CONTENTS.


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Lecture I. —Madras—the Hindu Religion 1
 
Lecture II. —Burma—the Buddhist Religion 19
 
Lecture III. —Bengal—the Monsoons 35
 
Lecture IV. —The United Provinces—the Mutiny 51
 
Lecture V. —Bombay—the Marathas 66
 
Lecture VI. —Rajputana—the Feudatory States 82
 
Lecture VII. —Delhi-the Muhammadan Religion 95
 
Lecture VIII. —The Northwest Frontier—the Sikhs 114

NOTE.—It is considered undesirable to overload this book with footnotes, and, therefore, this general acknowledgment is made of the indebtedness of the writer to various standard authors of whose works use has been made and quotations from which have in some cases been given.