Ebook: Modern India and the Indians

First published in 2000.;Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Table of Contents; The Five Gates of India-Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Perim, and Aden; FirstImpressions; The Villages and Rural Population of India; Samādh, Sacrifice, Self-immolation, and Self-Torture; The Towers of Silence, and the PārsīReligion; Funeral Ceremonies and Offerings to Ancestors at Bombay, Benares, andGayā; 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.