In almost all Buddhist monasteries, may be seen a bell, which is tolled by the monks morning and evening. These regular tollings comprise a series of 108 strokes. This number 108 represents:
Tolling of Buddhist Bells and the series of 108 strokes.
H.H. Raja Shri Sawai Pratap Sinhji Bahadur, Rao Raja of Alwar.
Rao Pratap Singh life fell in troublous times, when the Moghul house was falling, and adventurers of different faiths and races were striving to carve out for themselves dominions and fortunes on the ruins of the disintegrating empire. Assumed the title of Maharao Raja Shri Sawai (not recognised by the Mughal authorities, and thus treated as personal, and not an hereditary territorial designation).
Paper Streamers placed on graves. Old Chinese Customs.
In ancient times, a small flag was erected beside the grave, in order to distinguish it from others by means of this special mark.
Pilgrimages and the sacred hills of Buddhism in China.
The main source of the popularity and vitality of ordinary religious pilgrimages in all parts of the world seems to be this, -that they are among the few mundane activities in which keen physical and mental enjoyment may coexist with an exhilarating sense of religious fulfillment.
Paper-house burnt for the benefit of the dead. Chinese customs.
The custom of making these paper-houses existed already at the beginning of the Yuan dynasty. In A.D. 1287. The paper-house is then taken to an open space, and there burnt, in order to have it conveyed to the nether world for the benefit of the dead.
Variegated dress known as that of the “hundred families”.
The custom of making these paper-houses existed already at the beginning of the Yuan dynasty. In A.D. 1287, in the VIIth year of the style Chi-yuan, during the reign of the Emperor Shi-tsu
A Chinese woman of nobility in her official representation.
The annexed Plate represents a female of the highest class in her finest habit. The outer dress is of embroidered satin, which is placed upon onc of silk; under this they have a kind of waistcoat, and next their persons is worn a silken net.
State Coat of Brocade by Buland Baksh and Ahmed Khan of Alwar.
Rajasthan Maharaja State Coat of Brocade of zigzag pattern in red and gold.
Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox
Frances Stewart was one of the great beauties of the Jacobean court, she was also the patron of Captain John Smith of the Virginia Colony.
The Taj Mahal, at Agra. Mausolem of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan.
The view taken of the Taj Mahal in the plate before us, is from the Jumna, which washes a wall of red granite, the boundary of the magnificent garden in which this splendid structure rises.
