 | Megasthenes - 1877 - 246 pàgines
...might be expected of men who inhale a pure air and drink the very finest water. 8 And while the soil bears on its surface all kinds of fruits which are known to cultivation, it has also under ground numerous veins of all sorts of metals, for it contains much gold and silver, and copper... | |
 | Megasthenes - 1877 - 246 pàgines
...might be expected of men who inhale a pure air and drink the very finest water. 8 And while the soil bears on its surface all kinds of fruits which are known to cultivation, it has also under ground numerous veins of all sorts of metals, for it contains much gold and silver, and copper... | |
 | Royal Geological Society of Ireland - 1886 - 386 pàgines
...first statement bearing on our subject is taken from Diodorus1 : — " And while the soil (of India) bears on its surface all kinds of fruits which are known to cultivation, it has also under ground numerous veins of all sorts of metals, for it contains much gold and silver, and copper... | |
 | Romesh Chunder Dutt - 1900 - 356 pàgines
...soil bears on its surface all kinds of fruits which an. known to cultivation, it has also under ground numerous veins of all sorts of metals, for it contains...iron in no small quantity. and even tin and other metuls, which are employed in making articles of use and ornament, as well as the implements and accoutrements... | |
 | Narendra Nath Law, Radhakumud Mookerji - 1914 - 660 pàgines
...Megasthenes' remarks [Frag, i] that the Indians are " well skilled in the arts," and " while the soil bears on its surface all kinds of fruits which are...underground numerous veins of all sorts of metals . . . which are employed in making articles of use and ornament, as well as the implements and accoutrements... | |
 | Akshoy Kumar Mazumdar - 1920 - 896 pàgines
...expected of men who inhale a pure air and drink the very finest water. The soil, too has under ground numerous veins of all sorts of metals, for It contains...iron in no small quantity, and even tin and other metal;, which are employed in making articles of use and ornament as well as the implements and accoutrements... | |
 | Chandra Chakraberty - 1923 - 330 pàgines
...expected of men who inhale a pure air and drink the very finest water. And while the soil bears -on the surface all kinds of fruits which are known to cultivation, it has also under ground numerous veins of all sorts of metals, for it contains much gold and silver, and copper... | |
 | Chuni Lal Anand - 1924 - 408 pàgines
...mines and mining industries. Megasthenes also refer* to these as follows : — "And while the soil bears on its surface all kinds of fruits which are known to cultivation, it has also under ground numerous veins of all sorts of metals, for it contains much gold and silver, copper and... | |
 | Pestonji Ardesir Wadia, Gulabbhai Naranji Joshi - 1925 - 460 pàgines
...important factor in a country's wealth, Megasthenes pointed out as early as 300 BC that India has " underground numerous veins of all sorts of metals,...and copper and iron in no small quantity, and even other metals." This observation is confirmed by a geologist of our own days who says : " Were India... | |
 | V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar - 1993 - 412 pàgines
...on its surface all kinds of fruits which are known to cultivation, it has also under ground umerous veins of all sorts of metals, for it contains much...silver, and copper and iron in no small quantity, and :evípn tin and other metals are employed in making articles of use and ornament, as will be the implements... | |
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And while the soil bears on its surface all kinds of fruits which are known to cultivation, it has also under ground numerous veins of all sorts of metals, for it contains much gold and silver, and copper and iron in no small quantity, and even tin and... 
