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... proceeded from the mouth , the second from the arm , the third from the thigh , and the fourth from the foot of Brahma . The Bramins were not , as is generally , but per- haps erroneously stated , a sacerdotal caste , for we nowhere ...
... proceeded from the mouth , the second from the arm , the third from the thigh , and the fourth from the foot of Brahma . The Bramins were not , as is generally , but per- haps erroneously stated , a sacerdotal caste , for we nowhere ...
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... proceeded , apparently northwards , to Alôr , the then capital of Sind , but of which the ruins only now remain . His force had by this time been augmented by a body of 2000 horse from Persia ; but the rajah was awaiting him with an ...
... proceeded , apparently northwards , to Alôr , the then capital of Sind , but of which the ruins only now remain . His force had by this time been augmented by a body of 2000 horse from Persia ; but the rajah was awaiting him with an ...
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... proceeded till he had passed the Jumna . He then turned southwards , and led his troops under the walls of Canouj , a city described as abounding in wealth and magnificence , and whose ruins at the present day are said to cover an ...
... proceeded till he had passed the Jumna . He then turned southwards , and led his troops under the walls of Canouj , a city described as abounding in wealth and magnificence , and whose ruins at the present day are said to cover an ...
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... proceeded to destroy the nobles or drive them from court , and he filled the capital with Hindoo troops of his own caste . He then ( 1321 ) ventured on the deed he had long projected ; he murdered his master and all the members of the ...
... proceeded to destroy the nobles or drive them from court , and he filled the capital with Hindoo troops of his own caste . He then ( 1321 ) ventured on the deed he had long projected ; he murdered his master and all the members of the ...
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... proceeded to make preparations for marching into Anterior Asia , to encounter the Ottoman sultan Bayazîd . His visitation of India , which lasted about a year , had been like that of a destroying angel ; he left behind him anarchy ...
... proceeded to make preparations for marching into Anterior Asia , to encounter the Ottoman sultan Bayazîd . His visitation of India , which lasted about a year , had been like that of a destroying angel ; he left behind him anarchy ...
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A History of India: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day Thomas Keightley Affichage du livre entier - 1847 |
A History of India: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day Thomas Keightley Affichage du livre entier - 1847 |
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Afghâns Agra Akber Ally army arrived attack Aurungzîb Bala Hissar Bengal Bombay British Câbul Calcutta camp Capt Carnatic cavalry chief Clive coast command Company Company's council court death Deckan defeated defence Delhi Directors dominions Dupleix Dutch East emperor empire enemy engaged English Europeans favour fire fled force French garrison gave governor Governor-general guns Gûzerât Hastings Hindoo Holkar honour horse Hyder India jagheer Jehân joined Khân king lacs of rupees Lahore Lally letter Lord Lord Cornwallis Lord Wellesley Madras Mahmûd Malwa Marattas Meer Jaffier miles Mogul Mohammed Mysore Nabob named native Nizâm officers Omichund Oude party Patna Peishwa plunder Pondicherry Portuguese prince prisoner proceeded rajah Rajpût Râo reached refused resident resolved retired returned river Rohillas rupees sent Sepoys Shâh ships siege Sikhs Sing soon Sûbahdâr surrender Tanjore territory throne tion Tippoo took town trade treaty Trichinopoly troops vizîr whole wounded
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Page 55 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Page 126 - For her, he did not disdain to stoop to the trade of a wholesale upholsterer for this house, to furnish it, not with the faded tapestry figures of antiquated merit, such as decorate, and may reproach, some other houses, but with real, solid, living patterns of true modern virtue.
Page 182 - Bemdru we formed squares to resist the distant fire of infantry, thus presenting a solid mass against the aim of perhaps the best marksmen in the world, the said squares being securely perched on the summit ' of a steep and narrow ridge up which no cavalry could charge with effect.
Page 124 - SIR : When this note is delivered to you by Hoolas Roy, I have to desire that you order the two prisoners to be put in irons, keeping them from all food, etc., agreeably to my instructions of yesterday.
Page 150 - All'our wars cannot perhaps with propriety be considered wars of necessity ; but most of those by which the territories we possess have been obtained, and out of which our subsidiary alliances have grown, have been wars, I think, of necessity and not of choice. For example, the wars with Tippoo and the Mahrattas.
Page 93 - Clive abused the power with which he was entrusted to the evil example of the servants of the public and to the dishonour and detriment of the State.
Page 77 - entering the Nabob's treasury at Moorshedabad, " with heaps of gold and silver to the right and left, and
Page 141 - Company, during the period of their sovereignty, have done more in behalf of their subjects, have shown more good-will towards them, have shown less of a selfish attachment to mischievous powers lodged in their own hands, have displayed a more generous welcome to schemes of improvement, and are more willing to adopt improvements, not only than any other sovereign existing in the same period, but than all other sovereigns taken together on the face of the globe.
Page 12 - Ferishtah, was endowed with every princely virtue and those who scrutinize her actions most severely will find in her no fault but that she was a woman.
Page 59 - Second they obtained a new Charter, which not only confirmed their ancient privileges but vested in them authority, through their agents in India, to make peace and war with any prince or people, not being Christians, and to seize within their limits, and send home as prisoners, any Englishmen found without a licence. It may well be supposed that in the hands of any exclusive Company this last privilege was not likely to lie dormant. Thus, on one occasion, when one of their Governors had been urged...