Modern India and the Indians: Being a Series of Impressions, Notes, and EssaysTrübner and Company, 1879 - 365 pages |
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... character . The streets are built on each side of the rocky promontory in parallel lines , so as to join at right angles a long central main street , which forms a sort of back- bone along the summit of the ridge . ascended by ...
... character . The streets are built on each side of the rocky promontory in parallel lines , so as to join at right angles a long central main street , which forms a sort of back- bone along the summit of the ridge . ascended by ...
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... character and many points of resemblance . Those who have made Young Egypt ' prosperous under a strong , righteous , and energetic administration , are quite com- petent to raise old Egypt out of the depths of misgovern- ment into which ...
... character and many points of resemblance . Those who have made Young Egypt ' prosperous under a strong , righteous , and energetic administration , are quite com- petent to raise old Egypt out of the depths of misgovern- ment into which ...
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... character and often their Hindū names . Our fellow - passenger told me that the trade of Zanzibar is rapidly increasing and the place becoming very prosperous . The language spoken there is Swaheli ( a kind of lingua franca of Eastern ...
... character and often their Hindū names . Our fellow - passenger told me that the trade of Zanzibar is rapidly increasing and the place becoming very prosperous . The language spoken there is Swaheli ( a kind of lingua franca of Eastern ...
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... character and extent of their services . Larger villages add other distinct functionaries , such as the Guru , or schoolmaster ; the Joshi , or astrologer ( Sanskrit Jyotishi ) , who names the lucky days for sowing , ploughing ...
... character and extent of their services . Larger villages add other distinct functionaries , such as the Guru , or schoolmaster ; the Joshi , or astrologer ( Sanskrit Jyotishi ) , who names the lucky days for sowing , ploughing ...
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... character of the humble classes who constitute the great mass of the people , and whose happiness and improvement are identical with the prosperity of the country . And although they exhibit 1 proofs of a most imbecile superstition ...
... character of the humble classes who constitute the great mass of the people , and whose happiness and improvement are identical with the prosperity of the country . And although they exhibit 1 proofs of a most imbecile superstition ...
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