The British Empire Series: India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, Hong-KongK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
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... Present , and Future " ) . BENGAL 94 By ROMESH DUTT , C.I.E. ( Lecturer in Indian History at University College , London ; late of the Bengal Civil Service ) . ASSAM 134 By H. LUTTMAN - JOHNSON , B.A. ( late Judge and Commis- sioner ...
... Present , and Future " ) . BENGAL 94 By ROMESH DUTT , C.I.E. ( Lecturer in Indian History at University College , London ; late of the Bengal Civil Service ) . ASSAM 134 By H. LUTTMAN - JOHNSON , B.A. ( late Judge and Commis- sioner ...
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... presents itself in kaleidoscopic variety to those who have given it their energies , who have guided its development , and lived in its life ... present genera- tion . The widely different standpoints taken by the several INTRODUCTION xi.
... presents itself in kaleidoscopic variety to those who have given it their energies , who have guided its development , and lived in its life ... present genera- tion . The widely different standpoints taken by the several INTRODUCTION xi.
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... present a general view of Indian civilisation in some of its leading features , more especially those in which our Dependency differs most widely from the conditions with which we are familiar in our own country . In some respects , no ...
... present a general view of Indian civilisation in some of its leading features , more especially those in which our Dependency differs most widely from the conditions with which we are familiar in our own country . In some respects , no ...
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... present state of the Ottoman Empire , to remind those interested in India that the relations between Islam and Brahman- ism in the latter country are much the same as those between Islam and Eastern Christianity in Armenia , though ...
... present state of the Ottoman Empire , to remind those interested in India that the relations between Islam and Brahman- ism in the latter country are much the same as those between Islam and Eastern Christianity in Armenia , though ...
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... present occasion . It must suffice to mention that every detail of social intercourse , from the most im- portant to the most trivial , is regulated by custom , which is enforced under a religious sanction . The caste system , in which ...
... present occasion . It must suffice to mention that every detail of social intercourse , from the most im- portant to the most trivial , is regulated by custom , which is enforced under a religious sanction . The caste system , in which ...
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