Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and ArrianThacker, Spink, 1877 - 223 pàgines |
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Pàgina 210 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Pàgina 87 - Those who have charge of the city are divided into six bodies of five each. The members of the first look after everything relating to the industrial arts. Those of the second attend to the entertainment of foreigners. To these they assign lodgings, and they keep watch over their modes of life by means of those persons whom they give to them for assistance.
Pàgina 32 - It is accordingly affirmed that famine has never visited India, and that there has never been a general scarcity in the supply of nourishing food.
Pàgina 115 - Father Bacchus was the first who invaded India, and was the first of all who triumphed over the vanquished Indians. From him to Alexander the Great 6451 years are reckoned with 3 months additional, the calculation being made by counting the kings who reigned in the intermediate period, to the number of 153.
Pàgina 33 - ... whereas among other nations it is usual, in the contests of war, to ravage the soil, and thus to reduce it to an uncultivated waste, among the Indians, on the contrary, by whom husbandmen are regarded as a class that is sacred and inviolable, the tillers of the soil, even when battle is raging in their neighbourhood, are undisturbed by any sense of danger, for the combatants on either side in waging the conflict make carnage of each other, but allow those engaged in husbandry to remain quite...
Pàgina 87 - The third body consists of those who inquire when and how births and deaths occur with the view not only of levying a tax, "•but also in order that births and deaths among both high and low may not escape the cognizance of Government.
Pàgina 220 - They wear shoes made of white leather, and these are elaborately trimmed, while the soles are variegated, and made of great thickness.
Pàgina 70 - in contrast to the general simplicity of their style, they love finery and ornament. Their robes are worked in gold and ornamented with precious stones, and they wear also flowered garments made of the finest muslin.
Pàgina 70 - The simplicity of their laws and their contracts is proved by the fact that they seldom go to law. They have no suits about pledges and deposits, nor do they require either seals or witnesses, but make their deposits and confide in each other. Their houses and property they generally leave unguarded. These things indicate that they possess sober sense. * * Truth and virtue they hold alike in esteem.
Pàgina 221 - ... there is nothing which can resist an Indian archer's shot — neither shield nor breastplate, nor any stronger defence if such there be.