History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . ostan, unless, on arriving at Calcutta, they should find rea-sons for making a different selection. After consultation, they selected Lo-diana, on the south or British side of the Sutlej river, as the place of theirresidence. Lodiana is about 1000 miles from Calcutta, towards the Hima-laya mountains and the head v^aters of the Indus. The Sutlej is the southeastern boundary of the Punjab, or five rivers country, which it dividesfrom the Protected Hill States. These States were entirely under Brit- *So sta
History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . ostan, unless, on arriving at Calcutta, they should find rea-sons for making a different selection. After consultation, they selected Lo-diana, on the south or British side of the Sutlej river, as the place of theirresidence. Lodiana is about 1000 miles from Calcutta, towards the Hima-laya mountains and the head v^aters of the Indus. The Sutlej is the southeastern boundary of the Punjab, or five rivers country, which it dividesfrom the Protected Hill States. These States were entirely under Brit- *So stated in her husbands letters, and on her tomb-stone at Calcutta. Dr. Green, on the au-thority of the annual report of the Soeiety, says it was on the 24lh. 714 GENERAL ASSEMBLYS BOARD OF MISSIONS. ish control, while the Punjah was governed by Eunjeet Singh, who hadbeen a formidable enemy, but now was in close alliance with the British em-pire in India. The five rivers of the Punjab discharge their waters by theIndus; and it is expected that steam navigation on that river will ultimately. SEAT OF THE MISSION- 715 reach Lodiana. The inhabitants of the Punjab are Hindoos, but with lessregard for caste than prevails at the South; Mohammedans, a few Jews andParsees, and the Sikhs, who, though not the most numerous, are the predomi-nant sect. The Sikhs are the followers of Nanac Shah, who was born in taught the worship of one God, ^nd renounced many of the errors ofHindooisra and Mohammedanism. Govind Singh, the tenth and last of theSikh Gooroos, or religious guides, made them a warlike people. They aresaid to number from one to two millions, and to have 100,000 cavalry. Tothe east is the kingdom of Nepal, under British influence, where the pre-vailing religion is said to be Buddhism; but is either a mixture of the Buddhistand Brahminical systems, or perhaps a modification of the Hindooism whichprevailed before those rival sects arose. But a few days journey to (henorth of Lod
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