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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... 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 thať 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 thať 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 a wonderfully long space , even allowing for the time required to procure the commodities . This , with other circumstances , may have led to the conjecture , that the ships of Solomon visited India . Amongst the things brought ...
... seems a wonderfully long space , even allowing for the time required to procure the commodities . This , with other circumstances , may have led to the conjecture , that the ships of Solomon visited India . Amongst the things brought ...
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