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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Page 39
... royal word , she insists on Bhishma publicly renouncing his rights , and even taking a vow of perpetual celibacy to guard against any chance of a civil war . Bhishma , like Rama before him , makes his grand renunciation to keep his ...
... royal word , she insists on Bhishma publicly renouncing his rights , and even taking a vow of perpetual celibacy to guard against any chance of a civil war . Bhishma , like Rama before him , makes his grand renunciation to keep his ...
Page 203
... royal hands . In the Mauryan age , we may rely on Megasthenes ' authority to say that there was very little serious crime in the Empire of Chandragupta . The genius of the people and the living spirit of their social institutions must ...
... royal hands . In the Mauryan age , we may rely on Megasthenes ' authority to say that there was very little serious crime in the Empire of Chandragupta . The genius of the people and the living spirit of their social institutions must ...
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... royal command is redeemed from becoming a brutal order by its being couched in the passive : " Let this be done . 99 99 In regard to salutations or greetings at the time of meeting or parting , the profound obeisance does not seem to ...
... royal command is redeemed from becoming a brutal order by its being couched in the passive : " Let this be done . 99 99 In regard to salutations or greetings at the time of meeting or parting , the profound obeisance does not seem to ...
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