A History of India: From the Earliest Times to the Present DayWhittaker, 1847 - 198 pages |
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... charge of the affairs of India to Sewuk - pâl , a converted Hindoo , he returned with all speed to Ghuzni . A battle fought near Balkh , in which Mahmûd employed 500 Indian elephants to great advantage , ended in a signal victory on his ...
... charge of the affairs of India to Sewuk - pâl , a converted Hindoo , he returned with all speed to Ghuzni . A battle fought near Balkh , in which Mahmûd employed 500 Indian elephants to great advantage , ended in a signal victory on his ...
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... charge , fled with the loss of 5000 men , and the garrison , now hopeless of relief , took to their boats , leaving the temple to its fate . Mahmûd , on entering the temple , was dazzled with its magnificence . Fifty - six pillars , it ...
... charge , fled with the loss of 5000 men , and the garrison , now hopeless of relief , took to their boats , leaving the temple to its fate . Mahmûd , on entering the temple , was dazzled with its magnificence . Fifty - six pillars , it ...
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... charge with successive bodies of cavalry , and thus to keep up an unceasing series of attacks ; those of the Hindoos were to keep toge- gether , and endeavour to outflank and surround the enemy . On this occasion the latter tactics ...
... charge with successive bodies of cavalry , and thus to keep up an unceasing series of attacks ; those of the Hindoos were to keep toge- gether , and endeavour to outflank and surround the enemy . On this occasion the latter tactics ...
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... charge made against her is , that she allowed him to lift her to her horse . A Turkish chief named Altûnia was the first to rebel . The queen marched against him , but her army mutinied . Jummul was slain and herself made a prisoner ...
... charge made against her is , that she allowed him to lift her to her horse . A Turkish chief named Altûnia was the first to rebel . The queen marched against him , but her army mutinied . Jummul was slain and herself made a prisoner ...
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... charge of defending the west against the invasions of the Moguls . One army he defeated and drove off , but soon another appeared ; and , though the prince gained a complete victory over it , he was slain in the pursuit by a party of ...
... charge of defending the west against the invasions of the Moguls . One army he defeated and drove off , but soon another appeared ; and , though the prince gained a complete victory over it , he was slain in the pursuit by a party of ...
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Afghân Agra Akber Ally army attack Aurungzîb Bâber Bala Hissar Bengal Bramin British brother Câbul Calcutta camp Capt cavalry chief Clive coast command Company council court Dârâ death Deckan defeated defence Delhi dominions Dupleix East emperor empire enemy engaged English Europeans favour fled force French garrison gave Ghuzni Golconda governor Governor-general guns Gûzerât Hastings Hindoo Holkar honour horse Humâyun Hyder India Indus jagheer joined Khân king lacs of rupees Lahore Lord Lord Cornwallis Madras Mahmûd Malwa Marattas Meer Jaffier miles Mogul Mohammed Mohammedan Mysore Nabob named native Nizâm Nûr obliged officers Omichund Oude party Patna Peishwa Persian plunder Pondicherry Portuguese prince prisoner Punjab rajah Rajpût reached reduced reign resident resolved retired returned river Rohillas rupees sent Sepoys Sevajee Shâh Shah Jehân siege Sikh Sing soon Sûbahdâr surrender territory throne Timûr tion Tippoo took town trade treaty Trichinopoly troops vizîr whole