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A HISTORY

OF

Hindu Civilisation during British Rule

BY

PRAMATHA NATH BOSE, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.G.S., M.R.A.S.

OFFICIATING SUPERINTENDENT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA
AUTHOR OF "THE CENTENARY REVIEW OF THE RESEARCHES OF THE
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL IN NATURAL SCIENCE."

IN FOUR VÒLUMES

VOL. I

RELIGIOUS CONDITION

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PROFESSOR F. MAX MÜLLER, K. M.,

WHO HAS NOBLY DEVOTED HIS LIFE

TO THE ELUCIDATION OF THE

ANCIENT LITERATURE AND HISTORY OF MY COUNTRY,

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AND HAS AWAKENED IN MY COUNTRYMEN

A LIVING INTEREST IN THEIR PAST,

I GRATEFULLY DEDICATE THIS VOLUME.

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