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History, Literature, and Mythology of the Hindoos: Including a Minute Description of Their Manners and Customs, and Translations from Their Principal Works, Volume 1

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B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1817 - Hindu mythology

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Produce of the lands prices of corn	xxv

of Hindoo society in ancient times so far as these accounts afford infor	xxvi

Produce of British India	xliv

The kingdom of Bhürütü designated BharütüVürshů or India	lviii

Extravagance of the Hindoos in their chronology	lviii

5	lviii

CHAP I	1

Voivŭswütŭ the first munoo of the present or seventh münwüntürü	14

Remarks on the soil of Bengal	116

Instances of the dreadful effects of loss of cast	147

Ceremonies practised at the birth of children	155

Polygamy its baneful effects seen in Hindoo families	180

Widows among the lowest cast sometimes married in an irregular	181

Forms of address on different occasions	188

The work of a housewife	197

Each one rears his own hut and pays landrent 208Hindoo money	209

Summary of Hindoo law	19

Kasumalēēkhahs obtaining the soobaship	37

Extract from Sir W Jones on the origin of the Hindoos	61

Veneration paid to the bramhŭns	67

Ceremony of investiture with the poita	74

Directions in the form of a will	266

On denying education to women	278

on the removal of the dying to the banks of the river	284

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Title	History, Literature, and Mythology of the Hindoos: Including a Minute Description of Their Manners and Customs, and Translations from Their Principal Works, Volume 1 History, Literature, and Mythology of the Hindoos: Including a Minute Description of Their Manners and Customs, and Translations from Their Principal Works, William Ward
Author	William Ward
Edition	3, reprint
Publisher	B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1817
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	25 Jul 2017

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