' Some reaction then, perhaps, took place, but, on
the whole, the numbers of the sect have been maintained or increased.
(Sir Lepel Griffin, _Ranjit Singh_, pp. 25-34.) For various reasons,
which I have not space to explain, the statistics of Sikhism are
untrustworthy. The returns for 1911 show an increase of 37 per cent.
in the Panjab. We may, at least, be assured that the numbers are not
diminishing.
e. The Sikhs do not now detest us. They willingly furnish soldiers
and military police of the best class, equal to the Gorkhas, and fit
to fight in line with English soldiers. The Panjab chieftains have
been among the foremost in offers of loyal assistance to the
Government of India in times of danger, and in organizing the
Imperial Service troops. The Sikh states are now sufficiently well
governed.
CHAPTER 66
Collegiate Endowment of Muhammadan Tombs and Mosques.
On the 20th[1] we came to Badarpur, twelve miles over a plain, with
the range of hills on our left approaching nearer and nearer the
road, and separating us from the old city of Delhi. We passed through
Faridpur, once a large town, and called after its founder, Shaikh
Farid, whose mosque is still in good order, though there is no person
to read or hear prayers in it.
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