A Brief History of the Indian PeopleClarendon Press, 1882 - 221 pàgines |
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Afghán Afghánistán afterwards Ahmednagar Akbar Alí ancient annexed army Aryan Aurangzeb Bhonslá Bombay Bráhmans British Buddha Buddhist Calcutta capital caste Central Asia century Chiefs Clive coast Company conquests Council court Dalhousie death Deccan defeated Delhi dynasty east emperor English European faith French Ganges Ghazní Ghor gods Government Governor Greek Guzerat Haidarábád Himalayas Hindu Hinduism Holkar Indus invasion Islám Jahángír Kábul Kandahár Kandh Khán king land Lord Lord Wellesley Lower Bengal Madras Mahmúd Málwá Marhattá miles millions sterling Mír Mughal Empire Muhammad Muhammad of Ghor Muhammadan Musalmán Mutiny Mysore Nágpur Native Nawab Nizám non-Aryan Northern Orissa Oudh Patná Peshwá Portuguese princes Provinces Punjab race Rájá Rájput Ráma Ráo reign religion religious revenue revolt river rule Sanskrit Santáls Scythian sect sepoys settlement Shah Sháh Jahán Sikhs Sindhia Sivají Southern India Sultán territory throne trade tribes troops Tughlak valley Veda Vedic Vishnu Warren Hastings Wellesley
Passatges populars
Pàgina 156 - The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care, as much as our trade : — 'tis that must maintain our force, when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade: 'tis that must make us a nation in India...
Pàgina 152 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Pàgina 48 - Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice ? " He who gives life. He who gives strength ; whose blessing all the bright gods desire ; whose shadow is immortality, whose shadow is death. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice ? " He who through his power is the only king of the breathing and awakening world.
Pàgina 200 - the British Government would be guilty in the sight of God and man if it were any longer to aid in sustaining by its countenance an administration fraught with suffering to millions.
Pàgina 200 - We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst, and overwhelm us with ruin.
Pàgina 187 - Whose constant study it was, to elevate the intellectual And moral character of The Nations committed to his charge...
Pàgina 49 - Let him depart to those for whom flow the rivers of nectar. Let him depart to those who, through meditation, have obtained the victory ; who, by fixing their thoughts on the unseen, have gone to heaven. Let him depart to the mighty in battle, to the heroes who have laid down their lives for others, to those who have bestowed their goods on the poor.
Pàgina 67 - Misery or happiness in this life is the unavoidable result of our conduct in a past life, and our actions here will determine our happiness or misery in the life to come.
Pàgina 48 - In the beginning there arose the golden Child — He was the one born lord of all that is. He established the earth and this sky; — Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice ? 2.
Pàgina 148 - Only those who have read the contemporary narratives of their conquests, can realize the superstition and the cruelty with which their history in the Indies is stained. Albuquerque alone endeavoured to win the goodwill of the natives, and to live in friendship with the Hindu princes. In such veneration was his memory held, that the Hindus of Goa, and even the Muhammadans, were wont to repair to his tomb, and there to utter their complaints, as if in the presence of his spirit, and call upon God to...