Chapter 5 Mandalay and Gauhati 47-56

Mandalay, in Burma, the type of Buddhism; Gauhati, in Assam, the type of Hinduism 49

Visits to Maulmain and Bassein, in Burma, preceded both these 49

King Thebaw's palace, at Mandalay, a fortress built wholly of wood 50

The Hill of Mandalay and its pagoda, four pagodas in one 50

We ascend eight hundred steps by taking extemporized sedan-chairs 51

Four successive platforms and four images of Buddha 51

Waxwork figures at the top depict the vanity of life 52

The Kuthodaw in the plain below seen from this height 52

Four hundred and fifty pagodas in one, each with its Buddha and his law engraved on stone 52

The descent from Mandalay Hill more hazardous than the ascent 53

Buddhism compared with the religion of Christ 53

Gauhati, the capital of Assam, has also its temple on a hill 54

This temple illustrates Hinduism as Mandalay illustrates Buddhism 54

Its immoral cult claims to have an immoral origin in the wife of the god Siva 54

Its priestesses a source of corruption to the British college and the whole country 55

Vain attempts to interpret Hindu myth and worship symbolically 55

The need of Christian teaching as to sin and atonement 56