The History of India: From the earliest period to the close of the eighteenth century. Part 1, Part 1published at the Serampore Press, 1863 - 526 pages |
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... Nerbudda Treaty with Raghoba disallowed at Calcutta 1776 Colonel Upton sent to Poona , who concludes the Treaty of Poorunder ; remarks on it Treaty of Poorunder disapproved in England .... 360 .... .... 360 361 .... 362 Date . CONTENTS ...
... Nerbudda Treaty with Raghoba disallowed at Calcutta 1776 Colonel Upton sent to Poona , who concludes the Treaty of Poorunder ; remarks on it Treaty of Poorunder disapproved in England .... 360 .... .... 360 361 .... 362 Date . CONTENTS ...
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... Nerbudda . The country to the north of this river is generally designated Hindostan , and that to the south of it the Deccan . Hindostan is composed of the basin of the Indus on one side , and of the Ganges on the other , with the great ...
... Nerbudda . The country to the north of this river is generally designated Hindostan , and that to the south of it the Deccan . Hindostan is composed of the basin of the Indus on one side , and of the Ganges on the other , with the great ...
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... in a state almost of nature , in the forests of the Soane , the Nerbudda , and the Muhanuddee , and in the hills of Surgooja and Chota Nagpore . Their languages have no & * 1. ] EARLY SETTLEMENTS OF THE HINDOOS . 3 affinity.
... in a state almost of nature , in the forests of the Soane , the Nerbudda , and the Muhanuddee , and in the hills of Surgooja and Chota Nagpore . Their languages have no & * 1. ] EARLY SETTLEMENTS OF THE HINDOOS . 3 affinity.
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... Nerbudda , and comprised but a small portion even of that limited quarter . It was in the north that the four places of greatest sanctity were situated during the early ages , though the Deccan now contains many places of distinguished ...
... Nerbudda , and comprised but a small portion even of that limited quarter . It was in the north that the four places of greatest sanctity were situated during the early ages , though the Deccan now contains many places of distinguished ...
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... Nerbudda , and comprehended all central and western India . The Indus formed their boundary on the west . They carried their arms into the Deccan , and appear , in fact , to have been the first to extend the Hindoo religion and power to ...
... Nerbudda , and comprehended all central and western India . The Indus formed their boundary on the west . They carried their arms into the Deccan , and appear , in fact , to have been the first to extend the Hindoo religion and power to ...
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Page 214 - The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care, as much as our trade ; 'tis that must maintain our force when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade ; 'tis that must make us a nation in India.
Page 436 - This was the golden cup of abominations ; this the chalice of the fornications of rapine, usury, and oppression, which was held out by the gorgeous eastern harlot ; which so many of the people, so many of the nobles, of this land had drained to the very dregs.
Page 350 - Before the question is put, I declare, that I will not suffer Nundcomar to appear before the board as my accuser. I know what belongs to the dignity and character of the first member of this administration. I will not sit at this board in the character of a criminal, nor do I acknowledge the members of this board to be my judges.
Page 398 - The defeat of many Baillies and Brathwaites will not destroy them. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea ; and I must be first weary of a war in which I can gain nothing by fighting.
Page 215 - ... tis that must make us a nation in India. Without that we are but a great number of interlopers, united by His Majesty's royal charter, fit only to trade where nobody of power thinks it their interest to prevent us. And upon this account it is that the wise Dutch, in all their general advices that we have seen, write ten paragraphs concerning their government, their civil and military policy, warfare, and the increase of their revenue, for one paragraph they write concerning trade.
Page 424 - With great injustice, cruelty, and treachery against the faith of nations, in hiring British soldiers for the purpose of extirpating the innocent and helpless people who inhabited the Rohillas.
Page 416 - I resolved," these are the words of Hastings himself, "to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses, — to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for past delinquency.
Page 377 - ... were unanimous. They joined in censuring the conduct of the Indian administration, and enforcing the responsibility upon two men, whom this House, in consequence of these reports, declared it to be the duty of the directors to remove from their stations, and...
Page 447 - Company and the nabob of the Carnatic (who was a party to the treaty) were to be always ready to send two battalions of sepoys, and six pieces of artillery manned by Europeans...
Page 318 - Decan; and both parties shall renounce all demands and pretensions of satisfaction with which they might charge each other, or their Indian allies, for the depredations...