Cults, Customs and Superstitions of India

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Excerpt from Cults, Customs and Superstitions of India: Being a Revised and Enlarged Edition of "Indian Life, Religious and Social", Comprising Studies and Sketches of Interesting Peculiarities in the Beliefs, Festivals and Domestic Life of the Indian PeopleHaving seen a great deal of India, from the Vale of Kashmir to the tropical uplands of Ceylon, from the historic borderland of the Indus to the forest-covered banks of the Brahmaputra, having resided in each of the Pro vinces of Northern India from Assam to the Punjab, and having done my best to understand the character and intel lectual condition Of the people of the country, I trust the sketches Of Indian life which I have embodied in this volume may prove acceptable to readers who take an interest in the two hundred and fifty millions of Hindus and Muhammadans in India, so frequently alluded to in contemporary writings.Of the inner life of a people who adhere to the rigid rules of caste, and keep their women in seclusion, it is not, perhaps, possible for an alien to form a just Opinion, and this difficulty certainly exists in regard to the entire upper and middle classes of the Indian world, whether Hindu or Muslim. But the common people, more free and open in their domestic arrangements, afiord better opportunities for observation, and I have not neglected the chances which have come in my way of gaining an insight into the mode of life and habits of thought of the humbler ranks of the community. In Part II of this volume I have recorded, from personal knowledge, many particulars con useted with the somewhat peculiar domestic life of the lower orders, which may help English readers towards accurate conceptions regarding the lives and ideas of many millions of men and women in British India.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.