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This reprint may contain artifacts of its library use such as library stamps , scribbles , and margin notes as they exist in the original book . In addition to these artifacts , the work may have additional errors that were either in ...
This reprint may contain artifacts of its library use such as library stamps , scribbles , and margin notes as they exist in the original book . In addition to these artifacts , the work may have additional errors that were either in ...
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The Indian histories are full of accounts of the grandeur of this city , and even in the sixth century of our æra , when it had greatly declined from its former populousness , wealth , and magnificence , it was said to contain 30,000 ...
The Indian histories are full of accounts of the grandeur of this city , and even in the sixth century of our æra , when it had greatly declined from its former populousness , wealth , and magnificence , it was said to contain 30,000 ...
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THE candid translator of the Laws of Menu , observes in his preface to them , * that though many blemishes are to be found in these laws , as containing a system of despotism and priestcraft , both , indeed , limited by law ...
THE candid translator of the Laws of Menu , observes in his preface to them , * that though many blemishes are to be found in these laws , as containing a system of despotism and priestcraft , both , indeed , limited by law ...
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In the orgies of Bacchus , the egg was consecrated and held in veneration as a symbol of the world , and of him who contains every thing within himself . " Consule initiatos Liberi patris in quibus hac veneratione ovum colitur , ut ex ...
In the orgies of Bacchus , the egg was consecrated and held in veneration as a symbol of the world , and of him who contains every thing within himself . " Consule initiatos Liberi patris in quibus hac veneratione ovum colitur , ut ex ...
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Among the offenders subject to punishment , are receivers of bribes , extorters of money by threats , debasers of metals , gamesters , impostors , and professors of palmistry ; and the same chapter contains curious instructions for ...
Among the offenders subject to punishment , are receivers of bribes , extorters of money by threats , debasers of metals , gamesters , impostors , and professors of palmistry ; and the same chapter contains curious instructions for ...
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| Title | Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India |
| Author | Quintin Craufurd |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2016 |
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