A Short Manual of the History of India: With an Account of India as it Is; the Soil, Climate, and Productions; the People, Their Races, Religions, Public Works, and Industries; the Civil Services, and System of Administration |
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... LANGUAGES OF INDIA 42 IV . SOIL , MINES , FORESTS , AGRICULTURE , AND NATURAL HISTORY V. METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE 51 64 VI . INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC WORKS 80 VII . GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 93 VIII . LITERATURE AND LEARNING 110 IX ...
... LANGUAGES OF INDIA 42 IV . SOIL , MINES , FORESTS , AGRICULTURE , AND NATURAL HISTORY V. METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE 51 64 VI . INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC WORKS 80 VII . GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 93 VIII . LITERATURE AND LEARNING 110 IX ...
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... language called Párvatiya ( hill - lan- guage ) . Kashmír is the most important of the frontier states , and more closely connected with the British Government than the others . Its territory now includes not only the beautiful valley ...
... language called Párvatiya ( hill - lan- guage ) . Kashmír is the most important of the frontier states , and more closely connected with the British Government than the others . Its territory now includes not only the beautiful valley ...
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... language closely resembling that primitive Aryan speech which was the parent of Sanskrit and Greek and Latin and all the other Aryan languages . The Afgháns call these Dards and all other non - Musalmán inhabitants of the mountains by ...
... language closely resembling that primitive Aryan speech which was the parent of Sanskrit and Greek and Latin and all the other Aryan languages . The Afgháns call these Dards and all other non - Musalmán inhabitants of the mountains by ...
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... language immediately derived from the Sanskrit - Páli being the sacred language of their Buddhist scriptures , and still more closely connected with Sanskrit . But the majority of the inhabitants of the northern parts of the island ...
... language immediately derived from the Sanskrit - Páli being the sacred language of their Buddhist scriptures , and still more closely connected with Sanskrit . But the majority of the inhabitants of the northern parts of the island ...
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... language of the people though unrecognised officially . The chief divisions of the Mughul Empire in the time of Akbar ( called Súbahs , the jurisdiction of a Súbahdár or viceroy ) are given in the map at page 207 . In addition to these ...
... language of the people though unrecognised officially . The chief divisions of the Mughul Empire in the time of Akbar ( called Súbahs , the jurisdiction of a Súbahdár or viceroy ) are given in the map at page 207 . In addition to these ...
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