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GAWILGIIUR AND MOOIIKTAGHIHRI. 103
found in his bundle, and in secret places where he
had concealed it. Without further trial, he was
loaded with heavy irons, and condemned to carry
large stones for the rebuilding of the walls. But his
earthly punishment was not of long duration; for
the vengeful Mahadeo afflicted him with a dreadful
leprosy, besides a hundred other infirmities; and lie
speedily sank under a horrible accumulation of mental
and bodily pangs. Although, in his life-time, no clue
could be obtained to his former history, it was dis-
covered, after his death, that he was the son of a
wealthy Hindoo merchant at Boorhanpoor, who,
some years previously, had been compelled to cast
him off, for his incorrigible profligacy.
The hills about Gawilghur have for ages past
been a favourite retreat for that extraordinary
sect, the Jhains; concerning whom scarcely any
authentic information is on record. They, in
many respects, resemble the ancient Boodhists:
several of their tenets are similar; their temples are
frequently of the same fashion ; and their images of
worship are remarkable for the curly hair and African
features peculiar to the Boodhist idols. These two
sects agree in denying the divine origin of the Vedas;
they follow a similar mode of worship, in honour of
certain eminent saints having the same attributes,
though they are differently named ; and they mutu-
found in his bundle, and in secret places where he
had concealed it. Without further trial, he was
loaded with heavy irons, and condemned to carry
large stones for the rebuilding of the walls. But his
earthly punishment was not of long duration; for
the vengeful Mahadeo afflicted him with a dreadful
leprosy, besides a hundred other infirmities; and lie
speedily sank under a horrible accumulation of mental
and bodily pangs. Although, in his life-time, no clue
could be obtained to his former history, it was dis-
covered, after his death, that he was the son of a
wealthy Hindoo merchant at Boorhanpoor, who,
some years previously, had been compelled to cast
him off, for his incorrigible profligacy.
The hills about Gawilghur have for ages past
been a favourite retreat for that extraordinary
sect, the Jhains; concerning whom scarcely any
authentic information is on record. They, in
many respects, resemble the ancient Boodhists:
several of their tenets are similar; their temples are
frequently of the same fashion ; and their images of
worship are remarkable for the curly hair and African
features peculiar to the Boodhist idols. These two
sects agree in denying the divine origin of the Vedas;
they follow a similar mode of worship, in honour of
certain eminent saints having the same attributes,
though they are differently named ; and they mutu-