Transactions of the Second Session of the International Congress of Orientalists: Held in London in September, 1874Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas Trübner & Company, 1876 - 456 pages |
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... illustrated . Changes in letters before the invention of writing form a very interesting feature in this investigation . Among them I shall include the transition of the finals k , t , p , to ng , n , m , and the change of final m to ...
... illustrated . Changes in letters before the invention of writing form a very interesting feature in this investigation . Among them I shall include the transition of the finals k , t , p , to ng , n , m , and the change of final m to ...
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... is called Serwan . Talboys Wheeler , vol . ii . p . 159 , n . The incident is illustrated in the Sanchi Sculptures . Tree and Serpent Worship , pl . xxxvi . It is the 37th Sûtra in the compilation known as 156 TURANIAN SECTION .
... is called Serwan . Talboys Wheeler , vol . ii . p . 159 , n . The incident is illustrated in the Sanchi Sculptures . Tree and Serpent Worship , pl . xxxvi . It is the 37th Sûtra in the compilation known as 156 TURANIAN SECTION .
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... illustrated . He also explored the great Mahome- dan cities of Gaur , Sunárgaon , and Delhi ; but the account of these explorations has , so far as I am aware , not yet appeared . By no means the least generally instructive part of his ...
... illustrated . He also explored the great Mahome- dan cities of Gaur , Sunárgaon , and Delhi ; but the account of these explorations has , so far as I am aware , not yet appeared . By no means the least generally instructive part of his ...
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... illustrated the manners and customs of the Egyptian people . How strongly are the predatory dispositions of the Turkomans shown in these proverbs used by them : " If thy enemy take thy father's tent , join him and share the plunder ...
... illustrated the manners and customs of the Egyptian people . How strongly are the predatory dispositions of the Turkomans shown in these proverbs used by them : " If thy enemy take thy father's tent , join him and share the plunder ...
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... illustrated by proverbs , has set an example to Europe and India of a new style of dictionary , with its quotations of common words drawn from the people's sayings , the tongue of the domestic hearth , and of the inner life of a people ...
... illustrated by proverbs , has set an example to Europe and India of a new style of dictionary , with its quotations of common words drawn from the people's sayings , the tongue of the domestic hearth , and of the inner life of a people ...
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