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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... chief points or peaks of this range are crowned by the almost inaccessible fastnesses from which in the days of their vigour the Mahratta hosts used to pour down on the plains , to levy blackmail or to defy the cumbrous armies of the ...
... chief points or peaks of this range are crowned by the almost inaccessible fastnesses from which in the days of their vigour the Mahratta hosts used to pour down on the plains , to levy blackmail or to defy the cumbrous armies of the ...
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... chief , the head , perhaps , of what was be- lieved to be the founding family ; which chief had a sort of Bardic college as his assessors . Thus much has been gathered from the Vedic hymns , which internal evidence shows to be ...
... chief , the head , perhaps , of what was be- lieved to be the founding family ; which chief had a sort of Bardic college as his assessors . Thus much has been gathered from the Vedic hymns , which internal evidence shows to be ...
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... chief , of society such as it existed , or ought to exist , in a Brahmanic ideal . It does this by marking off the employment of the castes in subordination to the Brahmans , and laying down regulations in the manner of an Atlantis or ...
... chief , of society such as it existed , or ought to exist , in a Brahmanic ideal . It does this by marking off the employment of the castes in subordination to the Brahmans , and laying down regulations in the manner of an Atlantis or ...
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... chief revenue officer . The use of brick and stone in building is not mentioned ; and from this and other considerations it is believed that the efforts of architecture were confined to structures of timber , which was then , probably ...
... chief revenue officer . The use of brick and stone in building is not mentioned ; and from this and other considerations it is believed that the efforts of architecture were confined to structures of timber , which was then , probably ...
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... chief of this house entrusted the govern- ment of the Helmand Valley to a favourite mameluke named Alptigin , who made himself independent , and who was suc- ceeded by his own slave in 976. The name of this man was Nasir - ud - din ...
... chief of this house entrusted the govern- ment of the Helmand Valley to a favourite mameluke named Alptigin , who made himself independent , and who was suc- ceeded by his own slave in 976. The name of this man was Nasir - ud - din ...
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Términos y frases comunes
administration Afghán Agra Akbar Alá-ud-din already army Aryan attack Audh Aurangzeb Bábar became Bengal Berár Bihár Boigne Bombay Brahmans British brother 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 Humaiun India infantry Islám Jahán Jaswant 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 Ráo 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
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Página 264 - 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 379 - States; but these advantages are dearly bought. They are purchased by the sacrifice of independence, of national character, and of whatever renders a people respectable.
Página 458 - Mogul Empire. From the death of Aurungzeb to the overthrow of the Mahratta Power, by HENRY GEORGE KEENE, BCS Second edition.
Página 438 - 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 458 - The Turks in India. Historical Chapters on the Administration of Hindostan by the Chugtai Tartar, Babar, and his Descendants. 12s. 6d.
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 438 - 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 266 - 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 438 - They are the most deceitful, mischievous race of people that I have ever seen or read of. I have not yet met with a Hindu who had one good quality ; and honest Mussulmans do not exist.
Página 123 - 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.