. 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 . and the cold-blooded slaughter and nameless horrors by which that treacherywas consummated, many of the most attractive features of the place have been sadlyand irreparably defaced. It still, however, owing to its great length along the bank ofthe Ganges, occasionally presents to view some interesting specimens of Hindoo scenery,interspersed
. 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 . and the cold-blooded slaughter and nameless horrors by which that treacherywas consummated, many of the most attractive features of the place have been sadlyand irreparably defaced. It still, however, owing to its great length along the bank ofthe Ganges, occasionally presents to view some interesting specimens of Hindoo scenery,interspersed with isolated temples and mosques, embedded in magnificent foHage. Twoof such temples, crowned with the mitre-shaped dome common to the sacred architectureof Hindoostan before the Mohammedans had possessed themselves of the country, arerepresented in the accompanying engraving—the white building on the left of which is ahouse belonging to a wealthy native; and in the far distance, on the right, are theremains of two bungalows, formerly occupied by European residents. The view of the town on the land side is very limited, being almost entirely obstructedby a low ridge crowned with wood, which skirts the sandy plain that separates the town ipnl ^.
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