India and its inhabitants. By Caleb Wright...
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TextPublication details: Ohio, J.A .Brainerd [1852]Edition: 6th edDescription: vii, [8]-304 p. illus., plates. 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification: - 181.4
- DS421 .W75
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Contents:
Contents. -- Lectures on India. Lecture I. -- Lectures on India. Lecture II. -- A 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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Contents. -- Lectures on India. Lecture I. -- Lectures on India. Lecture II. -- A 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.
Also available in digital form.
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