The History of the Sikhs: Together with a Concise Account of the Punjaub and Cashmere : Its Topography, Rivers, Climate and Productions, Customs, Manners and Character of the People, Commerce, Manufactures, History and Religious Institutions, Government, Administration of the Laws, Revenue, Extent of Population, Etc. Etc. Etc. : Compiled from Authentic Sources |
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Abul Fazel Acálís Adi-Grant'h Afghan Ahmed Shah Amera Dás appears arms army Attock Banda banks Beyah Brahmen British Government Cabul called Cashmere Cashmerians cavalry character Chinaub Cshatriya Dasama death district Doab Doabeh doctrine emperor established European Fakír father favour followers ghans Goolab Singh Governor Grant'h Gúrú Góvind habits Heera Singh hills Hindoo Hindostan Hindús holy Hydaspes Hyphasis India Indus inhabitants Jallinder Jhylum Jummoo Kangra Khálsa Khán Kurruck Singh Lahore lake Lall Singh land leader Lord Lake Maharajah Mahrátas ment miles Mooltan mountains Muhammed Muhammedan Nánac native Noo Nehal Singh Peshawur possession priest prince province Punjaub race Rájá Rajah Dhyan Singh Rám Ravee Ráy religion religious revenue river Runjeet Singh rupees sacred Sarhind sect Seiks shawls Shere Singh Sikh authors Sinde Sirdars soldiers stream success Sutleje suttee territory Tibet tion town treaty tribe troops Umritsir usages village whole worship
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Page 62 - Muhammedans and Hindus to an exclusive attention to that sublimest of all principles, which inculcates devotion to God, and peace towards man. He had to combat the furious bigotry of the one, and the deep-rooted superstition of the other; but he attempted to overcome all obstacles by the force of reason and humanity. And we cannot have a more convincing proof of the general character of that doctrine which he taught, and the inoffensive light in which it was viewed, than the knowledge that its success...
Page 41 - Kashmire has generally a flat surface, and being copiously watered, yields abundant crops of rice, which is the common food of the inhabitants. At the base of the surrounding hills, where the land is higher, wheat, barley, and various other grains are cultivated. A superior species of saffron is also produced in this province, and iron of an excellent quality is found in the adjacent mountains. But the wealth and fame of Kashmire have largely arisen from the manufacture of shauls, which it holds...
Page 110 - Punjaub it is stated to be a general rule, that the chiefs, to whom the territories belong, should receive one-half of the produce,f and the farmer the other : but the chief never levies the whole of his share : and in no country, perhaps, is the Rayat, or cultivator, treated with more indulgence.
Page 20 - Nagarkot is a city situated upon a mountain with a fort called Kangra. In the vicinity of this city upon a lofty mountain is a place, Maha Maiy, which they consider as one of the works of the divinity, and come in pilgrimage to it from great distances, thereby obtaining the accomplishment of their wishes. It is most wonderful that in order to effect this they cut out their tongues, which grow again in the course of two or three days and sometimes in a few hours.
Page 113 - Mahrattas, and less rude and savage than the Afghans. They have, indeed, become, from national success, too proud of their own strength, and too irritable in their tempers, to have patience for the wiles of the former ; and they retain, in spite of their change of manners and religion, too much of the original...
Page 214 - The rules of succession to landed property in the Sikh States are arbitrary, and are variously modified in accordance to the usages, the interests, and prejudices of different families, nor is it practicable to reduce the anomalous system to a fixed and leading principle.
Page 207 - They are religious fanatics, and acknowledge no ruler and no laws but their own; think nothing of robbery, or even murder, should they happen to be in the humour for it. They move about constantly, armed to the teeth...
Page 221 - ... or cut, for the reception and carriage of the water deeper, and to raise it in the cut by sluice-boards. The churras or leathern bags, in common use at wells, with a relief of bullocks might also be serviceable in other spots. All these expedients, however, fall very short of the utility and cheapness of the dams when water requires to be conveyed many miles, and every rool is a canal in miniature.
Page 208 - Affghans, who were either sleeping or careless on their watch, and killed every man. The Sikh army took advantage of the opportunity ; and rushing on, in two hours carried the citadel, Muzuffer Khan and his four sons being all cut down in the gateway after a gallant defence.
Page 220 - ... require and demand a very large portion of the water for their rice lands, into which it is diverted by numberless water-courses, drawn with great ingenuity by the cultivators into distant and countless parterres. Those who hold land at a distance, and lower down the river, in the more arid districts, are querulous, that the streams do not flow unobstructed in their natural course, which would give them the unabsorbed portion to irrigate their wheat and barley crops. It seems to be a question...