Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 39
... speaking of he Brahmins , it is said : " traffic and money lending , are satyanrita ; but ser- ice for hire is named swavritti or dog- ing , and of course they must by all means void it . " + In the chapter on government and the ilitary ...
... speaking of he Brahmins , it is said : " traffic and money lending , are satyanrita ; but ser- ice for hire is named swavritti or dog- ing , and of course they must by all means void it . " + In the chapter on government and the ilitary ...
Page 52
Quintin Craufurd. was the same ; but as he does not speak of the money of India , we presume that he means by Asia ... Speaking of Diospolis or Thebes , and the devastations Cambyses committed there , * See Paucton , Métrologie , & c ...
Quintin Craufurd. was the same ; but as he does not speak of the money of India , we presume that he means by Asia ... Speaking of Diospolis or Thebes , and the devastations Cambyses committed there , * See Paucton , Métrologie , & c ...
Page 68
... speaking of Grecian money , we shall follow the value given to Attic money , by Bernard : A Drachma A Mina , 100 Drachmæ A Silver Talent A Gold Talent - £ . 3. d . 0 0 84 3 8 9 206 5 0 3,300 0 0 If the silver talent be here meant , the ...
... speaking of Grecian money , we shall follow the value given to Attic money , by Bernard : A Drachma A Mina , 100 Drachmæ A Silver Talent A Gold Talent - £ . 3. d . 0 0 84 3 8 9 206 5 0 3,300 0 0 If the silver talent be here meant , the ...
Page 81
... the precious metals must have continued to increase yearly , com the time we are speaking of , down to * See Quintus Curtius , lib . ix . c . 1 . G BURNING કહાની 8 war E to what ezgat judge of themed w INSTITUTES OF MENU . 81.
... the precious metals must have continued to increase yearly , com the time we are speaking of , down to * See Quintus Curtius , lib . ix . c . 1 . G BURNING કહાની 8 war E to what ezgat judge of themed w INSTITUTES OF MENU . 81.
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... speak as an eye - witness ) and ap- pear to have some kind of order and sub- ordination in their little sylvan polity . " * We , however , state this supposed affinity between the two heroes merely as hypo- thetical , an observation ...
... speak as an eye - witness ) and ap- pear to have some kind of order and sub- ordination in their little sylvan polity . " * We , however , state this supposed affinity between the two heroes merely as hypo- thetical , an observation ...
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