The Splendour that was ʾInd: A Survey of Indian Culture and Civilisation (from the Earliest Times to the Death of Emperor Aurangzeb)D. B. Taraporevala, 1930 - 236 pages |
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... less picturesque , perhaps , and certainly more accurate than those contained in folk tales and the epics ; and from story we pass to history , from Divinities and Super - men to Kings , great , indeed , judged by all human standards ...
... less picturesque , perhaps , and certainly more accurate than those contained in folk tales and the epics ; and from story we pass to history , from Divinities and Super - men to Kings , great , indeed , judged by all human standards ...
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... less significant or authentic than the written word , or tradition not a whit less reliable , carry on the story into dim vistas of the past for another thousand years or more . Every new discovery , however , of the relics and ...
... less significant or authentic than the written word , or tradition not a whit less reliable , carry on the story into dim vistas of the past for another thousand years or more . Every new discovery , however , of the relics and ...
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... less refined , less scholastic , but more popular dialects , -it is nevertheless undeniable that the combined mass of the still surviving literature in the Sanskrit tongue makes even to - day one of the most precious treasures of ...
... less refined , less scholastic , but more popular dialects , -it is nevertheless undeniable that the combined mass of the still surviving literature in the Sanskrit tongue makes even to - day one of the most precious treasures of ...
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