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pope from See also:December 384 to See also:November 399, successor of See also:Damasus. Siricius was averse from countenancing the See also:influence of the monks, and did not treat See also:Jerome with the favour with which he had been honoured by preceding popes, with the result that Jerome See also:left See also:Rome and settled at See also:Bethlehem. Some years later, however, Siricius condemned the See also:anti-ascetic doctrines of See also:Jovinianus. Several of the decretal letters of Siricius are extant, in which, at the See also:request of certain See also:groups of Western bishops, he sets forth the rules of ecclesiastical discipline. It was under his pontificate that a See also:general See also:council was convened at See also:Capua in 391, at which various Eastern affairs were brought forward. See also:Theophilus, See also:bishop of See also:Alexandria, at the request of Siricius, had two important disputes settled by two See also:councils held in 393 at Caesarea and Contantinople, See also:relating respectively to the See also:sees of See also:Antioch and Bostra. The council of Capua, inspired by the pope, deferred to the council of See also:Macedonia the affair of Bonosus, bishop of See also:Sardinia, who had been accused of See also:heresy. TO safeguard the authority of the See also:Holy See over the bishops of Illyricum, Siricius entrusted his See also:powers to the bishop of Thessalonica, who was henceforth the See also:vicar of the pope in those provinces. In 386 Siricius had protested against the attitude of Bishop Ithacius, the accuser of See also:Priscillian, and this protest he resolutely maintained, although he disapproved of the doctrines other See also:game, with which they abound. The See also:climate of See also:Sirmur varies with the See also:elevation; the See also:northern extremity has very little See also:rain; but large and excellent crops are everywhere to be obtained by See also:irrigation. The See also:population in 1901 was 135,687, showing an increase of 9% in the See also:decade. Estimated See also:gross See also:revenue, £40,000.

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chief, whose See also:title is See also:raja, is a See also:Rajput of high lineage. The raja Shamsher Perkash, G.C.S.I., who died in 1898, ruled with remarkable ability and success. A younger son commanded the Imperial Service sappers in the See also:Tirah See also:campaign of 1896-97, and was rewarded with the See also:rank of honorary See also:captain in the See also:Indian See also:army and the distinction of C.I.E. Attempts have been made to establish an See also:iron foundry, and to develop mines of See also:slate and See also:mica. The See also:town of Nahan is situated about 40 M. S. of See also:Simla, 3057 ft. above the See also:sea-level. The See also:palace of the raja and several other houses are built of See also:stone in See also:European See also:style. It had a population in 1901 of 6256.

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