History of India from the Earliest Times to the End of the Nineteenth Century: For the Use of Students and Colleges, Volumen1J. Grant, 1906 - 359 páginas |
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Página 218 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Página 95 - If fortune favour me," he said, " I can drive these Mughals back out of Hindustan ; they are not our superiors in war, but we have let slip the power that we had by reason of our dissensions. Since I have been among the Mughals I have observed their conduct and found them lacking in order and discipline ; while those who profess to lead them, in the pride of birth and rank, neglect the duty of supervision, and leave everything to officials in whom they blindly trust. These subordinates act corruptly...
Página 366 - ... a forest of wild beasts, could rely upon nothing but the strength of his own arm.
Página v - Times. *' In this admirably clear and comprehensive account of the rise and consolidation of our great Indian Empire, Mr Keene has endeavoured to give, without prolixity, ' a statement of the relevant facts at present available, both in regard to the origin of the more important Indian races and in regard to their progress before they came under the unifying processes of modern administration.
Página 366 - So reduced was the actual number of human beings, and so utterly cowed their spirit, that the few villages that did continue to exist at great intervals, had scarcely any communication with one another ; and so great was the increase of beasts of prey, and so great the terror they inspired, that the little communication that remained was often actually cut off by a single tiger known to haunt the road.
Página 219 - But if it be true that he was directed to make the safety and prosperity of Bengal the first object of his attention, and that, under his administration, it has been safe and prosperous, — if it be true...
Página 366 - They are the most mischievous, deceitful race of people I have ever seen or read of. I have not yet met with a Hindu who had one good quality, even for the state of society in his own country, and the Mussulmans [Muslims] are worse than they. Their meekness and mildness do not exist.
Página 99 - Road," which the modern rulers of India have laid down on the line of his own highway. It is the misfortune of absolute monarchy that the best rulers can never ensure a worthy successor. Sher Shah's sovereignty was assumed by his son Salim, or Islam, Shah, a young man apparently not ill-prepared for the post, but labouring under the usual trials of a prince born for power which he has done nothing to acquire. The old contentiousness of the Pathdn nobility sprang up when the strong restraining hand...
Página 98 - His brief career was devoted to the establishment of the unity which he had long ago perceived to be the great need of his country. Though a devout Muslim, he never oppressed his Hindu subjects. His progresses were the cause of good to his people instead of being — as is too often the case in India — the occasions of devastation.... It is a welcome task to take note of such things as a break in the long annals of rapine and slaughter, and we can do so without hesitation ; for the acts of Sher...
Página 42 - The realm," says a chronicler, "was filled with friends and cleared of foes; his bounty was continuous, and so was his slaughter.