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... centuries before Akber . says , that according to the reports of the Brahmins ON ANCIENT INDIA . 13.
... centuries before Akber . says , that according to the reports of the Brahmins ON ANCIENT INDIA . 13.
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says , that according to the reports of the Brahmins , it extended over a line of ten Yojans , or about forty miles ; and that the present city of Lachnau , or Lucnow , was only a suburb , called Lacshmanadwara , or the gate of Lacshman ...
says , that according to the reports of the Brahmins , it extended over a line of ten Yojans , or about forty miles ; and that the present city of Lachnau , or Lucnow , was only a suburb , called Lacshmanadwara , or the gate of Lacshman ...
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The Brahmins , sole depositories of the Hindu laws and doctrines , were also * The desire of converting all the inhabitants of Hindustan , seems to have excited Tippoo Sultan to the projects which terminated so fatally for him ...
The Brahmins , sole depositories of the Hindu laws and doctrines , were also * The desire of converting all the inhabitants of Hindustan , seems to have excited Tippoo Sultan to the projects which terminated so fatally for him ...
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Some endeavours to obtain information on those subjects , had not only proved fruitless , but had even tended to encrease the distrust of the Brahmins , and with that , their caution and reserve . Mr. Hastings on being appointed ...
Some endeavours to obtain information on those subjects , had not only proved fruitless , but had even tended to encrease the distrust of the Brahmins , and with that , their caution and reserve . Mr. Hastings on being appointed ...
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They abstained from eating any animal food , or eggs , as the Brahmins and devout persons in India have done from the remotest ages . In the orgies of Bacchus , the egg was consecrated and held in veneration as a symbol of the world ...
They abstained from eating any animal food , or eggs , as the Brahmins and devout persons in India have done from the remotest ages . In the orgies of Bacchus , the egg was consecrated and held in veneration as a symbol of the world ...
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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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