. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . SILK-AND-GOLD EMBROIDERY ON SILK, PERSIAN CHAPTER ANGLO-SAXON IN INDIA.—HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS. Ox landing in Bombay one immediately becomes deeply interested in the novelty of the Oriental types. Even while inthe Levant, it is natural to imagine ones self already in the * •iM&l^-JtZL-. OVERLOOKING THE CITY OF BOMBAY. Eastern world. Yet the first scenes in Bombay are so peculiar,so utterly unlike anything in Asia Minor. Syria, or Egypt, thatthe traveller is convinced at once that now. for the first time, heis really in the East.
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . SILK-AND-GOLD EMBROIDERY ON SILK, PERSIAN CHAPTER ANGLO-SAXON IN INDIA.—HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS. Ox landing in Bombay one immediately becomes deeply interested in the novelty of the Oriental types. Even while inthe Levant, it is natural to imagine ones self already in the * •iM&l^-JtZL-. OVERLOOKING THE CITY OF BOMBAY. Eastern world. Yet the first scenes in Bombay are so peculiar,so utterly unlike anything in Asia Minor. Syria, or Egypt, thatthe traveller is convinced at once that now. for the first time, heis really in the East. After a few days, when the Indian itumes, modes of life and business, and the wonderful mixture !races become somewhat familiar, the mind wanders back intothe past, and the question arises, How has all this conic about 1Why is the intrusive Anglo-Saxon also in India I What is hedoing here? How long does he intend to stay, and what doeshe expect to be the outcome 3 The manifold ownership of this great country is one of themarvels in the worlds history. Is there any land which has had 32 INDIKA. more masters than this? The history is one long tragedy. Forthirty centuries India has been compelled to pay the painfulpenalty of possessing the fatal gifts of wealth and beauty. Sheis the Lorelei of all the ages. • She has attracted the conq
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