Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... principal food of the inhabitants of Sindy , is fish and rice . " It appears from Strabo , that Aristobulus allowed only 1000 stadia for the basis of the Delta . " - Rennell . " Ptolemy assigns , as the confines of India on the west ...
... principal food of the inhabitants of Sindy , is fish and rice . " It appears from Strabo , that Aristobulus allowed only 1000 stadia for the basis of the Delta . " - Rennell . " Ptolemy assigns , as the confines of India on the west ...
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... principal ruins now to be seen , are a mosque lined with black marble , elaborately wrought ; and two gates of the citadel , which are strikingly grand and lofty . These fabrics , and some few others , appear to owe their duration to ...
... principal ruins now to be seen , are a mosque lined with black marble , elaborately wrought ; and two gates of the citadel , which are strikingly grand and lofty . These fabrics , and some few others , appear to owe their duration to ...
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... principal rivers that compose that extraordi- nary inland navigation , for which those provinces are famed ; and , moreover , secured by the Ganges and other rivers , on the only quarter from which Bengal has any cause for apprehension ...
... principal rivers that compose that extraordi- nary inland navigation , for which those provinces are famed ; and , moreover , secured by the Ganges and other rivers , on the only quarter from which Bengal has any cause for apprehension ...
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... principal fire temple and usual place of residence of Zoroaster , and of his royal protector Da- rius Hystaspes , was at Balkh , the capital of Bactria . Stationed so near the country of the Brachmans , this bold and judicious reformer ...
... principal fire temple and usual place of residence of Zoroaster , and of his royal protector Da- rius Hystaspes , was at Balkh , the capital of Bactria . Stationed so near the country of the Brachmans , this bold and judicious reformer ...
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... principal Brahmins , he succeeded in gaining their approbation to what he pro- posed . A compilation of a code of Hin- dū laws , by Pundits convened for the pur- pose ; a Persian version of it made under their inspection ; a translation ...
... principal Brahmins , he succeeded in gaining their approbation to what he pro- posed . A compilation of a code of Hin- dū laws , by Pundits convened for the pur- pose ; a Persian version of it made under their inspection ; a translation ...
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