CONSTITUTION.

The leading principle of Indian Constitution.-Turning point of

Indian history.-Hindu decay beginning with the Kaliyug

I.-ANTIQUITY.

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Wonderful antiquity of the Hindu civilization.-Opinions of Count

Bjornstjerna, Dr. Stiles, Halhed, Pliny and Abul Fazal.-The

Hindu King Dionysius reigned 7,000 B.C., or 1,000 years

before the oldest king on Manetho's tables,-Dynasties, not

individuals, as units of calculation.-Rock temples as proofs of

antiquity. The Bactrian document Dabistan.-Hindu civilization

before 6,000 B.C.-The Sankalp -Brahma Din and Ratri.-

Age of the earth according to the Hindus

II.-GOVERNMENT.

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Tests of good government.-Populousness of ancient India.-Views

of Greek writers.-Hindus as numerous as all the other nations

put together.-India renowned for wealth.--No thieves in ancient

India. Form of Government immaterial.-Spirit dependent on

the ethical character of a people.-Mistaken identification of

democratic institutions with freedom.-Mr. Herbert Spencer's

views.-Over-Government, Republican institutions in ancient

India.-Law, a test of good government.-Origin of the Greek,

Roman and English laws.-Laws of Manu.-Hindu code will

bear comparison with the systems of jurisprudence in nations most

highly civilized.-Fallacies in Mill's reasoning.-His prejudice.—

His History of India most mischievous according to Max Muller.-

Sir Thomas Strange on Hindu Law of Evidence.-Sir W. Jones on

Calluca's Commentary on Manu

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III.-SOCIAL SYSTEM.

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Hindu social organization based on scientific principles.- Varna-

shrama.-Different from the caste system.--Brahmans and

Sudras not by birth but by actions and character.-Mahabharata

on the Varnashrama.-Megasthenes and Col. Tod on the system.

Sir H. Cotton and Mr. Sidney Low on the present Caste system 27

Love of truth-Arrian, Strabo, Hioventhsang and other Chinese

writers; Marco Polo, Idrisi, Shamsuddin and other Mohamedan

writers; Sir J. Malcolm, Col. Sleeman, Professor Max Muller

on the truthfulness of the Hindus.-Absence of slavery.-Hindu

valour. The most tolerant nation.-Character of Yudhishthra.-

Views of Neibuhr, Monier Williams, Elphinstone, Mercer,

Sydenham, Abbe Dubois, and Sir T. Munro.-No race more to be

trusted than the Hindus.-If civilization to be an article of

trade between England and India, England will gain by the

import cargo.-Commercial honour stands higher in India

than in any other country.-Views of Warren Hastings, Heber

and Wilson.-Hindu children more intelligent than European.-

Hindu cleanliness.-Diet of the Hindus.-Physical agility.—The

Hindu as the wisest of nations.-Hindu origin of the game of

Chess,-Wisdom of Solomon inferior to that of the Hindus.-

Chivalrous conduct of Humayun.-A Mohamedan saves the

Rahtore dynasty from extinction

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V.-CHIVALRY.

Innate chivalry of Hindu character.-Chivalry of Sadoo.-Raja

of Duttea.-The Rakhi --Rawal Chachick of Jaisalmer.—

Chivalry of Rana Raj Singh.-Ill-judged humanity of the

Hindus. Its unfortunate political results,-Cases of Shahabud-

din Ghori and Aurangzeb

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VI.-PATRIOTISM.

Love of Country.-Rana Pratap and Thakur Durga Das.-Their
exploits.--Their patriotism.-Pratap and Hamilcar.—Durga Das
the Amolac.-Aurangzeb's dread of Durga Das.-Gar-ka-
Bundi. The heir of Mehtri.-Patriotism of Raj Singh of
Jaisalmer. Soortan Singh of Sirohi.-His heroic conduct at
Delhi.-Col. Tod on Rajput chivalry and heroism ...

VII.-VALOUR.

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The Hindus were the bravest nation the Greeks ever came in

contact with. Their character shines brightest in adversity.-

They know not what it is to flee from the battle-field.-Kesrian

Kusumal.-Rao Sooju of Bundi.-The mother of the Rao.-

Mukandas faces a tiger; the tiger retires.-Mohabat Khan's

exploit.-Rajput charges at Tonga and Patun.-Soningdeo

breaks the iron bow at Delhi.-Homer's heroes compared to

Kurus. Lakh Talvar Rahtorán.-Recourse to poison by Moghal

kings.-Deaths of Jaswant Singh, Prithi Singh and Jai Singh.

