. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . r goods. Turning from the remote past to the immediate present, we find that, at an eariyperiod of the sepoy revolt of 1857, Sasseram, in common with the adjacent districts, wassubjected to continual alarm by the movements of the mutinous troops, as theyapproached to, or receded from, the vicinity; but it was not until the beginning ofAugust
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . r goods. Turning from the remote past to the immediate present, we find that, at an eariyperiod of the sepoy revolt of 1857, Sasseram, in common with the adjacent districts, wassubjected to continual alarm by the movements of the mutinous troops, as theyapproached to, or receded from, the vicinity; but it was not until the beginning ofAugust of that year that the town was actually invaded by the rebels. On the 8tli ofthat month, a force of 2,000 men, consisting of the mutineers from Arrah and otherplaces, attacked and plundered the town, destroying all they could not carry away withthem. A gallant resistance was maintained for six hours by the townspeople, led by anative in the service of government, named Shah Kubeer Ooddeen Ahmed; and ulti-mately the rebels withdrew in the direction of Mirzapoor, with the loss of twenty killed,and a great number wounded. Shah Ahmed, who had thus presented an honourableexception to his race, received the thanks of government for his loyal and gallant. bi e= r ?5 THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 43 conduct, and was subsequently appointed an honorary magistrate in the district of Shaha-bad ; but, as the circumstance of his being the head of a rehgious institution, rendered itimpossible to confer on him any other honorary title, the lieutenant-governor of Ben-alrecommended that a substantial reward should be provided for him out of the forfeitedestates of Koer Sing, when the exact position of those estates should be ascertained. THE CITY OF BENARES. There are few cities of the Eastern world, however splendid they may be, that presentso great a variety of attractive objects at a glance as Benares {Cashi, or the splendid),for ages regarded as the holiest of the sacred cities of Hiudoost
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