Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... seem to be 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 ...
... seem to be 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 ...
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... seems to have excited Tippoo Sultan to the projects which terminated so fatally for him , even more than his inveteracy to the English , or his desire of en- creasing his dominions . In his correspondence with Zimman Shah , king of ...
... seems to have excited Tippoo Sultan to the projects which terminated so fatally for him , even more than his inveteracy to the English , or his desire of en- creasing his dominions . In his correspondence with Zimman Shah , king of ...
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... seems not only to have been admitted , but ordained . “ A Brahmin cannot retire to the woods , that is to say , become Hylobius , or Jogee , till he has given children to the community . ” + In the Laws of Menu we find regula- tions ...
... seems not only to have been admitted , but ordained . “ A Brahmin cannot retire to the woods , that is to say , become Hylobius , or Jogee , till he has given children to the community . ” + In the Laws of Menu we find regula- tions ...
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... seems to be almost universally allowed , that the know- ledge of arts and sciences originated in , or was brought from India into more western nations ; admitting this , we must allow time for their progress , and consequently conclude ...
... seems to be almost universally allowed , that the know- ledge of arts and sciences originated in , or was brought from India into more western nations ; admitting this , we must allow time for their progress , and consequently conclude ...
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... seems to have een regulated ; and the learned Cheva- اما JUNUNG ON ARVONI * See Pausanias , lib . iii . c . 12 . † Ibid . — Iliad , lib . ii . v . 449 , and lib . vi . v . 236.- enesis , c . xxxiii . v . 19 . 8 CREATION . - LAWS , AND ...
... seems to have een regulated ; and the learned Cheva- اما JUNUNG ON ARVONI * See Pausanias , lib . iii . c . 12 . † Ibid . — Iliad , lib . ii . v . 449 , and lib . vi . v . 236.- enesis , c . xxxiii . v . 19 . 8 CREATION . - LAWS , AND ...
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