Outlines of Indian historyBell and Daldy, 1871 - 330 pages |
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... cloth , one wrapped round the middle and tucked up between the legs , Dress . while a part hangs down a good deal below the knees ; the other is worn over the shoulders and occasionally stretched over the head . The dress of the women ...
... cloth , one wrapped round the middle and tucked up between the legs , Dress . while a part hangs down a good deal below the knees ; the other is worn over the shoulders and occasionally stretched over the head . The dress of the women ...
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... cloths , muslins , chintzes , indigo , spices , precious stones , drugs and sugar . The imports were coarse and fine cloth , brass , tin , lead , glass , wines , principally the Italian , and a considerable quantity of specie and ...
... cloths , muslins , chintzes , indigo , spices , precious stones , drugs and sugar . The imports were coarse and fine cloth , brass , tin , lead , glass , wines , principally the Italian , and a considerable quantity of specie and ...
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... clothes , allow their beard and hair to grow , to reverence the Hindu gods and Brahmins , and prevent the slaughter of kine . Guru Govind found his plan unsuccessful , he was overpowered , and at length murdered by a private enemy at ...
... clothes , allow their beard and hair to grow , to reverence the Hindu gods and Brahmins , and prevent the slaughter of kine . Guru Govind found his plan unsuccessful , he was overpowered , and at length murdered by a private enemy at ...
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... cloth , and always in boots . In the time of Aurungzib they had become generally slender , dark and sallow , and wore long white gowns of the thinnest muslin , which spread out from the waist in innumerable folds , and scarcely showed ...
... cloth , and always in boots . In the time of Aurungzib they had become generally slender , dark and sallow , and wore long white gowns of the thinnest muslin , which spread out from the waist in innumerable folds , and scarcely showed ...
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... cloth of gold fabric . " - Saturday Review , Dec. 11 , 1869 . Hibberd's New and Rare Beautiful - Leaved Plants , containing sixty - four coloured Plates , executed expressly for this work . 1 vol . 25s . Bree's Birds of Europe and their ...
... cloth of gold fabric . " - Saturday Review , Dec. 11 , 1869 . Hibberd's New and Rare Beautiful - Leaved Plants , containing sixty - four coloured Plates , executed expressly for this work . 1 vol . 25s . Bree's Birds of Europe and their ...
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