All parties wrote to my friend Kam Baksh, who
was then at Jubbulpore;[19] and he came off with their letters to me
to ask whether I thought the incident might not be turned to account
in getting the pension for his father restored.[20]
Notes:
1. Govardhan is a very sacred place of pilgrimage, full of temples,
situated in the Mathura (Muttra) district, sixteen miles west of
Mathura, Regulation V of 1826 annexed Govardhan to the Agra district.
In 1832 Mathura was made the head-quarters of a new district,
Govardhan and other territory being transferred from Agra.
2. The Puranas, even when narrating history after a fashion, are cast
in the form of prophecies. The Bhagavat Purana is especially devoted
to the legends of Krishna. The Hindi version of the 10th Book
(_skandha_) is known as the 'Prem Sagar', or 'Ocean of Love', and is,
perhaps, the most wearisome book in the world.
3. This flight occurred during the struggles following the battle of
Plassy in 1757, which were terminated by the battle of Buxar in 1764,
and the grant to the East India Company of the civil administration
of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa in the following year.
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