224 Notes on Pilgrimages in the Country of Cashmere. [No. 4, 



tiui Shastr. There are 14 places of snan or religious bathing in this 

 pilgrimage ; the last being the holy lake of G-ungabul in which the 

 Hindoos cast the ashes of their deceased relatives. The time for this 

 pilgrimage is midsummer. 



The return from this brings us to the highly interesting ruins of 

 Razdan or Razdoing ; the only important temple of Cashmere not 

 noticed by Cunningham, a detailed description of which I may per- 

 haps be able to afford in a future paper. 



(2.) The pilgrimage of Marlund in which are seven places of snan. 



(3.) Pilgrimage of Vetusta Khooncl the source of the river Jhelum 

 or Vetusta, in which are ten places of snan. 



(4.) Pilgrimage to Suhoojun Teerut the burning ground — three 

 places of snan. 



(5.) Pilgrimage to Kupdl Muclidm (the escape of the head from 

 sin), undertaken by criminals for the release of sin. 



(6.) Pilgrimage to Sheeva-Devi. 



(7.) Pilgrimage to Kunhyie Matdr, — four places of snan. 



(8.) Pilgrimage to Teiposh Kur in the Bongil pergunnah, — two 

 places of snan. 



(9.) A second pilgrimage to the Vetusta Khooncl, — eight places of 

 snan. 



(10.) A fabulous pilgrimage or progress of Raja Bhageerut, the 

 tutelary genius or deity of the river Vetusta or Jheelum, — ten places 

 of snan, and this closes the catalogue of my notes on this subject. 



No. 2. 



The pilgrimage of Hur-moohlur Gunga (or Gungabul), in the Lar 

 Pergunnah, as detailed in the Gunga Mahatim Shastr. 



As stated above, there are 14 places of " snan" or religious 

 bathing to be observed in this pilgrimage ; viz. 10 previous, and 

 4 subsequent, to the pious act of casting the ashes of deceased 

 relatives into the holy lake, in whose mournful waters lie the ashes 

 of generations of Hindoos. 



The writer of this paper will not easily forget the impression, the 

 view of the cold still waters of this desolate lake produced on him, 

 viewed as they were about sunset one autumnal evening, a snow storm 



