Travels in Kashmir and the Panjab: Containing a Particular Account of the Government and Character of the Sikhs |
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Page 277 - Perpetual friendship shall subsist between the British Government and the State of Lahore. The latter shall be considered, with respect to the former, to be on the footing of the most favoured powers ; and the British Government will have no concern with the territories and subjects of the Rajah to the northward of the River Sutlej.
Page 278 - In the event of a violation of any of the preceding Articles, or of a departure from the rules of friendship on the part of either State, this Treaty shall be considered to be null and void.
Page 279 - Loodianah, or of any other British force or detachment, should not be subject to transit duty, but must be protected in their passage through the Sikh country. Seventh.—In like manner horses for the cavalry, when furnished with passports from competent officers, must be exempt from all tax.
Page 331 - Sikh shield hangs at the back, fastened with straps across the chest, a quiver at the right side and a bow slung at the back being carried as part of the equipment ; a bag made in the belt holds the balls, and a tall bayonet, frequently ornamented with gold, held in the right hand when the man is on foot and carried over the shoulder when in the saddle, completes the dress."1...
Page 253 - Diwan rode up, mounted on an elephant. The splendour of the rooms in the palace did not excite my admiration nearly so much as the garden, which was the most beautiful and best kept I had seen in India. The trees were loaded with oranges, of the same kind known in China as Mandarin oranges, but much larger and finer, here called the Santreh orange*; Hari Singh has * This orange is probably the Cintra orange of Portugal, introduced by the monks, with many other plants, now extensively cultivated,...
Page 156 - Men are too valuable to the present ruler of Kashmir to be lightly spared : penalties and stripes are therefore the usual punishments. The people seem contented with the justice dealt out to them, and admitted to me that not more than one guilty person in every twenty is ever visited with the reward due to his crimes. The dreadful cruelties perpetrated by their earlier rulers, who, for the smallest offence, punished them with the loss of their noses or ears, make the poor Indians well satisfied with...
Page 254 - ... character, size, and external form, to the Cintra or Sanalso transported the plane-tree from Kashmir, which seems to flourish exceedingly well in its new locality. An odour almost overwhelming ascended from the jonquils, which were in immense abundance, and of an incredibly large size. Nothing, in fact, could be more carefully adorned with lovely flowers and plants of various kinds, than this garden, which evidently formed one of the chief delights, and sometimes the occupation of its owner :...
Page 394 - Indian temples have something in them which appeals forcibly to the imagination, and the Hari Mander is particularly mysterious and romantic in its character. It is surmounted by a golden roof, very beautifully and skilfully contrived, and is inlaid with marble, a large door of gold opening into the temple, which is surrounded with little vestibules, the ceilings being supported by richly ornamented pillars. Before the entrance to the bridge are two large banners of red; on one is written, " Wah!...
Page 55 - has once seen this race of men, will never fail to recognize them by their white skin, their clear, though colourless complexion, their long, projecting, almost Jewish features, with dark brown, or black hair and beard, which distinctly point them out. The dress of the common people merely consists of a white woollen shirt, open in front, with long sleeves; a cloth hanging down from the head behind completes this ungraceful, and generally very dirty costume. The rich have adopted the Indian dress."—P....
Page 159 - Lalitaditya, who reigned from AD 714 to 750, and was adorned with many fine temples and monuments ; among others, with a pillar cut out of one stone, twenty-four yards high, at the top of which stood the image of Garuda, half-man, half-eagle. Sikandar Budh Shikan probably destroyed it, but several fragments were seen in 1727 by Mohammed Azim. Immense images of gold, silver, and other metals, also adorned the interior, but all traces of this splendour have disappeared. The point where two rivers meet...