0 miles. The name is often, but erroneously, written Dhasan. It is
the Sanskrit Dasarna.

3. This emblem is a lotus, not a rose flower. The latter is never
used in Hindoo symbolism. The lotus is a solar emblem, and intimately
associated with the worship of Vishnu.

4. It rather indicates that the husband was on horseback when killed.
The sculptures on sati pillars often commemorate the mode of death of
the husband. Sometimes these pillars are inscribed. They usually face
the east. An open hand is often carved in the upper compartment as
well as the sun and moon. A drawing of such a pillar will be found in
_J.A.S.B._, vol. xlvi. Part I, 1877, pl. xiv. _A.S.R._, vol. iii, p.
10; vol. vii, p. 137; vol. x, p. 75; and vol. xxi, p. 101, may be
consulted.

5. The 'newly-acquired territories' referred to are the Sagar and
Nerbudda Territories, comprising the seven districts, Sagar,
Jubbulpore, Hoshangabad, Seoni, Damoh, Narsinghpur, and Baitul, ceded
in 1818, and now included in the Central Provinces. The tenor of the
replies given to Lord Amherst's queries shows how far the process of
Hindooizing had advanced among the European officials of the Company.
Lord Amherst left India in March, 1828. See _ante._ Chapter 4 and
Chapter 8, for cases of sati (suttees). For a good account of the
suttee discussions and legislation, see D. Boulger, _Lord William
Bentinck_ (1897), chap. v, in 'Rulers of India' Series. No other
biography of Lord William Bentinck exists.

6. Dhamoni is in the Sagar district of the Central Provinces, about
twenty-nine miles north of Sagar. The fort was taken by General
Marshall in 1818. It had been rebuilt by Raja Birsingh Deo of Orchha
on an enormous scale about the end of the sixteenth century. In the
original edition, the author's march is said to have taken place 'on
the 24th'. This must be a mistake for 'on the 4th'; as the last date,
that of the march to Bahrol, was the 3rd December. The author reached
Agra on January 1, 1836,

7. The number fifty-two is one of the Hindoo favourite numbers, like
seven, twelve, and eighty-four, held sacred for astronomical or
astrological reasons. Birsingh Deo was the younger brother of
Ramchand, head of the Bundela clan. To oblige Prince Salim,
afterwards the Emperor Jahangir, he murdered Abul Fazl, the
celebrated minister and historian of Akbar, on August 12, 1602,
Jahangir, after his accession, rewarded the murderer by allowing him
to supersede his brother in the