The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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... fields and pastures ; and , as their agricultural interests seem to have been , for the most part , left undisturbed , and their possessions secured to them by the new powers , they experienced no in- ducement to resist the change . The ...
... fields and pastures ; and , as their agricultural interests seem to have been , for the most part , left undisturbed , and their possessions secured to them by the new powers , they experienced no in- ducement to resist the change . The ...
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... field of poppies . " When the struggle was over , and victory declared against them , when their masters were expelled , and their coffers the prize of the victors , these mercenaries had nothing more to look for ; there was no latent ...
... field of poppies . " When the struggle was over , and victory declared against them , when their masters were expelled , and their coffers the prize of the victors , these mercenaries had nothing more to look for ; there was no latent ...
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... field for the invasion of a country distant from their homes . Guns he had , it is true , but not in a condition to move them through a difficult country . Even when the revolt was wide spread , and victory was closer to the Sikhs than ...
... field for the invasion of a country distant from their homes . Guns he had , it is true , but not in a condition to move them through a difficult country . Even when the revolt was wide spread , and victory was closer to the Sikhs than ...
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tobacco , cotton , sugar , and vegetables , grown in small fields and enclosures . The cotton , grown extensively , paid by Buttai . By one or other of these methods was the revenue fixed : but they varied in the different villages ...
tobacco , cotton , sugar , and vegetables , grown in small fields and enclosures . The cotton , grown extensively , paid by Buttai . By one or other of these methods was the revenue fixed : but they varied in the different villages ...
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... field watchmen , & c . & c . We must not omit to mention here that the kasagĂdars frequently made their pay- ments , not in kind , but in cash , at the half - yearly market value of the grain , estimated from the village records of ...
... field watchmen , & c . & c . We must not omit to mention here that the kasagĂdars frequently made their pay- ments , not in kind , but in cash , at the half - yearly market value of the grain , estimated from the village records of ...
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