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... called by the Indians Himodhi , * meaning the receptacle of Snow , separated it on the north - east from the countries included under the general name of Scythia extra Imaum . † " India then on its most enlarged scale , * By Europeans ...
... called by the Indians Himodhi , * meaning the receptacle of Snow , separated it on the north - east from the countries included under the general name of Scythia extra Imaum . † " India then on its most enlarged scale , * By Europeans ...
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... called upon , were obliged at a festival named Rajasuya , or royal sacrifice , to attend the Mahah Rajah , and serve in their respective offices . * In the territories of these , as well as in the immediate territories of the Mahah ...
... called upon , were obliged at a festival named Rajasuya , or royal sacrifice , to attend the Mahah Rajah , and serve in their respective offices . * In the territories of these , as well as in the immediate territories of the Mahah ...
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... called also Lucknouti , supposed to be the Gangia Regia of Ptolemy , stood on the left bank of the Ganges , about twenty - five miles below Rajemahal ; no part of the site of ancient Gour , however , is now nearer to the present bank of ...
... called also Lucknouti , supposed to be the Gangia Regia of Ptolemy , stood on the left bank of the Ganges , about twenty - five miles below Rajemahal ; no part of the site of ancient Gour , however , is now nearer to the present bank of ...
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... called Lacshmanadwara , or the gate of Lacshman , brother of Rama . * Though Pythagoras , it is said , had visited India ; and though , from what has been transmitted to us of his doctrines , it is evident that many of them must have ...
... called Lacshmanadwara , or the gate of Lacshman , brother of Rama . * Though Pythagoras , it is said , had visited India ; and though , from what has been transmitted to us of his doctrines , it is evident that many of them must have ...
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... called , of the Veda , prove the author to have adored not the visible material sun , but that divine and incomparably greater light , to use the words of the most venerable text in the Indian scripture , which illumines all , delights ...
... called , of the Veda , prove the author to have adored not the visible material sun , but that divine and incomparably greater light , to use the words of the most venerable text in the Indian scripture , which illumines all , delights ...
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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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