The cause of Akbar's death.-The murder of Ajit Singh of

Jodhpur. Singularity of Rajput character.-Its tenacity and

strength. Hercules was a Hindu.-Views of Prof. Heeren,

Diodorus, Megasthenes, Col. Tod and Pococke,-Proofs of the

identity of Balram and Hercules

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VIII.-POSITION OF WOMEN.

Position of women a test of civilization.-Chivalrous treatment
of women by the Hindus.-Views of Manu and other sages.—
Jai Singh and his queen, Hariji.-Status of wife.-Her equal
rights with her husband according to the Sâstras.-Woman,
ardhangini, or half of man.-Comparison in this respect of the
Hindu and the European women.-Ideals of Hindu women.—
Maitreye, Gargya, Savitri, Damyanti, Avvayar and Kekayi.--
Purdah system unknown in ancient India.-The rights of
women to property.-Peculiar position of Hindu women,—

Influence of Hindu women on society.-Female loyalty.-

Dewalde and her sons, Ala and Udila.-Tarabai of Bednore.-

Rani Durgavati, another Boadecea.-The heroism of Korumdevi

and Jawahir Bai.-The matchless valour of the mother of Fattah

of Kailwa during Akbar's siege of Chitor.-Sanjogta.-Bernier's

testimony to the courage of Rajput women.-Retreat of Jaswant

Singh of Jodhpur after his defeat at Fatehabad.—The Rani

refuses to see him and shuts the gate of the castle

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IX.-FOREIGN RELATIONS.

The conquest of the world by the Hindu Emperor, Sudas.-Opinions

of Mr. Townsend and General Sir Ian Hamilton.-The conquests

of Pururawa and of King Sagara.-Persia, Afghanistan and

Turkistan parts of the Indian Empire. -Greek embassies to

India. Megasthenes, Deimachus and Basilis.-Antiochus the

Great becomes an ally of Sobhag Sen.--Seleucus gives his

daughter in marriage to Chandergupta -The Persian king,

Nausherwan, gives his daughter to the Maharana of Chitor.-

Indian embassies to Greece.-The Assyrian Queen, Semiramis,

invades India. Her defeat.-Gaj Sing, the founder of Ghazni,

defeats Shah Secunder Roomi and Shah Mamraiz

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X.-CAUSE OF INDIA'S FALL.

Alexander's invasion of India.-Hindu disunion, the cause of

Alexander's victory.-The brilliancy of the court of Vicrama-

ditya. The treacherous conduct of Alexander.- Prithvi Raj of

Ajmer. His victories over Shahabud-din Ghori.-Disunion be-

tween Prithvi Raj and Jai Chand.-The kings of Kanauj and

Annhalwara Patun and Hamir join the enemy.—Prithvi Raj

kills Shahabud-din with the help of Chund,--Baber's invasion.-

Hindus under Rana Sanga.-Treachery in his camp.-Rayseen,

the Tuar leader, goes over to Baber.-India not conquered by a

foreign invader but betrayed by lrer own sons.

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HINDU COLONIZATION.

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Destruction and emigration the chief features of the period when

the Mahabharata took place.—Whole races and tribes emigrated

from India-India's loss was the world's gain.-Emigration a

necessary feature of a thickly-populated country.-Scarcity of

historical records.-Destruction of Hindu libraries.-Dr. Dow,

Profs. Wilson, Heeren and Col. Tod on Hindu works on history.—

The date of the Mahabharata.-Views of the Hindu astronomers.-

Traditions. The Hindu theory of emigration.-The Central

Asian theory of emigration.-Hindu civilization originated and

developed in India.--It spread to Ethiopia, Egypt, Phoenicia,

Persia, Greece, Rome, to the abode of the Hyperboreans, to Siam,

China and Japan.-Col. Olcott, Sir W. Jones and Mr. Pococke...135

I.-EGYPT AND ETHIOPIA.

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Egypt colonized by Hindus about 8,000 years ago.-Views of

Brugsch Bey, Professor Heeren and Mr.Pococke.--The testimony

of Philostratus, Eusebius and Julius Africanus, Cuvier and

Col. Tod to the Hindu colonization of Ethiopia ...

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II. PERSIA.

The ancient Persians were colonists from India.-Prof. Max

Muller's opinion.-Zind derived from the Sanskrit.-Prof.

Heeren and Sir W. Jones and Prof. Haug-Manu on the origin

of the Persians,-Testimony of Vendidad

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III.-ASIA MINOR.

The Chaldeans and the Assyrians were originally Hindus.-Views