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" ... overspread with the coins of every country of the East, in the open air and public street of the camp, gave evidence of an extent of mercantile activity utterly inconceivable in any camp excepting that of systematic plunderers by wholesale and retail. "
Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an Attempt to Trace the ... - Page 156
by Mark Wilks - 1817
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Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most ..., Volume 2

Hugh Murray - India - 1832 - 348 pages
...;" while " the tables of the money-changers, overspread with the coins of every country of the East, gave evidence of an extent of mercantile activity...inconceivable in any camp, excepting that of systematic plun derers, by wholesale and retail." These allies, however introduced the commander to a most useful...
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The History of the British Empire in India, Volume 2

Edward Thornton - India - 1842 - 632 pages
...presented by the best bazaars of the richest towns : but, above all, ' the tables of the moneychangers,' overspread with the coins of every country of the...them one apparently the least adapted to a wandering life — the trade of a tanner — was practised with eminent success. A circular hole dug in the earth,...
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History of British India: With Continuation Comprising the Afghan War, the ...

Hugh Murray - India - 1850 - 776 pages
...;" while " the tables of the money-changers, overspread with the coins of every country of the East, gave evidence of an extent of mercantile activity...excepting that of systematic plunderers by wholesale and rctail." These allies, moreover, introduced the com- Brinjurrie§ mander to a most useful class of...
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History of British India. With continuation. Continued to 1854

1855 - 800 pages
...villagemaiden;" while "the tables of the money-changers, overspread with the coins of every country of the East, gave evidence of an extent of mercantile activity...of systematic plunderers by wholesale and retail." These allies, moreover, introduced the commander to a most useful elass of men, the brinjarries or...
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History of British India: Continued to the Close of the Year 1854

Hugh Murray - India - 1857 - 746 pages
...villagemaiden;" while "the tables of the money-changers, overspread with the coins of every country of the East, gave evidence of an extent of mercantile activity...of systematic plunderers by wholesale and retail." These allies, moreover, introduced the commander to a most useful class of men, the brinjarries or...
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Cassell's Illustrated History of India, Volume 1

James Grant - India - 1876 - 602 pages
...presented by the best bazaars of the richest towns; but, above all, the tables of the money-changers, overspread with the coins of every country of the...mercantile activity, utterly inconceivable in any camp, except that of systematic plunderers, by wholesale and retail. Every variety of trade appeared to be...
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The illustrated history of the British empire in India and the ..., Volume 4

Edward Henry Nolan - 1878 - 446 pages
...;' while ' the tables of the money-changers, overspread with the coins of every country of the East, gave evidence of an extent of mercantile activity...of systematic plunderers by wholesale and retail.' These allies, moreover, introduced the commander to a most useful class of men, the brinjarries or...
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The illustrated history of the British empire in India and the ..., Volume 2

Edward Henry Nolan - 1878 - 994 pages
...;' while ' the tables of the money-changers, overspread with the coins of every country of the East, gave evidence of an extent of mercantile activity...any camp, excepting that of systematic plunderers by wholewle and retail.' These allies, moreover, introduced the commander to a most useful class of men,...
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Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India

William Crooke - India - 1906 - 568 pages
...presented by the best bazaars of the richest town, but above all, the 'tables of the money-changers,' overspread with the coins of every country of the...East, in the open air, and public street of the camp, give evidence of an extent of mercantile activity, utterly inconceivable in any camp except that of...
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Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India

William Crooke - History - 1906 - 568 pages
...presented by the best bazaars of the richest town, but above all, the ' tables of the money-changers,' overspread with the coins of every country of the...East, in the open air, and public street of the camp, give evidence of an extent of mercantile activity, utterly inconceivable in any camp except that of...
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