Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... 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 . " - Maurice's Indian Antiquities , vol . i . pp . 151 , 152 ...
... 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 . " - Maurice's Indian Antiquities , vol . i . pp . 151 , 152 ...
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... degre 1575 , but is n extent of the lation , " says fifteen miles i : of the Gauges " However , a the Ganges now r during the rainy Mahanada river , municates with the Menu is considered by the Hindūs as a sa- cred 10 ON ANCIENT INDIA .
... degre 1575 , but is n extent of the lation , " says fifteen miles i : of the Gauges " However , a the Ganges now r during the rainy Mahanada river , municates with the Menu is considered by the Hindūs as a sa- cred 10 ON ANCIENT INDIA .
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... considered as an impartial writer . The passage referred to by Mr. Maurice is as follows : " Hystaspes , qui quum superioris India secreta fiden- tius penetraret , ad nemorosam quandam venerat solitu- dinem , cujus tranquillis silentiis ...
... considered as an impartial writer . The passage referred to by Mr. Maurice is as follows : " Hystaspes , qui quum superioris India secreta fiden- tius penetraret , ad nemorosam quandam venerat solitu- dinem , cujus tranquillis silentiis ...
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... considered as a sacred obligation , the execution of which might sometimes be suspended from political mo- tives , or modified by the disposition of particular chiefs , but it was never renounc- LIBRARY ULC DIVEDČINE ed ; and ...
... considered as a sacred obligation , the execution of which might sometimes be suspended from political mo- tives , or modified by the disposition of particular chiefs , but it was never renounc- LIBRARY ULC DIVEDČINE ed ; and ...
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Quintin Craufurd. Menu is considered by the Hindūs as a sa- cred lawgiver . " In the eleven discourses which he ad- dressed to the Asiatic Society , on the his- tory , civil and natural , the antiquities , arts , sciences , philosophy ...
Quintin Craufurd. Menu is considered by the Hindūs as a sa- cred lawgiver . " In the eleven discourses which he ad- dressed to the Asiatic Society , on the his- tory , civil and natural , the antiquities , arts , sciences , philosophy ...
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