History of India from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: For the Use of Students and Colleges, Volumen1W. H. Allen, 1893 |
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... Muslim dynasties to which Mr. Elphinstone had not the opportunity to refer . The edition of the first volume of the " Ain Akbari , " by Prof. Blochmann , and the biography of the Emperor Akbar , by Count v . Noer , are exact and ...
... Muslim dynasties to which Mr. Elphinstone had not the opportunity to refer . The edition of the first volume of the " Ain Akbari , " by Prof. Blochmann , and the biography of the Emperor Akbar , by Count v . Noer , are exact and ...
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... MUSLIM TIMES ... 25-50 Rise of Buddhism - India as known to the Greeks - The Eve of the Conquest . CHAPTER III . - THE MUSLIM CONQUEST 50-79 Houses of Ghazni and Gur - Slave Dynasty -- Aggressions in the Deccan . CHAPTER IV . - END OF ...
... MUSLIM TIMES ... 25-50 Rise of Buddhism - India as known to the Greeks - The Eve of the Conquest . CHAPTER III . - THE MUSLIM CONQUEST 50-79 Houses of Ghazni and Gur - Slave Dynasty -- Aggressions in the Deccan . CHAPTER IV . - END OF ...
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... Muslim Invasion 57 STATE OF DECCAN , 12TH CENTURY 73 HINDUSTAN AND THE DECCAN , 1524-1526 97 STATE OF DECCAN , 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES 108 SKETCH МАР , to shew Main Division of India , 1748-1803 .. 189 BATTLE FIELDS OF THE CARNATIC ...
... Muslim Invasion 57 STATE OF DECCAN , 12TH CENTURY 73 HINDUSTAN AND THE DECCAN , 1524-1526 97 STATE OF DECCAN , 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES 108 SKETCH МАР , to shew Main Division of India , 1748-1803 .. 189 BATTLE FIELDS OF THE CARNATIC ...
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... Muslim rulers ; but the works of those days have been enormously developed and extended by the British in modern times . Thus , for example , the west Jumna Canal was opened about A.D. 1350 by Firoz Shah Tughlak , but had only a feeble ...
... Muslim rulers ; but the works of those days have been enormously developed and extended by the British in modern times . Thus , for example , the west Jumna Canal was opened about A.D. 1350 by Firoz Shah Tughlak , but had only a feeble ...
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... ; " Indo - Aryans , " by Rajendradala Mitra , C.I.E. , 2 vols , London , 1881. There are two editions of Dr. Muir's book , the latest published 1868-73 . ] 25 CHAPTER II . PRÆE - MUSLIM TIMES . Section 24 HISTORY OF INDIA .
... ; " Indo - Aryans , " by Rajendradala Mitra , C.I.E. , 2 vols , London , 1881. There are two editions of Dr. Muir's book , the latest published 1868-73 . ] 25 CHAPTER II . PRÆE - MUSLIM TIMES . Section 24 HISTORY OF INDIA .
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History of India from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: For ..., Volumen2 Henry George Keene Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
administration Afghán Agra Akbar Alá-ud-din already army attack Audh Aurangzeb Bábar became Bengal Berár Bihár Boigne Bombay Brahmans British brother Buddhist Bundelkhand Calcutta called camp capital Carnatic cavalry century chief Clive Colonel command conquest Cornwallis Court death Deccan defeated Delhi Duáb dynasty Emperor Empire enemy European favour force French Government Governor Governor-General Gujarát guns Gwalior Haidar Hastings Hindu Hindustan Holkar hostile India infantry Islám Jahán Jaswant Ráo Játs Jumna Kábul Kanauj Khán Khilji krors Lahore land later Lord Madras Mahmud Mahratta Málwa marched miles military minister Minto Mirza Mughal Muhamad Muslim Mysore Nána Narbada native Nawab Nizám officers Orissa palace Pathán peace Perron Persian Peshwa Pondicherry Poona possession prince province Punjab Rája Rajputs Rána reign revenue river Rohillas ruler Samru sent sepoys Shah Shujá Sikhs soldiers success Sultan taken territory tion Tipu took treaty troops Turkmán Vazir Warren Hastings Wellesley
Pasajes populares
Página 266 - 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 440 - The social degeneration went on almost to the end of the century. We are informed by Baillie Fraser on the authority of Colonel J. Skinner, CB, who had trailed a pike in the service of Mahadaji Sindia from about 1790 to 1803, that Hindustan was actually becoming depopulated. " So reduced," he said, "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 each other, and so great...
Página 440 - War. A native cited by Dow speaks of "every species of domestic confusion. Villainy," he adds, "was practised in all its forms ; law and religion were trodden under foot ; the bonds of private friendship and connection, as well as of society and Government, were broken; every individual, as if in 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 440 - 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 268 - 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 125 - Shah's son) reign was consumed in intrigues and fruitless quarrels : and on his death in November 1554, his son was murdered and a scene of confusion ensued. "The native Muslims fell into such a state of quarrelsome imbecility that the chief command fell into the hands of a Hindu chandler named Hemu.
Página 124 - 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 125 - ... beyond revealing in detail the nature of the situation that enabled Humayun to recover his lost patrimony. But, the Afghan episode has a value for us as containing in a nut-shell, as it were, the same lesson that is more elaborately illustrated in the history of the Mughal Empire. As Keene has said, "It is the misfortune of absolute monarchy that the best rulers can never ensure a worthy successor.