Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 378 pages |
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... coast of Coromandel , by M. le Gentil , and which he had procured from Brahmins at Tirvalore . + - These four sets of tables and precepts of astronomy , procured , as has been observed , at different times , and distinct places , some ...
... coast of Coromandel , by M. le Gentil , and which he had procured from Brahmins at Tirvalore . + - These four sets of tables and precepts of astronomy , procured , as has been observed , at different times , and distinct places , some ...
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... coast of Coromandel , a pandal , a large room made of timbers and the broad leaves of the palm tree . A boy goes to school about the age of five years . He begins by writing the simple letters with chalk on the floor ; sometimes , with ...
... coast of Coromandel , a pandal , a large room made of timbers and the broad leaves of the palm tree . A boy goes to school about the age of five years . He begins by writing the simple letters with chalk on the floor ; sometimes , with ...
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... coast , about thirty - eight miles south from Madras . The first writ- ten account given of it , that we have seen , is one by Mr. Chambers , § and another by * Vincent , vol . ii . p . 413. - See also Thevenot . + Vol . iv . p . 407 ...
... coast , about thirty - eight miles south from Madras . The first writ- ten account given of it , that we have seen , is one by Mr. Chambers , § and another by * Vincent , vol . ii . p . 413. - See also Thevenot . + Vol . iv . p . 407 ...
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... coast . A peculiar character , formed from the Devanagari , but like the Tamla , much corrupted from it through the practice of writing on palm- leaves with an iron style , is called by the same name with the language of Carnatic ...
... coast . A peculiar character , formed from the Devanagari , but like the Tamla , much corrupted from it through the practice of writing on palm- leaves with an iron style , is called by the same name with the language of Carnatic ...
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... coast , and Achin and other places on the island of Sumatra . In the Indo- Chinese countries , the people inhabiting the peninsula of Malacca , and the coasts of the various islands , generally profess the L * " An attentive ...
... coast , and Achin and other places on the island of Sumatra . In the Indo- Chinese countries , the people inhabiting the peninsula of Malacca , and the coasts of the various islands , generally profess the L * " An attentive ...
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