Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... present denominated Mikran . These provinces , indeed , seem to be considered by Pliny , ( lib . vi . c . 20. ) rather as a part of the Indian than the Persian empire ; to which he adds that of Aria , whose capital is the modern Herat ...
... present denominated Mikran . These provinces , indeed , seem to be considered by Pliny , ( lib . vi . c . 20. ) rather as a part of the Indian than the Persian empire ; to which he adds that of Aria , whose capital is the modern Herat ...
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... present Hindustan proper , means only the region extending from the mountains on the north , * Sir William Jones . M. Langlès observes to the author : " Ceci est rigoureusement vrai pour l'ordre alphabétique et pour le système ...
... present Hindustan proper , means only the region extending from the mountains on the north , * Sir William Jones . M. Langlès observes to the author : " Ceci est rigoureusement vrai pour l'ordre alphabétique et pour le système ...
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... present bank of the Ganges than four miles ; and some parts of it , which are said to have been originally washed by that river , are * The betel or arrék nut , with the leaf of an aromatic plant , named generally Pahn , is almost ...
... present bank of the Ganges than four miles ; and some parts of it , which are said to have been originally washed by that river , are * The betel or arrék nut , with the leaf of an aromatic plant , named generally Pahn , is almost ...
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... present inhabitants informed him that it had been deserted during a pestilence , and had not again been peopled . * " The principal ruins now to be seen , are a mosque lined with black marble , elaborately wrought ; and two gates of the ...
... present inhabitants informed him that it had been deserted during a pestilence , and had not again been peopled . * " The principal ruins now to be seen , are a mosque lined with black marble , elaborately wrought ; and two gates of the ...
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... present site of Fyzabad , is supposed to have been the chief city of all those parts of India , before any of the above mentioned places . Sir William Jones , in speaking of Audh , or Ayodhya , The situation of Gour was highly ...
... present site of Fyzabad , is supposed to have been the chief city of all those parts of India , before any of the above mentioned places . Sir William Jones , in speaking of Audh , or Ayodhya , The situation of Gour was highly ...
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