He had been inundated with correspondence from the two hemispheres; he had been persecuted by callers of many nationalities; a strange grey-haired woman with the inspired eyes of a Sita who had addressed him as Master and acclaimed him one long expected, and a party of little brown men, turbaned and urbane, from India, who spoke of the Vishnu-Purana, hailing him as a brother, and whose presence had conjured up pictures of the forests of hindustan.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
The deltas of the great rivers of hindustan afford corroboration as to man's antiquity.
"Theological Essays"
Charles Bradlaugh
From here hindustan has drawn its supply of these animals for many centuries.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou