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... were supposed to belong to the Ghiznjan empire , on both sides of the Indus , he , early in 1398 , crossed that river , marched to and subdued Moultan , while his grandfather advanced at the head of a powerful army from Samarcand .
... were supposed to belong to the Ghiznjan empire , on both sides of the Indus , he , early in 1398 , crossed that river , marched to and subdued Moultan , while his grandfather advanced at the head of a powerful army from Samarcand .
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and provinces of Delhy , marched with a part of his army in a north - east direction as far as the place where the Ganges issues out of the mountains of Srinagur , about 100 miles E.N. E. of Hurdwar . From thence , moving in a north ...
and provinces of Delhy , marched with a part of his army in a north - east direction as far as the place where the Ganges issues out of the mountains of Srinagur , about 100 miles E.N. E. of Hurdwar . From thence , moving in a north ...
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... Bacchus on his return from Asia , passing with his army through the deserts of Lybia , was in danger of perishing for want of water , when his father Jupiter appearing in the shape of a ram , conducted him to a fountain .
... Bacchus on his return from Asia , passing with his army through the deserts of Lybia , was in danger of perishing for want of water , when his father Jupiter appearing in the shape of a ram , conducted him to a fountain .
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“ Both Greeks and Romans had writings and traditionary accounts of his giving laws to men , and of his conquests in India , with an army of satyrs . It were superfluous in a mere essay , to go any length in the parallel between this ...
“ Both Greeks and Romans had writings and traditionary accounts of his giving laws to men , and of his conquests in India , with an army of satyrs . It were superfluous in a mere essay , to go any length in the parallel between this ...
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Might not this army of satyrs have been merely a race of mountaineers ? --- However that may be , the large breed of Indian apes is , at this moment , held in high veneration by the Ilindūs , and fed with devotion by the Brahmins ...
Might not this army of satyrs have been merely a race of mountaineers ? --- However that may be , the large breed of Indian apes is , at this moment , held in high veneration by the Ilindūs , and fed with devotion by the Brahmins ...
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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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