Gwalior 307 The Hall of Audience, Jeypore 315 The Old City of Amber, from the Top of the Deserted Palace 325 The Deserted Palace, from the Lake, Amber 331 The Hall of Mirrors 337 Interior of Jain Temple, Mount Abu 349 Ceiling of Jain Temple, Mount Abu 359 Tracery Window, Ahmedabad 365 Rock-cut Temple at Ellora 371 The Great Cave-temple, Karli 379 "Please Buy My Niklass" 387
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