Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters Written During Seventeen Years Residence in India ... Observations ... Africa and South America ...Bensley, 1813 |
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Page v
... beautiful address to the elements .. extract from Sa- contala .. four grand divisions of Hindoo castes .. temple and village worship .. sealing of the worshippers .. mark on the forehead very generally adopted..orna- ments and paintings ...
... beautiful address to the elements .. extract from Sa- contala .. four grand divisions of Hindoo castes .. temple and village worship .. sealing of the worshippers .. mark on the forehead very generally adopted..orna- ments and paintings ...
Page vi
... beautiful mausoleums at Betwah .. affectionate veneration for the dead in Hindostan .. description of the Taje Mahal at Agra .. estimate of the expenses in building that wonderful structure .. short comparison with Solomon's temple at ...
... beautiful mausoleums at Betwah .. affectionate veneration for the dead in Hindostan .. description of the Taje Mahal at Agra .. estimate of the expenses in building that wonderful structure .. short comparison with Solomon's temple at ...
Page vii
... beautiful preface to the Institutes of Akber..succes- sors to that emperor .. splendid taste of the Mogul princes .. the Dewane - khass , a magnificent hall in the palace of Shah Allum , described .. reflections on the Mogul history ...
... beautiful preface to the Institutes of Akber..succes- sors to that emperor .. splendid taste of the Mogul princes .. the Dewane - khass , a magnificent hall in the palace of Shah Allum , described .. reflections on the Mogul history ...
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... beautiful letter from a Hindoo rajah to Au- rungzebe — doctrine of the metempsychosis — doctrines of the Grecian philosophers , compared with the religion of the patriarchs — character of a real Yogee - pure brahminism - mysteries in ...
... beautiful letter from a Hindoo rajah to Au- rungzebe — doctrine of the metempsychosis — doctrines of the Grecian philosophers , compared with the religion of the patriarchs — character of a real Yogee - pure brahminism - mysteries in ...
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... prelate to the missionaries- cause and effects of irreligion — a sovereign remedy - beautiful ex- tract from the writings of bishop Horne - conclusion of the solemn subject . CHAPTER XXVIII . ADJOINING the Zinore purgunna , and equally.
... prelate to the missionaries- cause and effects of irreligion — a sovereign remedy - beautiful ex- tract from the writings of bishop Horne - conclusion of the solemn subject . CHAPTER XXVIII . ADJOINING the Zinore purgunna , and equally.
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