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... Sanscrit , is Sindhou , though it be vulgarly pronounced Sind , and Sindhy . One of the names of this country also , is Bharat , from an ancient sovereign whose dominions were so extensive , as , in the hyperbolical language of the east ...
... Sanscrit , is Sindhou , though it be vulgarly pronounced Sind , and Sindhy . One of the names of this country also , is Bharat , from an ancient sovereign whose dominions were so extensive , as , in the hyperbolical language of the east ...
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... Sanscrit , with numerous other circumstances , obstructed inquiry ; happily those obstacles have since been removed . The conquests of the Mohammedans were not merely suggested by ambition , but excited by the wish of propagating their ...
... Sanscrit , with numerous other circumstances , obstructed inquiry ; happily those obstacles have since been removed . The conquests of the Mohammedans were not merely suggested by ambition , but excited by the wish of propagating their ...
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... Sanscrit language , by Mr. ( now Dr. ) C. Wilkins , were all executed and published under his patronage . * The work thus begun by Mr. Hastings , was successfully prosecuted under the auspices of the late Sir William Jones , who had ...
... Sanscrit language , by Mr. ( now Dr. ) C. Wilkins , were all executed and published under his patronage . * The work thus begun by Mr. Hastings , was successfully prosecuted under the auspices of the late Sir William Jones , who had ...
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... Sanscrit , and from his extraordinary facility in learning languages , he in an astonishingly short space of time , attained a complete know* See Asiatic Researches , or Transactions of the Society at Calcutta . ledge of it . * Aided by ...
... Sanscrit , and from his extraordinary facility in learning languages , he in an astonishingly short space of time , attained a complete know* See Asiatic Researches , or Transactions of the Society at Calcutta . ledge of it . * Aided by ...
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... Sanscrit . " Eight studied less perfectly , but all intelligible with a dictionary . " Twelve least perfectly , but all attainable ; " and amongst these we find the Tibetian , Pâli , Phalavi , Deri , Syriac , Ethiopic , Coptic , and ...
... Sanscrit . " Eight studied less perfectly , but all intelligible with a dictionary . " Twelve least perfectly , but all attainable ; " and amongst these we find the Tibetian , Pâli , Phalavi , Deri , Syriac , Ethiopic , Coptic , and ...
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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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