The Indian Empire: Its History, People and ProductsLondon, 1882 - 568 pages |
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... Supply , History of previous Famines , 1769 to 1876 , The Famine of 1876-78 ; its Area , Remedial Efforts ; Mortality , Famine a Weak Check on Population , ˇ ˇ PAGE 426 426 , 427 427 , 428 428 , 429 429 , 430 430 , 431 431 CHAPTER XVII ...
... Supply , History of previous Famines , 1769 to 1876 , The Famine of 1876-78 ; its Area , Remedial Efforts ; Mortality , Famine a Weak Check on Population , ˇ ˇ PAGE 426 426 , 427 427 , 428 428 , 429 429 , 430 430 , 431 431 CHAPTER XVII ...
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... supply . for the tropical plains below . Throughout the summer vast quantities of water are exhaled from the Indian Ocean . This moisture gathers into vapour , and is borne northward by the monsoon or regular wind , which sets in from ...
... supply . for the tropical plains below . Throughout the summer vast quantities of water are exhaled from the Indian Ocean . This moisture gathers into vapour , and is borne northward by the monsoon or regular wind , which sets in from ...
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... supply of the Indian rivers throughout the year . This heavy rainfall renders the southern slopes of the Himálayas very fertile , wherever there is any depth of tilth . But , on the other hand , the torrents scour away the surface soil ...
... supply of the Indian rivers throughout the year . This heavy rainfall renders the southern slopes of the Himálayas very fertile , wherever there is any depth of tilth . But , on the other hand , the torrents scour away the surface soil ...
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... feet . These 2000 feet supply its fall during the remaining 940 miles of its course . The estimated discharge of the Indus , after receiving all its The Tsan- pu or Brahma- putra . tributaries , varies INDUS , SUTLEJ . ] 33 INDIA .
... feet . These 2000 feet supply its fall during the remaining 940 miles of its course . The estimated discharge of the Indus , after receiving all its The Tsan- pu or Brahma- putra . tributaries , varies INDUS , SUTLEJ . ] 33 INDIA .
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... supplies a precious store of water for irrigation works at various points along its course , and forms the great highway of the Southern Punjab and Sind . In its lower course it sends forth distributaries across a wide delta , with ...
... supplies a precious store of water for irrigation works at various points along its course , and forms the great highway of the Southern Punjab and Sind . In its lower course it sends forth distributaries across a wide delta , with ...
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aboriginal acres Afghán Afghánistán Akbar ancient army Aryan Asoka Assam Aurangzeb average Behar Berar Bombay Bráh Bráhmans Brahmaputra British Burma British India Buddha Buddhist Calcutta capital caste cent Central Provinces century A.D. chief coast cotton crop cultivation cwts death Deccan Delhi delta District dynasty east Emperor English European exports famine feet Firishta forest Ganges Gangetic Government Greek hill Himalayas Hindu Hinduism Imperial Gazetteer Indus irrigation Jahán Kábul Kandh Khán king kingdom Kshattriyas Lord Lower Bengal Madras Málwá Marhattá Megasthenes ment miles millions sterling Mughal Empire Muhammadan Musalmán Mysore Nágá native non-Aryan North-Western Provinces Northern Orissa Oudh Patná Peshwá plains population Portuguese priests princes Punjab Purána races rainfall Rájá Rájputs Ráma religion religious rice Rig-Veda river rule Sanskrit Santáls Scythian sect settlements Sháh Siva Southern India territory tion tracts trade tribes valley Veda Vedic village Vishnu Western worship
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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.