See also:

• HARDWAR, or HURDWAR

HARDWAR, or HURDWAR  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, and See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage, in the See also:

• SAHARANPUR

Saharanpur See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the See also:

• UNITED

United Provinces, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges, 17 M . N.E. of Rurki, with a railway station . The Ganges See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal here takes off from the See also:

• RIVER

river . A See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch railway to See also:

• DEHRA

Dehra was opened in 1900 . Pop . (1901), 25,597 . The town is of See also:

• GREAT

great antiquity, and has See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne many names . It was originally known as Kapila from the See also:

• SAGE, RUSSELL (1816-1906)

sage Kapila . Hsuan Tsang, the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese Buddhist See also:

• PILGRIM

pilgrim, in the 7th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century visited a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city which he calls Mo-yu-lo, the remains of which still exist at Mayapur, a little to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the See also:

• MODERN

modern town . Among the ruins See also:

• AREA

area fort and three temples, decorated with broken See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone sculptures . The great See also:

• OBJECT

object of attraction at See also:

• PRESENT

present is the Hari-ka-charan, or bathing See also:

• GHAT, or RHAT

ghat, with the adjoining See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Gangadwara . The charan or See also:

• FOOT

foot-See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark of See also:

• VISHNU (Sanskrit, " the worker," from root vish, "to work ")

Vishnu, imprinted on a stone let into the upper See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall of the ghat, forms an object of See also:

• SPECIAL

special reverence .

A great assemblage of See also:

• PEOPLE

people takes place annually, at the beginning of the Hindu See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar See also:

• YEAR

year, when the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun enters See also:

• ARIES (" The Ram ")

Aries; and every twelfth year a feast of See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar sanctity occurs, known as a Kumbh-See also:

• MELA, POMPONIUS (ft. c. A.D. 43)

mela . The See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary number of pilgrims at the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• FAIR

fair 1903 there were 400,000 present . Since 1892 many sanitary improvements have been made for the benefit of the annual concourse of pilgrims . In See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days riots and also outbreaks of See also:

• CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

cholera were of See also:

• COMMON

common occurrence . The See also:

• HARDWAR, or HURDWAR

Hardwar See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting also possesses See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile importance, being one of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-fairs in Upper India . Commodities of all kinds, See also:

• INDIAN

Indian and See also:

• EUROPEAN

European, find a ready See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale, and the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food-stuffs forms a lucrative See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic .