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THE STORY OF AN INDIAN PRINCESS, 245
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* The Press Has Teemed Of Late Years Wit...
amounted to two miUions sterling ) had descended to , her ; she owned also personal estates _yielding annually about four lacs
of as soon rupees as , the all " wealth which of of course HoLkur she came . could into spend her possession at discretion , she ; had and ,
b appropriated y a religious it to ceremony charity and common good works among . the Standin Hindoos g by , the formall toolsee chest y
of treasure , a little water mixed with leaves of the sacred tr a ee dedicatory , was placed in she her sprinlded hand , then the while water a Brahmin over the pronounced gold at her
feet , thus setting prayer it , apart to holy uses ; an act of devotion which involuntarily reminds us of the sainted Hungarian queen before
the cathedral altar , and under the auspices of her confessor Conrad , to consecrating the lory of in the a like Divine spirit Donor all . that What she ever -was errors , and all there that may she have had
been in g the faith of Alia Bhye ., it would certainly be a greater error in charity to doubt that in each case the heart-felt offering was
and accep the table Asiatic in the princess sight of each the one . according God whom to the the European measure of queen her
knowledge , alike desired to , serve and honour . . Public works had their share of the indefatigable Alia Bhye ' s
attention , for she built many forts , and at great labour and cost constructed a road over the Vindhya range , where the mountains
are in parts almost perpendicular . She incited others too to follow her example , and on one , occasion when two rich bankers , who
of were one brothers of them , happened , having inherite to die about d the the wealth same of that time both had , , and cam been the e to made relict the
widow under princess her that , offerin protection if she g to did resi , not she gn need resolut to her it el the for y refused fortunes herself , the she mi gift g , ht telling expend the it
in works of charity or public utility in honour of her deceased husband ' s memory ; and a _ghatit , or flight of stone steps , beside the
river Kergong , with a temple dedicated to Gunputty , still attest the influence of her advice , and the extent of the wealth she rejected .
Nor was she ungrateful towards those to whom she owed any life rei benefit gn althoug to , for Madhajee h having this was Sindia been a , much mutual whose indebted friendshi advantage at p , she the since beg returned his inning reputation throug of her h
was , as much advanced by his being recognized as her friend , as her were positi - freel on shared was streng with thened himshe by having his alliance advanced , yet sums her to treasures him to
military no the repayment extent had y of 30 ever orders lac made s of to . rupees respect All , , his for her officers which authority , his however bond and , was both support given civil it , and but in
, that miht be in their and as , her territories and every his were way very much g intermingled , power this , good understanding was of
great Iiido service re _, where to her the . name of Alia Bhye is still not only venerated
The Story Of An Indian Princess, 245
THE STORY OF AN INDIAN PRINCESS , 245
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1863, page 245, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061863/page/29/
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