Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... writings which had hitherto been so carefully concealed from the public . * Lord Teignmouth , author of his Memoirs , informs us , that in a note , in Jones's hand - writing , found amongst his papers , twenty - eight languages are ...
... writings which had hitherto been so carefully concealed from the public . * Lord Teignmouth , author of his Memoirs , informs us , that in a note , in Jones's hand - writing , found amongst his papers , twenty - eight languages are ...
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... Menu , comprising the Indian system of duties , religious and civil . * See Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir William Jones , vol . ii . p . 307 . Menu is considered by the Hindūs as a sacred lawgiver ON ANCIENT INDIA . 25.
... Menu , comprising the Indian system of duties , religious and civil . * See Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir William Jones , vol . ii . p . 307 . Menu is considered by the Hindūs as a sacred lawgiver ON ANCIENT INDIA . 25.
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... writings , the * Vincent . + The practice of exposing children to sale , legalised anciently in Greece , and still practised in China , Dr. Vincent observes , never existed in India . In Greece , says he , " a parent was allowed to ...
... writings , the * Vincent . + The practice of exposing children to sale , legalised anciently in Greece , and still practised in China , Dr. Vincent observes , never existed in India . In Greece , says he , " a parent was allowed to ...
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... writings , we may suspect to be nothing more than pieces of metals of a certain weight and touch , prepared for the purposes to which money is applied . But , notwithstanding the preceding doubts we have stated relative to the existence ...
... writings , we may suspect to be nothing more than pieces of metals of a certain weight and touch , prepared for the purposes to which money is applied . But , notwithstanding the preceding doubts we have stated relative to the existence ...
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... 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 European god and Ayodhya , whom ...
... 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 European god and Ayodhya , whom ...
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