The History of India from the Earliest Ages: Hindu Buddhist Brahmanical revivalN. Trübner, 1874 |
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... centuries , the Hindú drama , the traditions of the Rajpoots down to the seventeenth century , the travels of Marco Polo and others between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries , and Faria y Sousa's history of Portuguese Asia during ...
... centuries , the Hindú drama , the traditions of the Rajpoots down to the seventeenth century , the travels of Marco Polo and others between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries , and Faria y Sousa's history of Portuguese Asia during ...
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... centuries after Asoka 239 Isolated historical notices , B.C. 300 to A.D. 400 400 239 Travels of Fah - Hian , A.D. 399–414 . 241 Extension of Buddhism to China . 241 • Isolation of Chinese Buddhism 242 Character of Fah - Hian March from ...
... centuries after Asoka 239 Isolated historical notices , B.C. 300 to A.D. 400 400 239 Travels of Fah - Hian , A.D. 399–414 . 241 Extension of Buddhism to China . 241 • Isolation of Chinese Buddhism 242 Character of Fah - Hian March from ...
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... century by Faria y Sousa 399 • Ecclesiastical organization and missionary operations of the Brahmans . 401 CHAPTER IX . PORTUGUESE INDIA . A. D. 1500-1600 . Portuguese empire in India , its rise and decline . 1500-1600 403 Importance of ...
... century by Faria y Sousa 399 • Ecclesiastical organization and missionary operations of the Brahmans . 401 CHAPTER IX . PORTUGUESE INDIA . A. D. 1500-1600 . Portuguese empire in India , its rise and decline . 1500-1600 403 Importance of ...
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... century after Christ . The British era commences with the conquests of Robert Clive about the middle of the eighteenth century . These eras are useful as furnishing chro- nological data for the great political revolutions which ...
... century after Christ . The British era commences with the conquests of Robert Clive about the middle of the eighteenth century . These eras are useful as furnishing chro- nological data for the great political revolutions which ...
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... century before the Chris- tian era Buddhism dawns upon a world of reality and humanity . It represents the ancient people of India , not as mere phantasmagoria , distorted and exaggerated by the imaginations of bards and priests ; but ...
... century before the Chris- tian era Buddhism dawns upon a world of reality and humanity . It represents the ancient people of India , not as mere phantasmagoria , distorted and exaggerated by the imaginations of bards and priests ; but ...
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