Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... Persia by a long ridge of lofty rocky mountains ; which , at the time of Alexander's expedition , were inhabited by a people , by the Greeks named Arabitæ : * consequently , India to the west of the Indus comprised Cabul , Candahar ...
... Persia by a long ridge of lofty rocky mountains ; which , at the time of Alexander's expedition , were inhabited by a people , by the Greeks named Arabitæ : * consequently , India to the west of the Indus comprised Cabul , Candahar ...
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... Persian empire ; to which he adds that of Aria , whose capital is the modern Herat . " - Maurice's Indian Antiquities , vol . i . pp . 151 , 152 . those two great rivers , both of which have their B 2 ON ANCIENT INDIA . 3.
... Persian empire ; to which he adds that of Aria , whose capital is the modern Herat . " - Maurice's Indian Antiquities , vol . i . pp . 151 , 152 . those two great rivers , both of which have their B 2 ON ANCIENT INDIA . 3.
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... Persia , by the Arachosian mountains ; bounded on the east by the Chinese part of the further peninsula ; confined on the north by the wilds of Tartary , and extending to the south as far as the isles of Java . This trapezium ...
... Persia , by the Arachosian mountains ; bounded on the east by the Chinese part of the further peninsula ; confined on the north by the wilds of Tartary , and extending to the south as far as the isles of Java . This trapezium ...
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... Persian words , Hindu and stan , meaning the country of black people . This mode of derivation is very common with the Persians , as Dahæ - stan , Tabor - stan , Curdstan , Moghol - stan ; but whatever may have been the origin of Hindu ...
... Persian words , Hindu and stan , meaning the country of black people . This mode of derivation is very common with the Persians , as Dahæ - stan , Tabor - stan , Curdstan , Moghol - stan ; but whatever may have been the origin of Hindu ...
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... Persians , it appears , had not only subdued some of the * Asiat . Res . vol . i . p . 259 . The extent given to this city in the Ayeen Akbery , is fabulous : but it is there said , ( and it probably may be true ) that it was the ...
... Persians , it appears , had not only subdued some of the * Asiat . Res . vol . i . p . 259 . The extent given to this city in the Ayeen Akbery , is fabulous : but it is there said , ( and it probably may be true ) that it was the ...
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