...which the latter replied, by asking', ' Whether Alia Bhye, by spending double the money on an armjr that she did in charity and good works, could have...she rendered her subjects happy, and herself adored? JVo person,* he added, ' doubts the sincerity of her piety : but if she had merely po^ses^ed worldly...

...extracts. The following are the words of an intelligent Brahman to Sir John Malcolm : " Whether Alia Bae, by spending "double the money on an army that she...in charity and good works, could have preserved her ceuntry for above thirty years in a state of profound peace, while she rendered her subjects happy...