tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post3022855833904648472..comments2024-03-23T04:12:08.762-07:00Comments on Big Blue 1840-1940: India- Officials and Convention StatesJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-69595260668668460772012-12-04T13:16:29.566-08:002012-12-04T13:16:29.566-08:00Thanks Dennis
I fixed the glitch.
The Hindi scri...<br />Thanks Dennis<br /><br />I fixed the glitch.<br /><br />The Hindi script-and what one does with it- is a bonus. I'm certainly no expert. ;-)Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-55300440415106750802012-12-04T10:04:10.776-08:002012-12-04T10:04:10.776-08:00I never realized that the convention states were a...I never realized that the convention states were all clustered around the Punjab. It's things like that that help a person "get the picture."<br /><br />DennisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-32285514593439582922012-12-04T10:03:01.206-08:002012-12-04T10:03:01.206-08:00Thanks, Jim, for this. It cuts through the "...Thanks, Jim, for this. It cuts through the "noise" and clarified, for me, for the first time, the "convention states" and "feudatory states" business. The maps were helpful.<br /><br />I can't figure out how one gets "service" out of the Hindi (the caption above the alphabet chart has "Hindu" by mistake) overprint on the Gwalior stamps. Is it the Hindi word for "service" and thus only 4 or so letters? That's all I can make out.<br /><br />But even that is far more than I previously knew about Hindi--to have the alphabet chart and be able to recognize even a character or two (okay, it was easier because I already knew what letters I was looking for, since you told us what it said) is an advance.<br /><br />Dennis<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com