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CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA:

AN HISTORICAL NARRATIVE.

BY

JOHN WILLIAM KAYE,

AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF LORD METCALFE," "THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN
MALCOLM," "THE HISTORY OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN," ETC.

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.

1859.

[The right of translation is reserved.]

BY DEDICATING THIS VOLUME MOST AFFECTIONATELY TO

ALEXANDER DUFF,

I SEEK ONLY TO EXPRESS MY ADMIRATION OF HIS CHARACTER

AND MY GRATITUDE FOR HIS KINDNESS,

NOT TO ASSOCIATE HIS HONOURED NAME WITH OPINIONS

WHICH HE MAY NOT WHOLLY APPROVE.

Severance of Government Connexion with Idolatry-Employment of

Native agency-Administration of temple-funds-Landed endow-

ments - Money-payments - Missionary efforts-Bishop Wilson-

Connexion of Government Servants with Missionary schemes-The

Hindoo law of inheritance-Education

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431

Retrospect-Recapitulation

CONCLUSION.

Success the result of caution - The

question as affected by the Rebellion of 1857-—Our future policy—

Proposed demonstrations - Duty of the Government-Duty of

individuals-Conclusion

APPENDICES

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