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... inhabitants . However , on reflecting that your time must be too fully occupied in preparations for your voy- age , to allow you to engage in the perusal of very voluminous works , I have , though with considerable diffidence ...
... inhabitants . However , on reflecting that your time must be too fully occupied in preparations for your voy- age , to allow you to engage in the perusal of very voluminous works , I have , though with considerable diffidence ...
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... their diminished inhabitants , towns embellished with temples and with tombs now falling to decay , and absolutely unpeopled , and stupendous monuments of art , J which have not served to transmit even the names 6 LETTERS ON INDIA .
... their diminished inhabitants , towns embellished with temples and with tombs now falling to decay , and absolutely unpeopled , and stupendous monuments of art , J which have not served to transmit even the names 6 LETTERS ON INDIA .
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... inhabitants of India , so we shall continue in the same wise mo- deration , and conduct the innovations necessary . for their permanent improvement and our own security , in such a manner as that the hand of authority be never seen ...
... inhabitants of India , so we shall continue in the same wise mo- deration , and conduct the innovations necessary . for their permanent improvement and our own security , in such a manner as that the hand of authority be never seen ...
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... inhabitants de- stroyed , and its name forgotten , the existence of the Sanscrit language would prove that it once contained a race who had reached a high degree of refinement , and who must have been blest with many rare advantages ...
... inhabitants de- stroyed , and its name forgotten , the existence of the Sanscrit language would prove that it once contained a race who had reached a high degree of refinement , and who must have been blest with many rare advantages ...
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... inhabitants do not understand it ; which I beg you to observe , is the reason I particularly advised you to study it , that you may not be among those speakers of jargon , whom one hears violating all the rules of gram- mar and good ...
... inhabitants do not understand it ; which I beg you to observe , is the reason I particularly advised you to study it , that you may not be among those speakers of jargon , whom one hears violating all the rules of gram- mar and good ...
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adorned æra Agra Akbar ancient appear army arts 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 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 Sidd'hanta Sir William Jones Siva soubah sovereigns Sultan Surya temple throne tion tombs trial by ordeal tribe Vedas Vishnu whence worship Zebe