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Mr. Hastings on being appointed Governor - General of the British possessions in India , made it an object of his particular attention , to remove their fears . He wished to obtain precise information of their institutions .
Mr. Hastings on being appointed Governor - General of the British possessions in India , made it an object of his particular attention , to remove their fears . He wished to obtain precise information of their institutions .
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The Thebaid possessed valuable mines of gold and silver . Diodorus Siculus , describing the mausoleum of a king whom he names Osymandyas , says , that by an inscription on one of the walls of that building , it appeared , that the money ...
The Thebaid possessed valuable mines of gold and silver . Diodorus Siculus , describing the mausoleum of a king whom he names Osymandyas , says , that by an inscription on one of the walls of that building , it appeared , that the money ...
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... miraculeux que l'on conservoit à l'Acropole dans le portique des Cargatides , et qu'on disoit avoir été produit par un coup de lance de la déesse elle - même , lorsqu'elle disputoit à son oncle Neptune la possession de l'Attique .
... miraculeux que l'on conservoit à l'Acropole dans le portique des Cargatides , et qu'on disoit avoir été produit par un coup de lance de la déesse elle - même , lorsqu'elle disputoit à son oncle Neptune la possession de l'Attique .
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... when Shehab - eddin was deposed by Hussein Gauri , so named from Gaur , a province to the north of Ghizni . The Gaurides got possession of all the territories that had been enjoyed by their predecessors on both sides 82 CREATION .
... when Shehab - eddin was deposed by Hussein Gauri , so named from Gaur , a province to the north of Ghizni . The Gaurides got possession of all the territories that had been enjoyed by their predecessors on both sides 82 CREATION .
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In 1214 , Mohammed , prince of Korasan , took possession of Ghizni , but was expelled from it , as well as from his own territory , Korasan , by Gengis - Khan . The history of the Mohammedan conquests in India , of their rulers ...
In 1214 , Mohammed , prince of Korasan , took possession of Ghizni , but was expelled from it , as well as from his own territory , Korasan , by Gengis - Khan . The history of the Mohammedan conquests in India , of their rulers ...
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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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