Excerpt from A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon: Including the Provinces of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras, the Punjab, North-West Provinces, Rajputana, Central Provinces, Mysore, Etc., The Native States, Assam and Cashmere Besides a thorough general revision, this Edition has much addi tional information in the Introduction as to the people of India. Short accounts are given of the Mohammedan, Hindu, and Buddhist religions, supplemented by illustrations of Buddha and the chief Hindu gods Indian architecture, arts, and irrigation are described and a short pre'cis given of the chief events of the Mutiny, with a map showing the distribution of British and Native troops in May 1857. But for the faulty situation of the British troops, the Mutiny would never have become serious; yet in no previous account has a map been issued to illustrate this vital point. The chronology has been entirely rewritten; and maps of rainfall, temperature, and land products have been added. This Edition, like the last, is furnished with an Index and Directory, containing information relating to hotels, dak bungalows, clubs, steamships, addresses of banks, tradespeople, etc., and much ephemeral matter in a compact form. This part of the Handbook is constantly revised and reprinted, thus keeping it up to date. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.