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his feeling that the Jain people were deserving of intimate study. I
Mr. Whish thought they owed a debt to the lecturer for baving brought so important a subject to their notice. One of the first necessities for successful administration in india was to comprehend the vast congeries of races and customs, and for that comprehension tolerant and sympathetic views or religions whose tenets conflicted with their own were essential. The historical part of the question was of intense interest. It was at first thought that Jainism was an offspring of Buddhism but later researches had shown that the fact was the other way. It would be interesting if the lecturer could give them information on this subject. The subject suggested by the chairman as to the extent to which Jainism was indebted to the Greek inspiration was also a subject of great interest. He could not follow the lecture in his philosophical observations. It seemed almost too intricate a subject for any one but an expert. He thought that all movements for the humane treatment of animals must be largely indebted to
The Bhabrah women are known in Hoshiarpur for their skill and industry in needlework-in the production especially of those bandsome embroideries, coloured floss of coarse quality sown on a ground of coloured cotton cloth, called in the Punjab phulkari or chob, so much in demand for domestic decoration in Rogland and elsewhere.
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