Outlines of Indian historyBell and Daldy, 1871 - 330 pages |
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... death he was deified by the Hindus and is an object of general adoration among them . In another poem containing not less than 100,000 verses called the Māhā - Bharat , a portion of which is said to be the composition of Māhā Vyasa , is ...
... death he was deified by the Hindus and is an object of general adoration among them . In another poem containing not less than 100,000 verses called the Māhā - Bharat , a portion of which is said to be the composition of Māhā Vyasa , is ...
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... death of Gotama , and two centuries from that event it was triumphant throughout Hindusthan . It was introduced into Ceylon about the third century A. C. , and probably into Tartary and Thibet somewhat later , but into China not before ...
... death of Gotama , and two centuries from that event it was triumphant throughout Hindusthan . It was introduced into Ceylon about the third century A. C. , and probably into Tartary and Thibet somewhat later , but into China not before ...
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... death on a highly - heated iron bed . Mutilation chiefly of the hand , was a common punishment for several offences . Trials by ordeal were also in vogue , and several are assimilated to those once prevailing among the Anglo - Saxons ...
... death on a highly - heated iron bed . Mutilation chiefly of the hand , was a common punishment for several offences . Trials by ordeal were also in vogue , and several are assimilated to those once prevailing among the Anglo - Saxons ...
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... death , which is remarkable , considering his timidity in small evils . He is wanting in active humanity , and though he will not kill an animal of the ox kind , there is no creature whose sufferings equal those of the labouring cattle ...
... death , which is remarkable , considering his timidity in small evils . He is wanting in active humanity , and though he will not kill an animal of the ox kind , there is no creature whose sufferings equal those of the labouring cattle ...
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... Death . He died at Ghuzni on the 29th April , A.D. 1030 . Character . He possessed prudence , activity , and en- terprise in the highest degree ; was a patron of learned men ; had the qualities of a great warrior and conqueror , and ...
... Death . He died at Ghuzni on the 29th April , A.D. 1030 . Character . He possessed prudence , activity , and en- terprise in the highest degree ; was a patron of learned men ; had the qualities of a great warrior and conqueror , and ...
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