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... have been of much more ancient date . We find in Stewart's account of Bengal , that Gour was the capital of a Mohammedan dynasty two centuries before Akber . says , that according to the reports of the Brahmins ON ANCIENT INDIA . 13.
... have been of much more ancient date . We find in Stewart's account of Bengal , that Gour was the capital of a Mohammedan dynasty two centuries before Akber . says , that according to the reports of the Brahmins ON ANCIENT INDIA . 13.
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Quintin Craufurd. says , that according to the reports of the Brahmins , it extended over a line of ten Yojans , or about forty miles ; and that the present city of Lachnau , or Lucnow , was only a suburb , called Lacshmanadwara , or the ...
Quintin Craufurd. says , that according to the reports of the Brahmins , it extended over a line of ten Yojans , or about forty miles ; and that the present city of Lachnau , or Lucnow , was only a suburb , called Lacshmanadwara , or the ...
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... Brahmins , sole depositories of the Hindu laws and doctrines , were also * The desire of converting all the inhabitants of Hindustan , seems to have excited Tippoo Sultan to the projects which terminated so fatally for him , even more ...
... Brahmins , sole depositories of the Hindu laws and doctrines , were also * The desire of converting all the inhabitants of Hindustan , seems to have excited Tippoo Sultan to the projects which terminated so fatally for him , even more ...
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... Brahmins , and with that , their caution and reserve . Mr. Hastings on being appointed Governor - General of the British possessions in India , made it an object of his particular attention , to remove their fears . He wished to obtain ...
... Brahmins , and with that , their caution and reserve . Mr. Hastings on being appointed Governor - General of the British possessions in India , made it an object of his particular attention , to remove their fears . He wished to obtain ...
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... Brahmins and devout persons in India have done from the remotest ages . In the orgies of Bacchus , the egg was consecrated and held in veneration as a symbol of the world , and of him who contains every thing within himself . " Consule ...
... Brahmins and devout persons in India have done from the remotest ages . In the orgies of Bacchus , the egg was consecrated and held in veneration as a symbol of the world , and of him who contains every thing within himself . " Consule ...
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| Title | Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India |
| Author | Quintin Craufurd |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2016 |
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