The Indian Empire: Its History, People and ProductsLondon, 1882 - 568 pages |
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... Presidency , I alluded only to the local accounts prepared by the District officers , without specifically mention- ing the assistance which I derived from Mr. M'Iver , of the Madras Civil Service . I gladly avail myself of this ...
... Presidency , I alluded only to the local accounts prepared by the District officers , without specifically mention- ing the assistance which I derived from Mr. M'Iver , of the Madras Civil Service . I gladly avail myself of this ...
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... Presidency , receding inland and leaving broad , level tracts between their base and the coast . The Western Ghats form the great sea - wall of the Bombay Presidency , with only a narrow strip between them and the shore . Some of them ...
... Presidency , receding inland and leaving broad , level tracts between their base and the coast . The Western Ghats form the great sea - wall of the Bombay Presidency , with only a narrow strip between them and the shore . Some of them ...
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... Presidency , viz . the Godávari , the Kistna ( Krishna ) , and the Káveri ( Cauvery ) , rise in the mountains overhanging the Bom- bay coast , and traverse the whole breadth of the central table- land before they reach the sea on the ...
... Presidency , viz . the Godávari , the Kistna ( Krishna ) , and the Káveri ( Cauvery ) , rise in the mountains overhanging the Bom- bay coast , and traverse the whole breadth of the central table- land before they reach the sea on the ...
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... Presidency is scanty , seldom exceeding 40 inches in the year . The deltas of the three great rivers along the Madras coast form , however , tracts of inexhaustible fertility ; and much is done by irrigation to husband and utilize both ...
... Presidency is scanty , seldom exceeding 40 inches in the year . The deltas of the three great rivers along the Madras coast form , however , tracts of inexhaustible fertility ; and much is done by irrigation to husband and utilize both ...
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... Presidency of Madras shows a diminution of 2'4 per cent .; while the Native State of Mysore , which felt the full effects of the long - continued dearth of 1876-79 , has 17 per cent . fewer inhabitants now than it had ten years ago ...
... Presidency of Madras shows a diminution of 2'4 per cent .; while the Native State of Mysore , which felt the full effects of the long - continued dearth of 1876-79 , has 17 per cent . fewer inhabitants now than it had ten years ago ...
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Page 133 - Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed? Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine? I name thee, O Sakoontala! and all at once is said.
Page 279 - The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care, as much as our trade : — 'tis that must maintain our force, when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade: 'tis that must make us a nation in India...
Page 95 - He who by His might looked even over the water-clouds, the clouds which gave strength and lit the sacrifice, He who is God above all gods. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice...
Page 279 - ... tis that must make us a nation in India. Without that we are but a great number of interlopers, united by His Majesty's royal charter, fit only to trade where nobody of power thinks it their interest to prevent us. And upon this account it is that the wise Dutch, in all their general advices that we have seen, write ten paragraphs concerning their government, their civil and military policy, warfare, and the increase of their revenue, for one paragraph they write concerning trade.
Page 267 - Vasco da Gama, a nobleman of your household, has visited my kingdom, and has given me great pleasure. In my kingdom there is abundance of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, pepper, and precious stones. What I seek from thy country is gold, silver, coral, and scarlet.
Page 93 - If I go along trembling like a cloud driven by the wind, have mercy, almighty, have mercy.
Page 94 - Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice ? " He who gives life. He who gives strength ; whose blessing all the bright gods desire ; whose shadow is immortality, whose shadow is death. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice ? " He who through his power is the only king of the breathing and awakening world.
Page 95 - Where there is eternal light, in the world where the sun is placed, in that immortal, imperishable world, place me, O Soma. " Where King Vaivasvata reigns, where the secret place of heaven is, where these mighty waters are : there make me immortal.
Page 323 - Company, numbering about 24,000 officers and men, were amalgamated with the royal service, and the Indian navy was abolished. By the Indian Councils Act (1861), the Governor-General's Council, and also the Councils at Madras and Bombay, were augmented by the addition of non-official members, either Natives or Europeans, for legislative purposes only ; and, by another Act passed in the same year, High Courts of Judicature were constituted out of the old Supreme Courts at the Presidency towns.
Page 318 - We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst, and overwhelm us with ruin.