Sometimes villages, to the last soul in them, were brushed from existence and known no more to man.

And this might be one of them.

Yet indications of a village were nowhere to be seen.

It was merely a temple, perhaps miles from the nearest village, deserted save by prowling wild beasts, the winds, the sunshine and the moonshine.

She looked far and wide for any signs of human habitation.
She commanded Rajah to kneel.