The History of India, Volume 1John Murray, 1841 |
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... probably much of India . greater . * * These estimates cannot pretend to accuracy . Hamilton ( Description of Hindostan , vol . i . page 37. ) conjectured the number of square miles to be 1,280,000 , and the population 134,000,000 . An ...
... probably much of India . greater . * * These estimates cannot pretend to accuracy . Hamilton ( Description of Hindostan , vol . i . page 37. ) conjectured the number of square miles to be 1,280,000 , and the population 134,000,000 . An ...
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... probably too much , but the amount is so small as to make the error immaterial . ( 3. ) No estimate is given of the population of the allied states , some parts of which have 300 or 400 the square mile , while others are nearly deserts ...
... probably too much , but the amount is so small as to make the error immaterial . ( 3. ) No estimate is given of the population of the allied states , some parts of which have 300 or 400 the square mile , while others are nearly deserts ...
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... probably the circumstance of our early settlements in Bengal and on the coast of Coromandel that led to the com- mon opinion that rice is the general food of India . Cynosurus corocanus , supply to particular divisions , they are not ...
... probably the circumstance of our early settlements in Bengal and on the coast of Coromandel that led to the com- mon opinion that rice is the general food of India . Cynosurus corocanus , supply to particular divisions , they are not ...
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... probably drawn up in the ninth century before Christ . * With that Code , therefore , every history of the Hindús must begin . But to gain accurate notions even of the people contemporary with the supposed Menu , we must remember that a ...
... probably drawn up in the ninth century before Christ . * With that Code , therefore , every history of the Hindús must begin . But to gain accurate notions even of the people contemporary with the supposed Menu , we must remember that a ...
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... probably do all his ordinary ministers . " The command of armies and of military divisions , in short , the whole military profession , and in strictness all situations of command , are also their birthright . It is indeed very ...
... probably do all his ordinary ministers . " The command of armies and of military divisions , in short , the whole military profession , and in strictness all situations of command , are also their birthright . It is indeed very ...
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Page 121 - Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down ; revolution succeeds to revolution ; Hindu, Pathan, Moghul, Mahratta, Sikh, English, are masters in turn ; but the village communities remain the same." " The union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little State in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India...
Page 33 - Siidra, though emancipated by his master, ' is not released from a state of servitude ; for of a ' state, which is natural to him, by whom can he be
Page 60 - Naked and shorn, tormented with hunger and thirst, and deprived of sight, shall the man who gives false evidence, go with a potsherd to beg food at the door of his enemy.
Page 120 - The village communities are little republics, having nearly everything that they want within themselves, and almost independent of any foreign relations. They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds to revolution; Hindoo, Patan, Mogul, Mahratta, Sikh, English, are all masters in turn ; but the village communities remain the same.
Page 72 - Perfect truth; perfect happiness; without equal ; immortal; absolute unity; whom neither speech can describe, nor mind comprehend ; all-pervading ; all-transcending; delighted with his own boundless intelligence, not limited by space or time ; without feet, moving swiftly ; without hands, grasping all worlds ; without eyes, all-surveying ; without ears, all-hearing ; without an intelligent guide, understanding all ; without cause, the first of all causes ; all-ruling; all-powerful; the Creator, Preserver,...
Page 276 - The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all...
Page 371 - EunUch, excels in the qualities of a slave" and that "In the still more important qualities, which constitute what we call the moral character, the Hindu ranks very low" (Mill, 1916: 115, 365,366). And that, "the most prominent vice of the Hindus is want of veracity, in which they outdo most nations even of the East
Page 7 - The hot season commences in March and continues till the beginning of June. The sun is then scorching, the ground brown and parched, dust flies in whirlwinds, the brooks become dry, small rivers scarcely keep up a stream, and the largest are reduced to comparatively narrow channels in the midst of vast sandy beds.
Page 121 - This union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India, through all the revolutions and changes which they have suffered, and is in a high degree conducive to their happiness, and to the enjoyment of a great portion of freedom and independence.
Page 74 - He, whom the mind alone can perceive, whose essence eludes the external organs, who has no visible parts, who exists from eternity, even he, the soul of all beings, whom no being can comprehend, shone forth in person. He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed...