Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
SHOW CITY OF INDIA
JAlPUR A SCENE OF uNEouALED
MAcNiFicENcE.
Gorgeous coIors and Teeming Life
Bring Eulogies from European Viz
itors Who See This Capital of Ma
tive State f1 the First Time.

India is the land of picturesque cit
lies, but it is universally conceded that
Jaipur-the Jeypore of our old-fash-
Toned geographical books-is the most
beautiful of them all. 1t is the metrop-
oils of the state of the same name,
this being one of the tributary native
provinces in the important territory
of Rajputana- The name of Ralph
tana is famous throughout India. 1t
represents a magnificent cluster OF
states lying in the Northwest, be-
tween Punjab and the Central states
Each of these twenty Rajput states
enjoys its own autonomy. with a sep
arate chief, together with British
resident
The state of Jaipur covers an area
of nearly $4,000 square miles. The
population now reaches about $780,
000-~ OF these some are pure Rajputs
of the old dominant caste; others are
of various inferior castles; some are
Mohammedans, and some belong to
the curious Jain sect, whose shrineS
are usually placed on the crests of the
highest hills, and who form a very
wealthy and influential part of the
community.
Native civilization in India is at it's
very best in Jaipur. That city is the
commercial capital and banking cen
ter for all the Rajput states Most of
the exchange for the whole of the
great Rajputana province is transact
ed here. The lovely city is one of In
dia's most exquisite show places,
which astonishes every visitor by its
superlative beauty, but 1t is a veri-
table hive of industry. The people.
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all day ply their work in the shops
and sheds. On the sidewalk men are
being shaved, and dyers come and
wave fiaring strips of green, red or
blue cloth in the sunshine. Women
with their spinning wheels, potters
turning the clay, brassworkers, cot
ton ginners, wheat winnowers, gold
wire drawers, silversmiths, shoemak-
-ers and multitudes of handicraftsmen
ceaselessly pursue their avocations in
full view of all who may choose to
look on; while monkeys sport on the
roofs, and the teeming bird-life for
which India is SO famous adds to the
animation of the scene. Flocks of par
rots, pigeons and crows fit about
every gable.
1t is, however, the perennial sunrise
and sunset colors in which it is steep
ed which impart it's peculiar fascina-
ton to Jaipur. 1t is the coral city of
India, flushed all over with soft, yet
brilliant, rose tints. This extraordi-
nary city presents an Incompatible
aspect 1t won an extravagant eulo-
GUM from Sir Edwin Arnold. He was
especially delighted with that Hawai-
Mahai-"Hall of the Winds'-or nine
stored Zenana, which forms the
frontispiece of the Maharajah's palace.
1t is indeed vision of daring and
dainty loneliness, with it's rosy ma
sonry and delicate overhanging balco-
MES and latticed windows, soaring
tier above tier in fanciful architecture
in pyramfdal form. Other grand
buildings, besides the splendid white
marble palace, are the Maharajahs
College for thousand boys, and the
museum, one of the noblest institu-
tons of the kind in India. In the
menagerie, maintained at the Mahara-
jah's own cost. are a dozen terrible
man-eating tigers, trapped in the jun
giles after devouring many an unfor-
tunate stray villager.