Modern India and the Indians by Monier Monier-Williams - 9780415244961

Taylor & Francis

This is Volume VIII of eleven in a series on India: History, Economy and Society. Originally published in 1891, this includes a impressions, notes and essays on the modern India of the time including the five gates of India- Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Perim and Aden and looking at Indian famines, religion, travel accounts of North and Southern India and funeral ceremonies. > The Five Gates of India\u2014Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Perim, and Aden; First Impressions; The Villages and Rural Population of India; Sam?dh, Sacrifice, Self-immolation, and Self-Torture; The Towers of Silence, and the P?rs? Religion; Funeral Ceremonies and Offerings to Ancestors at Bombay, Benares, and Gay?; Indian Rosaries; Indian Famines; A Relief Camp; General Impressions and Notes after Travels in Northern India; General Impressions and Notes after Travels in Southern India; Indian and European Civilization in their relation to each other and in their effect on the Progress of Christianity; Indian .