India and its inhabitants. by Caleb Wright...33d thousand...

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cincinnati, O., J. A. Brainerd, 1858.Description: vii,[8]-304 p. incl. illus., plates. 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 915.4
LOC classification:
  • DS421 .W75 1858
Contents:
--Lectures on India. Lecture I.--Lectures on India. Lecture II.--Lecture on the condition of women in India, and other pagan and Mohammedan countries.--Habits and superstitions of the Thugs, a sect who profess to be divinely authorized to plunder and murder.--A brief description of two of the principal Hindu festivals, compiled from writings of Alexander Duff.--A description of the Shasters, by J. J. Weitbrecht--Specimens of the Shasters.--East Indian character and customs, by J. Statham.--East Indian character and customs, by an English lady residing in India.
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Archives Archives SAIACS General Stacks Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) ARCH 301. 0954 W948I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Not for loan TBN-Oct/2016 054579
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--Lectures on India. Lecture I.--Lectures on India. Lecture II.--Lecture on the condition of women in India, and other pagan and Mohammedan countries.--Habits and superstitions of the Thugs, a sect who profess to be divinely authorized to plunder and murder.--A brief description of two of the principal Hindu festivals, compiled from writings of Alexander Duff.--A description of the Shasters, by J. J. Weitbrecht--Specimens of the Shasters.--East Indian character and customs, by J. Statham.--East Indian character and customs, by an English lady residing in India.

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