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Lady Maria Callcott. ON INDIA BY MARIA GRAHAM , Lady Maria maas Graham Galent ! AUTHOR OF " JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN INDIA . " With Etchings and a Map . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN , PATERNOSTER - ROW ...
Lady Maria Callcott. ON INDIA BY MARIA GRAHAM , Lady Maria maas Graham Galent ! AUTHOR OF " JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN INDIA . " With Etchings and a Map . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN , PATERNOSTER - ROW ...
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... India , we should re- member that for many centuries they have been slaves to hard masters , and that if by subterfuge they could not conceal their property , they had only to expect robbery and violence ; thus falsehood became the only ...
... India , we should re- member that for many centuries they have been slaves to hard masters , and that if by subterfuge they could not conceal their property , they had only to expect robbery and violence ; thus falsehood became the only ...
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... India , so we shall continue in the same wise mo- deration , and conduct the innovations necessary for their ... India , you will find a considerable variety of character , and sufficient difference of customs and of faith , to ...
... India , so we shall continue in the same wise mo- deration , and conduct the innovations necessary for their ... India , you will find a considerable variety of character , and sufficient difference of customs and of faith , to ...
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... India are usually reckoned to be four . The Sanscrit or language of the gods . The Prácrit or spoken language . The Paisachi or language of the demons . The Magad'hi . Some writers however substitute for the two latter the Apabhransa or ...
... India are usually reckoned to be four . The Sanscrit or language of the gods . The Prácrit or spoken language . The Paisachi or language of the demons . The Magad'hi . Some writers however substitute for the two latter the Apabhransa or ...
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adorned æra Agra Akbar ancient appear army astronomical Aurengzebe Awatar Baber beautiful Bengal Brah Brahma Brahmins brother called capital castes ceremonies Chandra character chief conquest contains court Crishna Dara death Deccan Dehli deity descendants divine dominions dwipa earth East emperor empire European fables father favourite Ferishta fire Firoze Ganesa Ganges Genghis Genghis Khan Ghazna goddess gods Greeks Guzerat head heaven hero Hindostan Hindû holy honour India Indus inhabitants Khan king kingdom language laws letter Mahmoud Mahomedan Mahommed Mahratta Mogul Mogul empire monarchs mountains murdered Mussulman native nature Nermada Nizam nobles o'dien oblations offered Parvati Patans perhaps person poems poets possessed priest prince provinces Rama reign religion river Sacontala sacred sacrifice Sanscrit sect Shah Jehan Siddhanta Sir William Jones Siva soubah sovereigns Sultan Surya temple throne tion tombs trial by ordeal tribe Vedas Vishnu whence worship Zebe