. 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 . I .?^ Sii- ^. g w N N THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 63 is a pillar of mixed metal, about twenty-five feet in height, embellished with inscrip-tions in ancient, and now unintelligible, characters. This column is said to have beencast, amid spells and incantations, by an ancestor of the rajali Paitowra, who was assured,by the astrologers of h
. 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 . I .?^ Sii- ^. g w N N THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 63 is a pillar of mixed metal, about twenty-five feet in height, embellished with inscrip-tions in ancient, and now unintelligible, characters. This column is said to have beencast, amid spells and incantations, by an ancestor of the rajali Paitowra, who was assured,by the astrologers of his court, that as long as it continued standing, his children shouldrule over the inheritance which he bequeathed to them. Upon learning this tradition,Feroze Shah stayed the work of demolition he had commenced upon the temple, andsuffered the column to stand in the place where it had been originally erected, in order toshow the fallacy of the prediction. He strewed the pavement around it with the brokenidols of Hindoo worship, which have long beeu turned to dust; but the pillar still remains—a trophy of Moslem power, although no longer of its independence. The last decisivebattle fought between the Mohammedans and the Hindoos, which secured to the formerthe s
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