=6. Indian Edition for use in the United Kingdom, Jan., 1909.= Price One Shilling net. =Canadian and South African Editions are being prepared by direction of the Governments of the Dominion of Canada and of South Africa.= =B.=—Eight Lectures on India. August, 1910. By Mr. H. J. MACKINDER. Price One Shilling net. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. --- PAGE. LECTURE I. —Madras—the Hindu Religion 1 LECTURE II. —Burma—the Buddhist Religion 19 LECTURE III. —Bengal—the Monsoons 35 LECTURE IV. —The United Provinces—the 51 Mutiny LECTURE V. —Bombay—the Marathas 66 LECTURE VI. —Rajputana—the Feudatory 82 States LECTURE VII. —Delhi-the Muhammadan Religion 95 LECTURE —The Northwest Frontier—the 114 VIII. Sikhs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE.—It is considered undesirable to overload this book with footnotes, and, therefore, this general acknowledgment is made of the indebtedness of the writer to various standard authors of whose works use has been made and quotations from which have in some cases been given. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LECTURE I. --- =MADRAS.= --- THE HINDU RELIGION. India is an empire within an empire. There are four hundred million people in the British Empire, and of these three hundred million are in India. Though it is known by a single short name, India must not be compared with countries such as France and Germany. As regards both area and population it is the equal of half Europe, that half which includes all the countries except Russia. It is a land of many languages, some of them spoken by as many people as speak German or French. It is a land of several religions, differing more deeply than the sects of Europe It is, in short, a world in itself, of ancient civilisation, yet as the result of a wonderful modern history there is to-day peace from end to end of it, for though the systems of government are very different in different parts, yet everywhere the rulers, whether British officials or native princes, acknowledge the sovereignty or the suzerainty of His Imperial Majesty King George the Fifth.