The Indian Empire: Its Peoples, History, and ProductsSmith, Elder, & Company, 1893 - 852 pages |
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... Forest Regions of Southern India , Crops and Scenery of Southern India , Fourth Region of India : Burma , . CHAPTER II . THE PEOPLE . Feudatory India ; the Chiefs and their Powers , PAGE 61-64 • 64-67 67-74 67-70 ! 71 , 72 72 , 73 74 ...
... Forest Regions of Southern India , Crops and Scenery of Southern India , Fourth Region of India : Burma , . CHAPTER II . THE PEOPLE . Feudatory India ; the Chiefs and their Powers , PAGE 61-64 • 64-67 67-74 67-70 ! 71 , 72 72 , 73 74 ...
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... Forest Life , Temptation , and Teachings , His Later Years and Death ,. • The Northern and Southern Buddhist Schools , Political Life of Buddha ; his Opponents ; Devadatta , Doctrines of Buddha ; Karma , Nirvána , Moral Code of Buddha ...
... Forest Life , Temptation , and Teachings , His Later Years and Death ,. • The Northern and Southern Buddhist Schools , Political Life of Buddha ; his Opponents ; Devadatta , Doctrines of Buddha ; Karma , Nirvána , Moral Code of Buddha ...
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... Forest Department , Wanton Destruction of Forests ; Indian Timber Trees ,. Forest Conservancy ; its Results ; Revenue , . Nomadic Tillage ; its Destructiveness , Irrigation ; its Function in India , . • • • 592 , 593 • 593 , 594 • 594 ...
... Forest Department , Wanton Destruction of Forests ; Indian Timber Trees ,. Forest Conservancy ; its Results ; Revenue , . Nomadic Tillage ; its Destructiveness , Irrigation ; its Function in India , . • • • 592 , 593 • 593 , 594 • 594 ...
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... , wherever there is any depth of tilth . scenery . But , on the other hand , the torrents scour away the surface soil , and leave most of the mountain - sides bleak and bare . and forests . The upper ranges lie under eternal snow.
... , wherever there is any depth of tilth . scenery . But , on the other hand , the torrents scour away the surface soil , and leave most of the mountain - sides bleak and bare . and forests . The upper ranges lie under eternal snow.
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... forests , so that the rainfall now rushes quickly down their bare slopes , washing away the surface soil , and leaving no tilth in which new woods might grow up . The Indian Forest Department is endeavouring to repair this reckless ...
... forests , so that the rainfall now rushes quickly down their bare slopes , washing away the surface soil , and leaving no tilth in which new woods might grow up . The Indian Forest Department is endeavouring to repair this reckless ...
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aboriginal acres Afghán Akbar ancient army Aryan Asoka Assam Aurangzeb Behar Bengal Berár Bishop Bombay Bráhmanical Bráhmans British India Buddha Buddhist Burma Calcutta capital caste Catholic Census cent Central Provinces century A.D. chief Christian Church coast cultivation Deccan Delhi dialects District doctrine Dravidian dynasty east Emperor English European faith famine Feudatory Firishta forest Ganges Gangetic Gazetteer of India Government Greek Gujarát Himálayas Hindu Hinduism Húglí Imperial Gazetteer Indus irrigation Jahán Jains Kandh King kingdom land language legend Lord Madras Malabar Maráthás Megasthenes ment miles millions missionaries missions modern Mughal Empire Muhammadan Musalmán Nágá Native non-Aryan North-Western Provinces Northern Orissa Oudh Persian Peshwá population Portuguese Prákrits priests princes Punjab races Rájá Rájputs Ráma religion religious revenue river rule Sakya Sanskrit Santáls Scythian Scythic sect settlements Sháh Siva Southern India territory Thomas tion tribes Veda Vedic vernaculars Vishnu Vishnuite Western worship