The British Empire Series: India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, Hong-KongK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
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Page viii
... HINDU WOMEN 364 BY KRISHNARAO BHOLANATH DIVATIA ( of Ahmedabad ) . MOHAMEDAN WOMEN . 375 By MOHAMMAD BARAKATULLAH . PARSEE WOMEN • 385 By ZULIRKA SORALJI CAVALIER . INDIAN LITERATURE 391 By Miss C. S. HUGHES . CEYLON 421 By L. B. ...
... HINDU WOMEN 364 BY KRISHNARAO BHOLANATH DIVATIA ( of Ahmedabad ) . MOHAMEDAN WOMEN . 375 By MOHAMMAD BARAKATULLAH . PARSEE WOMEN • 385 By ZULIRKA SORALJI CAVALIER . INDIAN LITERATURE 391 By Miss C. S. HUGHES . CEYLON 421 By L. B. ...
Page ix
... Hindu Law , " & c . ) IT is chiefly as mistress of India that the greatness of England is measured by foreign nations . For our- selves , familiarity has dulled the wonder with which we should else regard the picture of our growth in ...
... Hindu Law , " & c . ) IT is chiefly as mistress of India that the greatness of England is measured by foreign nations . For our- selves , familiarity has dulled the wonder with which we should else regard the picture of our growth in ...
Page xvi
... Hindu judge , and , except as a matter of favour , in the native language , and should he desire to appeal against the judgment , he has to procure a bundle of documents in Bengali , Tamil , or Marathi as the record of the proceed- ings ...
... Hindu judge , and , except as a matter of favour , in the native language , and should he desire to appeal against the judgment , he has to procure a bundle of documents in Bengali , Tamil , or Marathi as the record of the proceed- ings ...
Page xvii
... Hindu scribes have been entirely excluded from holding public offices , and all the places of worship and the temples of the infidels have been thrown down and destroyed in a manner which excites astonishment at the successful ...
... Hindu scribes have been entirely excluded from holding public offices , and all the places of worship and the temples of the infidels have been thrown down and destroyed in a manner which excites astonishment at the successful ...
Page xxi
... Hindu , filled himself with the spirit of a Locke , a Jefferson , a Grattan , or a Bright , can hardly appreciate the distance between speculative admiration and practical assimilation . He forgets what long ages , what lessons of ...
... Hindu , filled himself with the spirit of a Locke , a Jefferson , a Grattan , or a Bright , can hardly appreciate the distance between speculative admiration and practical assimilation . He forgets what long ages , what lessons of ...
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