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Phallus, usually made of stone, that is a symbol of Shiva, god of creation.

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Priestly Brahmins wear a thread around the neck to mark their caste.

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Points of access to the sacred river where Hindus burn their dead and scatter the ashes on the waters.

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Tract between two confluent rivers.

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A Hindu from western India.

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Town near Indore, between Delhi and Bombay.

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Town in southern India 90 miles west of Madras.

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Jaipur: 140 miles west of Agra, capital city of Rajputana state; Gwalior: a town 60 miles south of Agra.

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That is, Banda, a town 200 miles southeast of Agra.

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City on the Ganges, 10 miles southeast of Delhi.

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Butchers’.

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Gifts.

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Reference to the Bible, John 19:30: Christ’s last words.

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Infectious disease in cattle.

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Long, curling wave.

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Equator.

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Telegraph office.

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Extortion.

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Or Udaipur, a city 200 miles southwest of Jaipur.

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Archaic name for Constantinople, known in modern Turkey as Istanbul.

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(Aminabad, or Eminabad, a town on the Great Trunk Road, 14 miles southeast of Gujranwala (now Pakistan); Sahaigunge and Akola are villages near Eminabad.

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Town 70 miles west of Patiala.

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The Siwalik Hills, in southern Kashmir, which range in height up to 5,000 feet.

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Acacia tree used for shade that grows in the Doon valley of the Siwaliks.

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Or Lhasa, capital of Tibet.

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Reference to the Bible, Luke 18:2: “There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man” (KJV).

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Doctor’s.

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Medicinal drugs made from roots.

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Nutritive starch or jelly made from plants.

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Hill station 135 miles east of Delhi.

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Quotation from Shakespeare’s Hamlet (act 3, scene 1): “To be, or not to be: that is the question.”

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You take the cake, you’re too much.

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Covered litter.

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Czar of Russia.

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Who benefits by it? (Latin).

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Fellows.

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Rocky Mussoorie.

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Rampur.- city on the Kosi River, 115 miles east of Delhi; Chini: village 70 miles northeast of Simla.

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Town on the Hooghly (Hugli) River, 20 miles north of Calcutta.

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Himalayan river, northeast of Kulu.

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Mountain peaks that rise to more than 20,000 feet.

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That is, Beyta; from district on the Gulf of Karachi (now Pakistan).

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Frontier district east of Kashmir.

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Report showing boundaries and property lines.

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Mountain range in northern Kashmir.

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Abbottabad: town 63 miles north of Rawalpindi (now Pakistan); Bunji: town in Kashmir, north of Srinagar, the capital; Astor: town in Kashmir, north of Srinagar.

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Indus: one of the three great rivers of northern India; Han-lé: town in Kashmir southeast of Srinagar.

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That is, Rampur Bashahr, Himalayan town 40 miles northeast of Simla.

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That is, williwaw; a violent squall.

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One of the main rivers of the Punjab.

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Hunters.

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Wicker basket.

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Thar: a Himalayan wild goat; markhor: a large wild goat.

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A double portion; reference to the Bible, 2 Kings 2:9: “I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me” (KJV).

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Buddhist monk.

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Reference to Frank Collins Baker, A Naturalist in Mexico: Being a Visit to Cuba, Northern Yucatan and Mexico, Chicago, 1895.

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F. E. Sumichrast, author of books on Mexican fauna.

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Unskilled workers subjected to forced labor.

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Mongolia.

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That is, Shamli, town 60 miles north of Delhi.

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Unpaid labor that a vassal owes his feudal lord.

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Familiar spirits.

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Asiatic antelope.

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Indian poet who died in 1518.

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Precision surveying instrument with telescopic sight.

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Iron-covered.

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Deep valley.

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Disconnected handwriting.

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Town north of Simla.

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Builder of the Hinis monastery, 18 miles southeast of Leh.

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Pass northeast of Dharmsala, on the border of Kashmir.

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Monastery in eastern Tibet, on the border of Bhutan.

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That is, toward Bhutan, a semi-independent Hindu kingdom on the border of India and Tibet.

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Christian.

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Village