The Indian Empire: Its Peoples, History, and Products

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Smith, Elder, & Company, 1893 - India - 852 pages
 

Contents

The Ethnical Elements of the Indian Peoples 88
88
The NonAryan Races
91
Leafwearing Juangs of Orissa Himálayan Tribes 94
94
Indian Expenditure Army Public Debt Famine Relief
98
The Three NonAryan StocksTibetoBurmans Dravidians
101
Education
108
The Hindu Drama Kálidása
143
The Hindu Novel Beast Stories
170
CHAPTER V
176
Buddha s Story modelled on the Sanskrit Epic
189
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210
Seleukos and Chandra Gupta 213
213
Ancient and Modern Greeks the Yavanas
220
Scythian Elements in India the Játs and Rájputs ? 226
226
The Takshaks and Nágás 232234
233
CHAPTER VIII
240
Plasticity and Rigidity of Caste
247
The Thirteen Sivaite Sects their Gradations
265
Friendly Vishnu the Vishnu Purána
277
Buddhism under Siláditya Monastery of Nalanda
282
The Jesuit Malabar Mission in the 17th and 18th Centuries 302304
302
Education in Ancient India Sanskrit Tols and Village Schools
312
Statistics of Protestant Missions and their Progress
320
Invasions of Nádir Sháh the Persian and Ahmad Sháh
324
Firuz Shah Tughlaks Canals 13511388 A D
338
CHAPTER XI
344
Akbars Subjugation of Khandesh his Death
350
Revenues of the Mughal Empire 15931761 355357
357
Rebellion of Prince Aurangzeb and Deposition of Shah
363
Last Battle of Pánípat 1761 and Fall of the Mughal Empire 373
373
CHAPTER XIII
383
CHAPTER IV
392
The Seven Modern Vernaculars
400
Bengali its Historical Development and Chief Authors 406415
406
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416
Downfall of the Portuguese their Possessions in 1881 1891
423
Early English Voyages 16001612 428
429
Other European East India Companies 435441
435
Comparative Table of Europeans in British India
442
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443
French and English Wars in the Karnátik Dupleix Clive
447
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480
Annexation of Oudh
486
Exports of Indigo System of Planting
604
Tobacco Cultivation Trade and Method of Curing
626
Assisted and Native State Railways
652
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653
CHAPTER XIX
658
Coasting Trade of India Shipping Statistics
689
272 273
693
Local Trade the Village Moneylender 695
696
But still a Domestic Industry throughout India 702
702
Ironwork Cutlery Chain Armour Damascening 708
708
Their Manufactures Competition with Manchester 715716
715
MINES AND MINERALS
722
GEOLOGY OF INDIA
733
The Lower Himálayas Siwáliks Salt Range
740
Gangetic Plain Eastern Bengal Assam
745
Sunspot Cycles 752
752
Sheep and Goats Antelopes Nílgái Deer 759
759
Indian Flora in Various Provinces 765767
765
Deathrate and Birthrate arrived at by Actuarial Calculations
771
Area Towns and Villages Houses Population
774
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803
Its Early Campingground in Central Asia
806
Native Rulers of Bengal 17071756 the Black Hole
809
Control of India in England
810
Buddhism in India
811
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813
Crushed Tribes Gipsy Clans Predatory Tribes III 112
814
Battle of Plassey 1757 and its Results
815
210
818
Early Arab Expeditions to Bombay and Sind
819
Rise of Hinduism
825
The Fall of the Rupee 506
827
Brahmanic Influence on the Dravidians
828
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829
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833
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
835
The Maráthá Power
837
Xavier and the Jesuits Work done
840
Three Stages in the Life of an Indian River
843
Sir R Temple on the Balance of Indias Foreign Trade
845
Shrines common to Different Faiths 252
846
The First Afghan War 18391841 its Disastrous Termination 478 479
847
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