India and its inhabitants.

Wright, Caleb, -1869.

India and its inhabitants. by Caleb Wright...33d thousand... - Cincinnati, O., J. A. Brainerd, 1858. - vii,[8]-304 p. incl. illus., plates. 24 cm.

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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India--Social life and customs.
India--Description and travel.
India--Religion.

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