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Main objective of this book is to interpret India’s social and religious life in the 19 century Indian (Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs) to the English public. It also throws light upon the habits and mental peculiarities of the Indian people. Hinduism, with its enormous and varied following, its heterogeneous structure and its fascinating remoteness from European feeling and sentiment, afforded the largest choice of subjects and ...
In the history of exploration and travel writing certain individuals have appeared from time to time whose work has a unique and profound quality which differentiates them from their contemporaries. John Campbell Oman certainly belongs as a member of this freternity. He travelled a great deal throughout India, from the Vale of Kashmir to the tropical uplands of extreme South, from the historic border of the Indus to the forest covered banks of the Brahmaputra. He ...