Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 731 pages |
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Page 4
... Europeans those mountains are sometimes written Himalaya . The Emodus , & c . of the ancients , are those moun- tains which extend from the Ganges , above Sirinagur , to Cashmire . + Pliny , speaking of the mountains we have men- tioned ...
... Europeans those mountains are sometimes written Himalaya . The Emodus , & c . of the ancients , are those moun- tains which extend from the Ganges , above Sirinagur , to Cashmire . + Pliny , speaking of the mountains we have men- tioned ...
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... Europeans had before ob- tained ; a subject which was afterwards more fully illustrated in the “ Histoire de vol . xxxi . Three Memoirs of M. de Guignes , in the same work , vol . xl ; and various other works that , previous to the time ...
... Europeans had before ob- tained ; a subject which was afterwards more fully illustrated in the “ Histoire de vol . xxxi . Three Memoirs of M. de Guignes , in the same work , vol . xl ; and various other works that , previous to the time ...
Page 88
... European settle- ments , even of the productions of the country , are higher than those in places remote from them , yet when the author left India , the hire of one of the best household servants , at Madrass , was two pagodas , or ...
... European settle- ments , even of the productions of the country , are higher than those in places remote from them , yet when the author left India , the hire of one of the best household servants , at Madrass , was two pagodas , or ...
Page 89
... Europeans give the general name of curry stuff . All but the several classes of Brahmins may eat certain animal food . It is superfluous to repeat that the use of the cow species is positively prohibited , it is even declared to be a ...
... Europeans give the general name of curry stuff . All but the several classes of Brahmins may eat certain animal food . It is superfluous to repeat that the use of the cow species is positively prohibited , it is even declared to be a ...
Page 97
... Europeans by the name of the rock of Jehangueery ; which is highly worthy the traveller's notice , on account of a vast number of images carved in relief upon every part of its surface . Amongst these there is Hary , of a gigantic size ...
... Europeans by the name of the rock of Jehangueery ; which is highly worthy the traveller's notice , on account of a vast number of images carved in relief upon every part of its surface . Amongst these there is Hary , of a gigantic size ...
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