Elena Blavatsky was born into a family of immigrants from Germany. Traveled a lot in Europe and Asia, and visited the USA. In her own words, she spent seven years in Tibet, where she received initiation into the occult mysteries. In 1873 she moved to New York and two years later founded the Theosophical Society. Soon, internal discord began in society, and Blavatsky left for India, where she continued to study theosophy. Blavatsky's main works are “Isis Unveiled” (1877) and “The Secret Doctrine” (1888). The work is part of the collection “Mysterious Tribes on the Blue Mountains. Durbar in Lahore.” Through the Simli Hills to Kalka and Umbala. – Sanitariums of India and the tea plantation of Indian Cincinnati. – Gardens of Pinjora, Maharaja of Puttial. - Chariots of torture. – Tracing paper and a happy family of scorpions. – Amritsa and its diverse nationalities. Sikhism and guru kings. – Visit to the Golden Temple. - The miraculous fountain. – We become “immortal.” – Amritsa Bazaar and the lamentations of its inhabitants. - The opinion of the British about the dominance of the British. – Black city and cantonments. – Devalli illumination. – 92 cookies fired from a cannon. Necessary retreat. – Anglo-Indians, Englishmen and England. - Who is guilty? – Rights of the British gardener and the Hindu gardener. – Concert of mutual complaints. – The difference is in the results of swearing on the “cow’s tail” or on the “Bhagavad Gita”. -What controls the British? - Coolie. – Anglo-Indian en deshabillé. – Lack of patriotism in Hindus. City of lepers. - The impotent anger of newspapers against Theosophists. – Lahore awaiting the Viceroy. - Lahore under the Muslims. – Its antiquity and by whom it was built. – Mausoleum Runjit Sita, his four wives and seven slaves. - The story of his beloved wife, Rani Chinda, and her death at Kensington. – Son of the “Old Lion of Punjab.” – Talisman Cannon. - Camp of the Maharajas. – Silver phaeton of Raja Jind. – Rivalry between two Nauabs. British Nimrod and the “striped ones.” -What's going on at the durbars? - Waiting for the Marquis to arrive. - Elephants and their rajas. – Princes and their political uncles. - The ceremonial arrival of the Viceroy. – Address of the municipality. – View of the procession from the old tower. – Strange behavior of the Maharaja of Kashmir. – Three-tier procession of elephants. – What does the native press think about durbars? Shalimar gardens and forget-me-nots from the banks of the Rhine. - Antediluvian crews. – Descending hierarchy of rajas and ascending hierarchy of conquerors. – British ideas about Russians. – What do Anglo-Indians revere? for a dog plus ultra “bon-ton”? – Olympus and the absence of ambrosia. – Happy rajas and hungry coolies. – Who should England fear? – Lunch of Scottish heroes. - William Tell of Kashmir. - The lanky major is trapped. – The truth stings even the heroes’ eyes. The Great Durbar. - The Rajahs are getting ready. – Judgment of Osiris-Amenti. – Osiris, Typhon and the condemned souls. - “Russian intrigue.” – 500 temptations. – How can the mystery of the “Russian intrigue” in India sometimes be resolved? - Danga. – I am being treated by astrologers. - Popularity of the Marquis of Ripon. - Homer and me. - I am saving myself in Benares. – Final.