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224 BENARES, THE SACRED CITY
finement in Fort William, he was sent to the State
prison at Vellore, where he died.
Mr. Davis, whose clearness of judgment and per-
sonal courage probably averted a great disaster to the
whole of British India, received only a formal letter of
thanks from the Calcutta Council during the absence
of the Marquis Wellesley at the seat of war in the
south. He died in England in 1819 after many years
of brilliant service as one of the directors of the East
India Company.
Madhu Das's Gardens, the head-quarters first of
Warren Hastings, and afterwards of the ex-Nawab
Wazir Ali, in those stirring times, is an old pleasure-
ground of the Mogul period, laid out with stone water-
channels for irrigation and a square platform with a
fountain in the centre. For the accommodation of
the owner and his zenana there were airy pavilions
in the centre of the four walls which surrounded it.
The gardens are now in native hands, the water-
channels are dried up, and the quarters are seldom
occupied.
Except by an occasional riot between low-class
Hindus and Muhammadans, such as has been de-
scribed in the last chapter, and some trouble with a
native regiment in the days of the Mutiny, Benares
has not disturbed the pax Britannica since 1799.
From the Hindu point of view, the city has flour-
ished exceedingly under British rule. Its temples
and shrines have multiplied, and the strong arm of
the law now prevents the desecration and destruction
to which they were subject in Muhammadan times.
The railways have largely increased the numbers of
pilgrims who throng the ghats and holy places, and
finement in Fort William, he was sent to the State
prison at Vellore, where he died.
Mr. Davis, whose clearness of judgment and per-
sonal courage probably averted a great disaster to the
whole of British India, received only a formal letter of
thanks from the Calcutta Council during the absence
of the Marquis Wellesley at the seat of war in the
south. He died in England in 1819 after many years
of brilliant service as one of the directors of the East
India Company.
Madhu Das's Gardens, the head-quarters first of
Warren Hastings, and afterwards of the ex-Nawab
Wazir Ali, in those stirring times, is an old pleasure-
ground of the Mogul period, laid out with stone water-
channels for irrigation and a square platform with a
fountain in the centre. For the accommodation of
the owner and his zenana there were airy pavilions
in the centre of the four walls which surrounded it.
The gardens are now in native hands, the water-
channels are dried up, and the quarters are seldom
occupied.
Except by an occasional riot between low-class
Hindus and Muhammadans, such as has been de-
scribed in the last chapter, and some trouble with a
native regiment in the days of the Mutiny, Benares
has not disturbed the pax Britannica since 1799.
From the Hindu point of view, the city has flour-
ished exceedingly under British rule. Its temples
and shrines have multiplied, and the strong arm of
the law now prevents the desecration and destruction
to which they were subject in Muhammadan times.
The railways have largely increased the numbers of
pilgrims who throng the ghats and holy places, and