Hindu Superiority: An Attempt to Determine the Position of the Hindu Race in the Scale of NationsRajputana Printing Works, 1906 - 454 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 63
Page vi
... Professor Max Muller on the truthfulness of the Hindus . - Absence of slavery . - Hindu valour . The most tolerant ... Wilson . - Hindu children more intelligent than European.- Hindu cleanliness . - Diet of the Hindus . - Physical ...
... Professor Max Muller on the truthfulness of the Hindus . - Absence of slavery . - Hindu valour . The most tolerant ... Wilson . - Hindu children more intelligent than European.- Hindu cleanliness . - Diet of the Hindus . - Physical ...
Page ix
... Wilson , Heeren and Col. Tod on Hindu works on history.— The date of the Mahabharata . - Views of the Hindu ... Professor Heeren and Mr.Pococke .-- The testimony of Philostratus , Eusebius and Julius Africanus , Cuvier and Col. Tod to ...
... Wilson , Heeren and Col. Tod on Hindu works on history.— The date of the Mahabharata . - Views of the Hindu ... Professor Heeren and Mr.Pococke .-- The testimony of Philostratus , Eusebius and Julius Africanus , Cuvier and Col. Tod to ...
Page xvii
... Wilson , Sir W. Hunter , Weber . - Dhanwantari , Charaka and Susruta . — Hindu surgery . " European surgeons might ... Wilson on the invention of numerical symbols . ... 319 ARITHMETIC . High proficiency in arithmetic . - Professor Wallace ...
... Wilson , Sir W. Hunter , Weber . - Dhanwantari , Charaka and Susruta . — Hindu surgery . " European surgeons might ... Wilson on the invention of numerical symbols . ... 319 ARITHMETIC . High proficiency in arithmetic . - Professor Wallace ...
Page 7
... Professor Wilson says : " in order to avoid being thought credulous run into the opposite vice of incredulity , " and would never concede anything for which there is not a demonstrable proof , especially as the history of ancient India ...
... Professor Wilson says : " in order to avoid being thought credulous run into the opposite vice of incredulity , " and would never concede anything for which there is not a demonstrable proof , especially as the history of ancient India ...
Page 22
... Professor Wilson says , the Hindu had " a code of Laws adapted to a great variety of relations which could not have existed except in an advanced condition of social organization . " Houghton's Institutes of Hindu Law , Preface , p . x ...
... Professor Wilson says , the Hindu had " a code of Laws adapted to a great variety of relations which could not have existed except in an advanced condition of social organization . " Houghton's Institutes of Hindu Law , Preface , p . x ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Akbar America amongst ancient Hindus ancient India annals Asia Asiatic Aurangzeb Boondi Brahmans brother called century character chiefs Chitor chivalry Chohan civilization Colonel Tod says colony Count Bjornstjerna says daughter derived descendants Druids Egypt Egyptians emigration Emperor epic Europe European fact father Greece Greek heroes Hindu origin History of India honour human husband India in Greece Indian Literature Indus inhabitants Jaisalmer Kalidasa Kaliyug Kambojas Kanauj king Krishna Kshatriyas language Mahabharata Mahoba Manu Marwar Max Muller Mewar migrated Mill's Mohamedan mother mythology nation Nyaya Persian philosophy Pirthi Raj Pococke says poetry Pratap prince Prithvi Raj Professor Heeren says Professor Max Muller Professor Wilson says prove Puranas race Rahtore Raja Rajput Rajputana Ramayana Rana reign religion remarkable Sakas Sanskrit language Sanskrit literature says Colonel Tod Singh soul Theogony thousand tion Tod's Rajasthan tribe valour Vedas warrior wife wisdom women writing Yadus Yavanas Yudhishtira Zind
Popular passages
Page xxv - I should point to India. If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions of some of them which will deserve the attention even of those who have studied Plato and Kant — I should point to India.
Page 426 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 297 - In the whole world there is no study, except that of the originals, so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death.
Page xxv - Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere, you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India, and in India only.
Page 39 - ... each other, and above all, a treatment of the female sex full of confidence, respect and delicacy, are among the signs which denote a...
Page 365 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
Page 160 - The mountains look on Marathon And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Page 19 - The village communities are little republics, having nearly everything that they want within themselves, and almost independent of any foreign relations.
Page 90 - O fairest of creation, last and best Of all God's works ! creature, in whom excell'd Whatever can to sight or thought be form'd, Holy, divine, good, amiable, or sweet!
Page 323 - Guido, with a burnt stick in his hand, demonstrating on the smooth paving-stones of the path, that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.