Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India |
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The extent given to this city in the Ayeen Akbery , is fabulous : but it is there said , ( and it probably may be true ) that it was the largest city in Hindustan , and esteemed one of the most sacred places of antiquity .
The extent given to this city in the Ayeen Akbery , is fabulous : but it is there said , ( and it probably may be true ) that it was the largest city in Hindustan , and esteemed one of the most sacred places of antiquity .
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The subversion of the Hindu religion was considered as a sacred obligation , the execution of which might sometimes be suspended from political motives , or modified by the disposition of particular chiefs , but it was never renounc* ...
The subversion of the Hindu religion was considered as a sacred obligation , the execution of which might sometimes be suspended from political motives , or modified by the disposition of particular chiefs , but it was never renounc* ...
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... 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.
... 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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Menu is considered by the Hindūs as a sacred lawgiver . ( 6 In the eleven discourses which he addressed to the Asiatic Society , on the history , civil and natural , the antiquities , arts , sciences , philosophy , and literature of ...
Menu is considered by the Hindūs as a sacred lawgiver . ( 6 In the eleven discourses which he addressed to the Asiatic Society , on the history , civil and natural , the antiquities , arts , sciences , philosophy , and literature of ...
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It is supposed that certain sages having addressed Menu , requesting him to apprize them of the sacred laws , he began with speaking of the CREATION as follows : " Be it heard ! “ This universe existed only in the first divine idea yet ...
It is supposed that certain sages having addressed Menu , requesting him to apprize them of the sacred laws , he began with speaking of the CREATION as follows : " Be it heard ! “ This universe existed only in the first divine idea yet ...
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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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