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Page 95
... Chandra- gupta , whom the Greeks call Sandracottus , fell a victim to his expressions of contempt for a filthy and deformed Brahmin , we have seen an emperor ( Henry IV . ) distinguished for many virtues and possessed of considerable ...
... Chandra- gupta , whom the Greeks call Sandracottus , fell a victim to his expressions of contempt for a filthy and deformed Brahmin , we have seen an emperor ( Henry IV . ) distinguished for many virtues and possessed of considerable ...
Page 134
... Chandra Bhaga , or Chinab river , near the town called Spatura or Simtura by the Europeans , and probably the modern Sadhorah . The city of Lobaca , on the Hydraotes , or Ravi . ( the Ira- vati of the Puranas ) was the next station . It ...
... Chandra Bhaga , or Chinab river , near the town called Spatura or Simtura by the Europeans , and probably the modern Sadhorah . The city of Lobaca , on the Hydraotes , or Ravi . ( the Ira- vati of the Puranas ) was the next station . It ...
Page 142
... Chandra , when he invaded Ceylon , whence the sacredness of the place and the yearly offerings to Rama . The western part of Dravira is remarkable , as the country of the Christians of India , and on its coast is Calicut , where the ...
... Chandra , when he invaded Ceylon , whence the sacredness of the place and the yearly offerings to Rama . The western part of Dravira is remarkable , as the country of the Christians of India , and on its coast is Calicut , where the ...
Page 175
... Chandra varsha or lunar race of kings , who sate for many centuries on the throne of Magad'ha , a country properly comprehending South Bahar only , but which under that power- ful race of monarchs occasionally spread over the greatest ...
... Chandra varsha or lunar race of kings , who sate for many centuries on the throne of Magad'ha , a country properly comprehending South Bahar only , but which under that power- ful race of monarchs occasionally spread over the greatest ...
Page 176
... Chandra Gupta , the cotemporary of Alexander . All the space before and between these dates is lost in uncertainty , excepting when occasionally a vo- tive inscription serves to fix the date of a parti- cular reign . The fifth monarch ...
... Chandra Gupta , the cotemporary of Alexander . All the space before and between these dates is lost in uncertainty , excepting when occasionally a vo- tive inscription serves to fix the date of a parti- cular reign . The fifth monarch ...
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