brewery. The
city is well supplied with hospitals including two for women only.
Higher education has been fostered by S. Stephen's College in charge of
the Cambridge Missionary brotherhood. The Hindu college has not been
very successful. Delhi has had famous "hakims," practising the Yunani or
Arabic system of medicine, which is taught in a flourishing school known
as the Madrasa i Tibbiya.

~Imperial Darbars.~--In this generation the plain to the north of the
Ridge has been the scene of three splendid _darbars_. When on 1st
January, 1877, Queen Victoria assumed the title of Empress of India
(_Kaisar i Hind_) it seemed fitting that the proclamation of the fact to
the princes and peoples of India should be made by Lord Lytton at the
old seat of imperial power. On 1st January, 1903, Lord Curzon held a
_darbar_ on the same spot to proclaim the coronation of King Edward the
VIIth. Both these splendid ceremonies were surpassed by the _darbar_ of
12th December, 1911, when King George and Queen Mary were present in
person, and the Emperor received the homage of the ruling chiefs, the
great officials, and the leading men of the different provinces. The
King and Queen entered Delhi on 7th December, and in the week that
followed the craving of the Indian peoples for "_darshan_" or a sight
of their sovereign was abundantly gratified. None who saw the spectacles
of that historic week will ever forget them.

[Illustration: Fig. 146. Darbar Medal.]

New Imperial Capital.--The turn of Fortune's Wheel has again made Delhi
an imperial city. The transfer of the seat of government from Calcutta
announced by the King Emperor at the _darbar_, is now being carried out.
The site will probably extend from Safdar Jang's tomb to a point lying
to the west of Firoz Shah's citadel.

~Lahore~ (31.34 N., 74.21 E.). The capital of the Panjab lies on the east
bank of the Ravi, which once flowed close to the Fort, but has moved a
mile or two to the west. In high floods the waters still spread over the
lowlands between the Ravi and the Fort. Lahore lies nearly halfway
between Delhi and Peshawar, being nearer to the latter than to the
former.

~Early History.~--Practically we know nothing of its history till Mahmud
conquered the Panjab and put a garrison in a fort at Lahore. Henceforth
its history was intimately connected with Muhammadan rule in India.
Whether north-western India was ruled from Ghazni or from Delhi, the
chief provincial governor had