CHAPTER IV. 



MtrSSOORIE AND THE HIMALAYA BenARES HlNDtT PoLTTHEISM AND 



Institution of Caste — Caxcutta — Madras — Conjeveram, temples 



OP THE ChALUKYAS DyNASTY PoNDICHERRY. 



The cold season of the year unfortunately prevented 

 my pursuing the much coveted journey to the Cash- 

 mere valley ; but being bent upon obtaining as near 

 a view as possible of the Himalaya (Simla, for the same 

 reason, being out of reach), I retraced my steps as far 

 as Umballa, and there made arrangements for a trip to 

 Mussoorie, one of the Government sanataria of the Hill 

 States, with Landour, the military division, yet a 

 thousand feet above. It is situated at the confines of 



