A History of Civilization in Ancient India: Vedic and epic agesThacker, Spink and Company, 1889 - 1189 pages |
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... tribes ... ... Chapter V. Caste Chapter VI . ... ... ... ... 219 228 ... ... 247 Social and Domestic Life ; the Position of Women Chapter VII . Law , Astronomy , and the Progress of Learning ... ... ... ... Chapter VIII . Sacrificial ...
... tribes ... ... Chapter V. Caste Chapter VI . ... ... ... ... 219 228 ... ... 247 Social and Domestic Life ; the Position of Women Chapter VII . Law , Astronomy , and the Progress of Learning ... ... ... ... Chapter VIII . Sacrificial ...
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... tribes were kings , and had their priests to perform sacrifices and utter the hymns for them ; but there was no priestly caste , and no royal caste . The people were free , enjoy- ing the freedom which belongs to vigorous pastoral and ...
... tribes were kings , and had their priests to perform sacrifices and utter the hymns for them ; but there was no priestly caste , and no royal caste . The people were free , enjoy- ing the freedom which belongs to vigorous pastoral and ...
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... tribe next invaded India , and gave a powerful dynasty to Kashmîra ; and Kanishka the Great Yu - Chi , king of Kashmîra , had an extensive empire in the first century A.D. , which * These dates are however uncertain . Many scholars ...
... tribe next invaded India , and gave a powerful dynasty to Kashmîra ; and Kanishka the Great Yu - Chi , king of Kashmîra , had an extensive empire in the first century A.D. , which * These dates are however uncertain . Many scholars ...
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... tribes of Kabul then poured into India , and were in their turn followed by the locust- hordes of the Huns , who spread over Western India in the fifth century A.D. India had no rest from foreign invasions for six or seven centuries ...
... tribes of Kabul then poured into India , and were in their turn followed by the locust- hordes of the Huns , who spread over Western India in the fifth century A.D. India had no rest from foreign invasions for six or seven centuries ...
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... tribes . For reasons which will appear from the foregoing remarks we date the fourth or Buddhist Period from 242 B.C. to 500 A.D. FIFTH EPOCH . THE fifth or last epoch of Hindu history is the epoch of Hindu revival , and covers seven ...
... tribes . For reasons which will appear from the foregoing remarks we date the fourth or Buddhist Period from 242 B.C. to 500 A.D. FIFTH EPOCH . THE fifth or last epoch of Hindu history is the epoch of Hindu revival , and covers seven ...
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Page 116 - Language," and he explains that ' the surprise with which many a thoughtful observer has looked at these seven bright stars, wondering why they were ever called the Bear, is removed by reference to the early annals of human speech.
Page 120 - Miiller maintains that the story of the siege of Troy is a development of this simple Vedic myth, and is " but a repetition of the daily siege of the East by the Solar powers that every evening are robbed of their brightest treasures in the west.