Report of the Land Revenue Settlement of the Kangra District, Panjab, 1865-72 download torrent
Report of the Land Revenue Settlement of the Kangra District, Panjab, 1865-72 download torrent
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Author: J B Lyall
Page Count: 138 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: Englishhttps://d39ttiideeq0ys.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/large/9781/2956/9781295647361.jpg
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9781130414325
Download Link: Report of the Land Revenue Settlement of the Kangra District, Panjab, 1865-72
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...or covered spring, or a dharamsalah. A Brahman makes the daily offerings to the idol, and then eats them up. "On certain days an uchhal' is given, that is, some food is cooked which is eaten up by the priest and servants and astray Brahman or Sadh. But many of this class have hardly anything in the way of temple to show. The Thakar, that is, the idol or fossil, or round stone which serves as an idol, is placed in a room in a house not differing outwardly from an ordinary peasant's house, and in which the Beragi or Gusain lives like an ordinary peasant, surrounded by wives and children, and cultivating the rent-free land himself. All these Beragis and Gusains have quite dropped the character of Sadh; the name has become in fact a caste name. The natural or spiritual ancesttors of these men came up to Kulu from the plains as Sadhs, and it is well known that, at various times, this class of men acquired great influence with the Rajahs, though not with the people, who stuck to their old deota or demon worship. Their influence got them. the grants, but to give a color to the grants, and make them less liable to future resumption, the deeds were usually obtained in the nnme of the idol or tbiikar owned by the Bersigi. Daily offerings are, however, made before these stones or idols, an occasional 'nchhal' given, and a stray Sadhu entertained, so that it cannot be said that these Beriigis' thakars are altogether mere domestic idols, like those of the same name which are to be found in the bouses of most respectable Hindus in the hill. The Kulu people are devoted to their deltas, and have little care or respect for these thakars." It will be seen from the above extract that temple endowment lands are occupied by tenants of two classes--1st, tenants holding...
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Report of the Land Revenue Settlement of the Kangra District, Panjab, 1865-72. J B Lyall
Author: J B Lyall
Page Count: 138 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: Englishhttps://d39ttiideeq0ys.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/large/9781/2956/9781295647361.jpg
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9781130414325
Download Link: Report of the Land Revenue Settlement of the Kangra District, Panjab, 1865-72
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...or covered spring, or a dharamsalah. A Brahman makes the daily offerings to the idol, and then eats them up. "On certain days an uchhal' is given, that is, some food is cooked which is eaten up by the priest and servants and astray Brahman or Sadh. But many of this class have hardly anything in the way of temple to show. The Thakar, that is, the idol or fossil, or round stone which serves as an idol, is placed in a room in a house not differing outwardly from an ordinary peasant's house, and in which the Beragi or Gusain lives like an ordinary peasant, surrounded by wives and children, and cultivating the rent-free land himself. All these Beragis and Gusains have quite dropped the character of Sadh; the name has become in fact a caste name. The natural or spiritual ancesttors of these men came up to Kulu from the plains as Sadhs, and it is well known that, at various times, this class of men acquired great influence with the Rajahs, though not with the people, who stuck to their old deota or demon worship. Their influence got them. the grants, but to give a color to the grants, and make them less liable to future resumption, the deeds were usually obtained in the nnme of the idol or tbiikar owned by the Bersigi. Daily offerings are, however, made before these stones or idols, an occasional 'nchhal' given, and a stray Sadhu entertained, so that it cannot be said that these Beriigis' thakars are altogether mere domestic idols, like those of the same name which are to be found in the bouses of most respectable Hindus in the hill. The Kulu people are devoted to their deltas, and have little care or respect for these thakars." It will be seen from the above extract that temple endowment lands are occupied by tenants of two classes--1st, tenants holding...
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