. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . lipa, gave him some water, which curedhis leprosy. In return, the mighty hunter built here a fort andbegan his reign. The hermit gave him a new name, Suhan Pal,and told him that his dynasty should be on the throne as longas his descendants should be called Pal. This was the l>egmninLrof a line of eighty-three kings. But the eighty-fourth calledhimself Tej Kara, and so lost the kingdom. There are historicaldata of three dynasties—the Kachhwaha, the Parihara, ami theTomar. These were the Hindu rulers, but when the Moham-medan came and
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . lipa, gave him some water, which curedhis leprosy. In return, the mighty hunter built here a fort andbegan his reign. The hermit gave him a new name, Suhan Pal,and told him that his dynasty should be on the throne as longas his descendants should be called Pal. This was the l>egmninLrof a line of eighty-three kings. But the eighty-fourth calledhimself Tej Kara, and so lost the kingdom. There are historicaldata of three dynasties—the Kachhwaha, the Parihara, ami theTomar. These were the Hindu rulers, but when the Moham-medan came and swept everything before him, Gwalior becamea part of his possessions. It surrendered to the sultan Mahniud. 700 1NDIKA. 1023.* He converted the palaces into state prisons. But *in time the old splendor revived, and Mogul palaces repeated ineven greater magnificence the imperial homes of the Hindus inthe zenith of their glory. The Marhattas afterwards capturedGwalior, and defied all invaders. * Meadows Taylor, Students History of India, p. 83. ?. A PILGRIM CARRYING RELIGIOUS RELICS. CHAPTER LXXXI. THE TEMPLES OF GWALIOR. The wonderful temples on the Gwalior acropolis fully equalthe palaces as memorials of a distant past. Worship comes be-fore thrones. The temples of Gwalior point to a much earlierdate than the oldest palaces. The latter are grouped within acomparatively narrow space, and when one has passed beyondthem, still following the main road which runs along the crestof the acropolis, he comes within the reach of the old, old tem-ples. Everything reminds one of the gods. Here are eleventemples, which, like the palaces, are in all stages of decay. The Teli Mandir is a fair illustration of the way in which theEnglish keep up these priceless ruins. This temple is in thecentre of the plateau, and is surrounded by a charming have nowhere seen a more beautiful suggestion of the ClugnyMuseum. Here, about the central structure, one does not findthe venerable tree
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