A Hindoo is born, not made, and the
'inwardness' of Hinduism is not to be penetrated, even by the most
learned of 'barbarian' pundits.
10. _Ante_, chapter 20, note 6.
11. Raja of Bharatpur, not to be confounded with the Lion of the
Panjab.
12. Wordsworth, _Excursion_, Book I.
13. The original edition gives a coloured plate of this tomb, which
is not noticed by Fergusson. That author's remarks on the palace at
Dig would apply to this tomb also; the style is good, but not quite
the best. Suraj Mall was killed in a skirmish in 1763.
14. Baldeo, or in Sanskrit Baladeva, Balabhadra, or Balarama, was the
elder brother of Krishna. His myth in some respects resembles that of
Herakles, as that of Krishna is related to the myths of Apollo. The
editor is not able to solve the queries propounded by the author.
15. i.e. Hari deva, a form of Vishnu. The temple of Hari deva at
Govardhan was built about A.D. 1560. (_N.W.P. Gazetteer_, 1st ed.,
vol. viii, p. 94.)
16. Modern India shows little appreciation of good art, and the
paintings ordinarily executed for decorative purposes are as crude as
those described by the author.
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