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... Delhi , in the great valley of the Ganges were the ancient capitals of kingdoms . Sometimes one of these kingdoms was divided into two or three governments for awhile , and would then be united again . These kingdoms could generally ...
... Delhi , in the great valley of the Ganges were the ancient capitals of kingdoms . Sometimes one of these kingdoms was divided into two or three governments for awhile , and would then be united again . These kingdoms could generally ...
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... Delhi , and Ajmere . This large combination shows that the invasion of Mahmoud had caused great excitement in northern India . And this excitement was not without sufficient cause . Wars in India have generally been contests between ...
... Delhi , and Ajmere . This large combination shows that the invasion of Mahmoud had caused great excitement in northern India . And this excitement was not without sufficient cause . Wars in India have generally been contests between ...
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... Delhi , and was then one of the most wealthy and popu- lous cities in India . He took an unusual route , passing on the south side of Cashmere and the Himalaya mountains till he reached the Ganges , and then followed the river to Kanouj ...
... Delhi , and was then one of the most wealthy and popu- lous cities in India . He took an unusual route , passing on the south side of Cashmere and the Himalaya mountains till he reached the Ganges , and then followed the river to Kanouj ...
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... Delhi and Ajmere , who had united their armies to resist him . Ferishta says the united army of these princes contained 200,000 men and 3,000 elephants . The battle was fought on the great plain a few miles from Panniput , where the ...
... Delhi and Ajmere , who had united their armies to resist him . Ferishta says the united army of these princes contained 200,000 men and 3,000 elephants . The battle was fought on the great plain a few miles from Panniput , where the ...
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... Delhi expect- ing he would return , had collected an immense army and pro- ceeded to meet him . Shahab ud Deen found an opportunity of attacking the Hindu army unexpectedly with a part of his force in the night . The attack at first ...
... Delhi expect- ing he would return , had collected an immense army and pro- ceeded to meet him . Shahab ud Deen found an opportunity of attacking the Hindu army unexpectedly with a part of his force in the night . The attack at first ...
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Page 431 - 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 224 - He resolved, in . the gloomy recesses of a mind 'capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance, and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between him and those, against whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the world together, was no protection.
Page 414 - And his disciples asked him, saying, " Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Page 589 - Come forth out of thy royal chambers, O Prince of all the kings of the earth ! put on the visible robes of thy imperial majesty, take up that unlimited sceptre which thy almighty Father hath bequeathed thee ; for now the voice of thy bride calls thee, and all creatures sigh to be renewed.
Page 608 - When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 589 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure •offering : for my name diatt be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 589 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Page 224 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Page 609 - If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
Page 607 - Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house ; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.