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... army of invaders . Only as long as the victors could stiffen their ranks by continual recruitment from the countries of their origin were they able to maintain their supremacy as a separate and a ruling race . To secure this source of ...
... army of invaders . Only as long as the victors could stiffen their ranks by continual recruitment from the countries of their origin were they able to maintain their supremacy as a separate and a ruling race . To secure this source of ...
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... army , and sailing down the Indus to the neighbourhood of Karachi , left India in October 323 B.C. He died two years later . His retirement was speedily followed by the expulsion of Greek garrisons from the basin of the Indus by ...
... army , and sailing down the Indus to the neighbourhood of Karachi , left India in October 323 B.C. He died two years later . His retirement was speedily followed by the expulsion of Greek garrisons from the basin of the Indus by ...
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... army of Turko- mans , Mongols and Afghans , numbering only 12,000 , camp- followers included , but aided by a park of artillery , routed the hosts of Sultan Ibrahim on the historic field of Panipat near Delhi . His adversaries , he ...
... army of Turko- mans , Mongols and Afghans , numbering only 12,000 , camp- followers included , but aided by a park of artillery , routed the hosts of Sultan Ibrahim on the historic field of Panipat near Delhi . His adversaries , he ...
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... army of the Afghan rulers of Bengal and Bihar . Thus he made himself master of the plains of Upper India from the north - west frontier to the border of Bengal , winning over by his success and by the power of a fine personality many of ...
... army of the Afghan rulers of Bengal and Bihar . Thus he made himself master of the plains of Upper India from the north - west frontier to the border of Bengal , winning over by his success and by the power of a fine personality many of ...
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... army men of all creeds , and holding that , to use his own words , a monarch should ever be intent on conquest , otherwise his neighbours rise in arms against him , " Akbar gradually extended his dominion in all directions until it ...
... army men of all creeds , and holding that , to use his own words , a monarch should ever be intent on conquest , otherwise his neighbours rise in arms against him , " Akbar gradually extended his dominion in all directions until it ...
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Popular passages
Page 184 - The British Government and the Government of India, on whom the responsibility lies for the welfare and advancement of the Indian peoples, must be the judges of the time and measure of each advance, and they must be guided by the co-operation received from those upon whom new opportunities of service will thus be conferred, and by the extent to which it is found that confidence can be reposed in their sense of responsibility.
Page 79 - An act for establishing certain regulations for the better management of the affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe...
Page 184 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.
Page 126 - We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing bigger and bigger, may at last threaten to overwhelm us with ruin.
Page 133 - Derby would write it himself in his excellent language, bearing in mind that it is a female sovereign who speaks to more than a hundred millions of Eastern people on assuming the direct government over them, and, after a bloody war, giving them pledges which her future reign is to redeem, and explaining the principles of her government.
Page 92 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour and the policy of this nation...
Page 161 - Not one whit more than you do I think it desirable or possible, or even conceivable, to adapt English political institutions to the nations who inhabit India. Assuredly not in your day or mine. But the spirit of English institutions is a different thing, and it is a thing that we cannot escape even if we wished, which I hope we don't.
Page 133 - ... bearing in mind that it is a female sovereign who speaks to more than 100,000,000 of Eastern people on assuming the direct government over them after a bloody civil war, giving them pledges which her future reign is to redeem, and explaining the principles of her Government. Such a document should breathe feelings of generosity, benevolence, and religious feeling, pointing out the privileges which the Indians will receive in being placed on an equality with the subjects of the British Crown,...
Page 26 - Distinctions of colour are of his ordination. It is he who gives existence. In your temples, to his name the voice is raised in prayer : in a house of images, where the bell is shaken, still he is the object of adoration. To vilify the religion or customs of other men, is to set at naught the pleasure of the Almighty.
Page 220 - Since I landed I have felt around me bitterness and estrangement between those who have been and should be friends. The shadow of Amritsar has lengthened over the fair face of India.