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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... Probably colonists from Arabia . + " The lower part of this Delta is intersected by rivers and creeks , in almost every direction , like the Delta of the Ganges : but , unlike that , it has no trees on it , the dry parts being covered ...
... Probably colonists from Arabia . + " The lower part of this Delta is intersected by rivers and creeks , in almost every direction , like the Delta of the Ganges : but , unlike that , it has no trees on it , the dry parts being covered ...
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... probably raised by Akber , the other buildings may have been of much more ancient date . We find in Stewart's account of Bengal , that Gour was the capital of a Mohammedan dynasty two centuries before Akber . says , that according to ...
... probably raised by Akber , the other buildings may have been of much more ancient date . We find in Stewart's account of Bengal , that Gour was the capital of a Mohammedan dynasty two centuries before Akber . says , that according to ...
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... probably may be true ) that it was the largest city in Hindustan , and es- teemed one of the most sacred places of antiquity . " In the Tereetah Joug it was the residence of Rajah Ram- chund , who enjoyed the two - fold office of King ...
... probably may be true ) that it was the largest city in Hindustan , and es- teemed one of the most sacred places of antiquity . " In the Tereetah Joug it was the residence of Rajah Ram- chund , who enjoyed the two - fold office of King ...
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... probably not unattended by the illustrious Archimagus , did personally penetrate into the secluded regions of Upper India , in disguise , and that he was there instructed by the Brachmans in the principles of the mathematics , astronomy ...
... probably not unattended by the illustrious Archimagus , did personally penetrate into the secluded regions of Upper India , in disguise , and that he was there instructed by the Brachmans in the principles of the mathematics , astronomy ...
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... probably in allusion to the tradition of its having served as conductor to Cara- nus and his brothers ; but in general they bore the effigy of the sovereign . The most ancient that is known , is of the first Alex- ander . It is said ...
... probably in allusion to the tradition of its having served as conductor to Cara- nus and his brothers ; but in general they bore the effigy of the sovereign . The most ancient that is known , is of the first Alex- ander . It is said ...
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