In fact, the legend associated with the founding of Mandi town, as symbolised by this composition, had definite ophiolatrous background, as we find elsewhere in the Western Himalayan region about the founding of many temples, in which a snake, a cow, a cowherd and a lingam are the essential characters.

She had outraged every rule of the court, mocked their proprieties, and infringed their decorums; yet they talked of her genius, and called her la Reine philosophique.

The revolt touched bottom, reduced to little more than 350 active maquisards.

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