 | James Mill - Hindus - 1817 - 688 pages
...the Egyptians, whom they admired so much, and to whom their philosophers resorted for wisdom. sion has been drawn that the Hindus, at the time of Alexander's invasion, were CHAP. I. in a state of manners, society, and knowledge, exactly the same with that in ^~"v which they... | |
 | James Mill - Hindus - 1817 - 700 pages
...others contained few particulars by which our knowledge of the Brahmenical history could be improved, f From the scattered hints contained in the writings of the Greeks, the conclufanatics, or of hypocrites interested in the worship of some particular deity. Should a key to... | |
 | Asia - 1818 - 706 pages
...defective. From the scattered hints contained in the writings of the Greeks, however, it has been inferred, that the Hindus, at the time of Alexander's invasion, were in a etate of manners, society and knowledge, exactly the вате with that in which they were discovered... | |
 | Vans Kennedy - English literature - 1831 - 666 pages
...fabulous history of any other nation presents to us." [These last remarks require much qualification.] " From the scattered hints contained in the writings...the time of Alexander's invasion, were in a state of manner-.. society, and knowledge, exactly the same with that in which they were discovered by the nations... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Asia - 1844 - 340 pages
...Hindoos have no record; they have not even a tradition that can, with any certainty, be traced to it. From the scattered hints contained in the writings...the Greeks, the conclusion has been drawn that the Hindoos, at the time of Alexander's invasion, were in a state of manners, society, and knowledge, exactly... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1849 - 714 pages
...Hindoos have no record ; they have not even a tradition which can with any certainty be traced to it. From the scattered hints contained in the writings...the Greeks, the conclusion has been drawn, that the Hindoos, at the time of Alexander's invasion, were in » state of manners, society, and knowledge,... | |
 | Commerce - 1849 - 708 pages
...Hindoos have no record ; they have not even a tradition which can with any certainty be traced to it. From the scattered hints contained in the writings...the Greeks, the conclusion has been drawn, that the Hindoos, * The lowest of tho four cantes of Hindoo», whoso occupation i» enrvilc labor, and «ho... | |
 | James Mill - Hindus - 1858 - 424 pages
...others contained few particulars by which our knowledge of the Brahmenical history could be improved. 1 From the scattered hints contained in the writings...the time of Alexander's invasion, were in a state of mauners, society, and knowledge, exactly the same with that in which they were discovered by the nations... | |
 | Carla M. Sinopoli - Social Science - 2003 - 380 pages
...Majeed 1992). Like his predecessors, Mill (1975 [1817]: 35) portrayed India as an unchanging land: From the scattered hints, contained in the writings...the time of Alexander's invasion, were in a state of manner, society and knowledge exactly the same with that in which they were discovered by the nations... | |
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From the scattered hints contained in the writings of the Greeks, the conclusion has been drawn, that the Hindus, at the time of Alexander's invasion, were in a state of... 