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... changes were still more sudden and violent ; so that , before the arrival of the Europeans in India , the Mahomedan monarchy was already weakened by the detachment of some of its richest provinces 4 LETTERS ON INDIA .
... changes were still more sudden and violent ; so that , before the arrival of the Europeans in India , the Mahomedan monarchy was already weakened by the detachment of some of its richest provinces 4 LETTERS ON INDIA .
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Lady Maria Callcott. weakened by the detachment of some of its richest provinces . And although Aureng Zebe succeeded ... province after province , till his throne was filled by a mere shadow of royalty , placed and upheld there by ...
Lady Maria Callcott. weakened by the detachment of some of its richest provinces . And although Aureng Zebe succeeded ... province after province , till his throne was filled by a mere shadow of royalty , placed and upheld there by ...
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... provinces of Hindoostan and the Deckan . The Saraswati was a people which occupied the banks of the river Seraswattee , and the Bra- mins of that nation now inhabit the Panjab . Their language may have prevailed over the southern and ...
... provinces of Hindoostan and the Deckan . The Saraswati was a people which occupied the banks of the river Seraswattee , and the Bra- mins of that nation now inhabit the Panjab . Their language may have prevailed over the southern and ...
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... Canarà , is the ancient language of Carnataca , a province which has given names to districts on both coasts of the Peninsula ; the C dialect still prevails in the intermediate moun- tainous tract . LETTERS ON INDIA .. 17.
... Canarà , is the ancient language of Carnataca , a province which has given names to districts on both coasts of the Peninsula ; the C dialect still prevails in the intermediate moun- tainous tract . LETTERS ON INDIA .. 17.
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... province of that name , but those on the banks of the Crishna and Godavery . Its language ( Telinga ) has been cultivated by poets , if not by prose writers . Besides these ten polished dialects , there are some others , derived , like ...
... province of that name , but those on the banks of the Crishna and Godavery . Its language ( Telinga ) has been cultivated by poets , if not by prose writers . Besides these ten polished dialects , there are some others , derived , like ...
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