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Dasasamedh Ghat ---------- 107
The Temple of Sitala - - - - - - - - -114
A Sanskrit School - - - -.....-116
Carved Snakes at Chauki Ghat -......118
An Aghori ----------- 120
A Suttee Stone.........- 121
" Another venerable hermit, seated on a leopard's skin;' - - - 123
Shivala Ghat...........127
Balcony of Man Singh's Observatory - - - - - - 129
The Nepalese Temple.........131
The Shrine of Ganga - -...... 133
" Groups of women . . . are performing puja" - 135
" Like a painted frieze from Pompeii, or the decoration of an antique
vase" ----------- 139
Scindhia Ghat......-... 141
An Encampment of Sadhus.......- 145
The Buildings at Ghosla Ghat - - - . - - - - 147
The Head of Bhima --------- 148
Bhima completed -----..... 149
Lamps for the Pitris - - - - - - - - -H51
Lamp-stand at Panchganga........ 152
" Three old women, who pause to barter with a seller of pots and
pans, unconsciously posing themselves in their classic drapery
like the Fates, or the Weird Sisters" - - - - 153
PalhvadGhat.....----- 156
A Vaishnavite Nun reading the Ramayana - - - - 157
The Salagram Stone ---------161
Plan of Hindu Roofing --------- 162
The Temple of Durga, or " Monkey Temple"- ... - 163
Durga.......-..-.- 167
Mask of Shiva........- - 169
In the Ahmety Temple: a Brahmin performing his sandhya - - 170
The Ahmety Temple - - -..... 171
A Sacrificial Spoon.....----- 175
The Temple at Ramnagar.....- - -178
Mask of Bhaironath ... .....170,
Page
Dasasamedh Ghat ---------- 107
The Temple of Sitala - - - - - - - - -114
A Sanskrit School - - - -.....-116
Carved Snakes at Chauki Ghat -......118
An Aghori ----------- 120
A Suttee Stone.........- 121
" Another venerable hermit, seated on a leopard's skin;' - - - 123
Shivala Ghat...........127
Balcony of Man Singh's Observatory - - - - - - 129
The Nepalese Temple.........131
The Shrine of Ganga - -...... 133
" Groups of women . . . are performing puja" - 135
" Like a painted frieze from Pompeii, or the decoration of an antique
vase" ----------- 139
Scindhia Ghat......-... 141
An Encampment of Sadhus.......- 145
The Buildings at Ghosla Ghat - - - . - - - - 147
The Head of Bhima --------- 148
Bhima completed -----..... 149
Lamps for the Pitris - - - - - - - - -H51
Lamp-stand at Panchganga........ 152
" Three old women, who pause to barter with a seller of pots and
pans, unconsciously posing themselves in their classic drapery
like the Fates, or the Weird Sisters" - - - - 153
PalhvadGhat.....----- 156
A Vaishnavite Nun reading the Ramayana - - - - 157
The Salagram Stone ---------161
Plan of Hindu Roofing --------- 162
The Temple of Durga, or " Monkey Temple"- ... - 163
Durga.......-..-.- 167
Mask of Shiva........- - 169
In the Ahmety Temple: a Brahmin performing his sandhya - - 170
The Ahmety Temple - - -..... 171
A Sacrificial Spoon.....----- 175
The Temple at Ramnagar.....- - -178
Mask of Bhaironath ... .....170,