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In the beginning of 1794 , very shortly before his death , he published a translation of the Ordinances of Menu , comprising the Indian system of duties , religious and civil . Menu is considered by the Hindus as a sacred lawgiver.
In the beginning of 1794 , very shortly before his death , he published a translation of the Ordinances of Menu , comprising the Indian system of duties , religious and civil . Menu is considered by the Hindus as a sacred lawgiver.
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The inviolability of a Brahmin , is a fixed principle in the Hindu legislation : it is ordained by law , and sanctified by religion : to deprive him of life , either by direct violence , or by causing his death in any other manner ...
The inviolability of a Brahmin , is a fixed principle in the Hindu legislation : it is ordained by law , and sanctified by religion : to deprive him of life , either by direct violence , or by causing his death in any other manner ...
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sage in Pausanias ; who , after saying that money was not in use in Greece , at the time of the death of Polydorus , king of Lacedæmon , ( that is about 720 years before our æra , and above 800 after the arrival in Greece of Cadmus ...
sage in Pausanias ; who , after saying that money was not in use in Greece , at the time of the death of Polydorus , king of Lacedæmon , ( that is about 720 years before our æra , and above 800 after the arrival in Greece of Cadmus ...
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360 before our æra , or about 100 years after the death of that Alexander , was so elated at having gained the prize of the chariot race at the Olympic games that he caused coins to be struck , with a chariot upon them .
360 before our æra , or about 100 years after the death of that Alexander , was so elated at having gained the prize of the chariot race at the Olympic games that he caused coins to be struck , with a chariot upon them .
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Both , however , date above a hundred years after the death of Pericles ; -a circumstance that seems extraordinary , when we consider the abundance of gold and silver coins at Athens at that epoch , and the connexion which had so long ...
Both , however , date above a hundred years after the death of Pericles ; -a circumstance that seems extraordinary , when we consider the abundance of gold and silver coins at Athens at that epoch , and the connexion which had so long ...
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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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