A Brief History of the Indian PeoplesClarendon Press, 1903 - 260 pàgines |
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aboriginal Afghán Afghánistán Akbar ancient annexed army Aryan Asoka Aurangzeb Bombay Bráhmans British India Buddha Buddhist Burma Calcutta capital caste Central Asia century chief Clive conquest court death Deccan Delhi districts dynasty east emperor English European faith Feudatory frontier Ganges Ghazní Ghor gods Government Governor Greek Hastings Himálayas Hindu Hinduism husbandmen hymns Indus invasion Islám Jahán jungle Kábul Kanauj Kandh Khán king Kshattriyas land Lord Lower Bengal Madras Mahábhárata Mahmúd Málwá Maráthá Marquess miles millions mountains Mughal Empire Muhammad Muhammad of Ghor Muhammadan Musalmán Mutiny Mysore Native Nawáb Nizám non-Aryan tribes north-western Northern Orissa Oudh Peshwá plains population Portuguese princes Provinces Punjab race Rájá Rájput Ráma reign religion religious river rule sacrifices Sanskrit Santáls Scythian sect Sháh Sikhs Sindhia Siva Sivají Slave Dynasty Southern India Sultán tableland territory troops Tughlak Túrkí valley Veda Vedic Viceroy village Vindhya Vishnu Vishnuite worship
Passatges populars
Pàgina 171 - 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 55 - 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 55 - He who by His might looked even over the water-clouds, the clouds which gave strength and lit the sacrifice, He who is God above all gods. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice...
Pàgina 204 - He abolished cruel rites ; he effaced humiliating distinctions ; he gave liberty to the expression of public opinion ; his constant study was to elevate the intellectual and moral character of the nations committed to his charge.
Pàgina 217 - 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 218 - 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 56 - Bear him, carry him ; let him, with all his faculties complete, go to the world of the righteous. Crossing the dark valley which spreadeth boundless around him, let the unborn soul ascend to heaven. Wash the feet of him who is stained with sin ; let him go upwards with cleansed feet. Crossing the gloom, gazing with wonder in many directions, let the unborn soul go up to heaven.
Pàgina 167 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Pàgina 75 - 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 227 - Viceroy. The European troops of the Company, numbering about 24,000 officers and men, were amalgamated with the royal service, and the Indian navy was abolished. By the Indian Councils Act (1861), the Governor-General's Council, and also the Councils at Madras and Bombay, were augmented by the addition of non-official members, either natives or Europeans, for legislative purposes only.