History of India from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century: For the Use of Students and Colleges, Količina 1J. Grant, 1906 - 399 strani |
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History of India, from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century, Količina 1 Henry George Keene Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1972 |
History of India, from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century, Količina 1 Henry George Keene Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1972 |
History Of India From The Earliest Times To The Twentieth Century, For The ... Henry George Keene Predogled ni na voljo - 2015 |
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Stran 218 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Stran 5 - ... has varied accordingly. Thus, in the Punjab and in the Indus desert, where the earth has only yielded her increase to strenuous labour, the peasantry are strong and warlike ; in the eastern provinces, where the water supply is abundant, the inhabitants are densely packed but physically weak ; in the central parts the conditions are of an intermediate character ; a fertility somewhat less than in Bengal and with less certainty of rainfall, produces races which, from Audh to the Narbada, have always...
Stran v - Times. *' In this admirably clear and comprehensive account of the rise and consolidation of our great Indian Empire, Mr Keene has endeavoured to give, without prolixity, ' a statement of the relevant facts at present available, both in regard to the origin of the more important Indian races and in regard to their progress before they came under the unifying processes of modern administration.
Stran 364 - So reduced was the actual number of human beings, and so utterly cowed their spirit, that the few villages that did continue to exist at great intervals, had scarcely any communication with one another ; and so great was the increase of beasts of prey, and so great the terror they inspired, that the little communication that remained was often actually cut off by a single tiger known to haunt the road.
Stran 219 - But if it be true that he was directed to make the safety and prosperity of Bengal the first object of his attention, and that, under his administration, it has been safe and prosperous, — if it be true...
Stran 364 - They are the most deceitful, mischievous race of people that I have ever seen or read of. I have not yet met with a Hindu who had one good quality ; and honest Mussulmans do not exist.
Stran 98 - His brief career was devoted to the establishment of the unity which he had long ago perceived to be the great need of his country. Though a devout Muslim, he never oppressed his Hindu subjects. His progresses were the cause of good to his people instead of being — as is too often the case in India — the occasions of devastation.... It is a welcome task to take note of such things as a break in the long annals of rapine and slaughter, and we can do so without hesitation ; for the acts of Sher...
Stran 98 - His brief career was devoted to the establishment of the unity which he had long ago perceived to be the great need of his country. Though a devout Muslim, he never oppressed his Hindu subjects. His progresses were the cause of good to his people instead of being — as is too often the case in India — the occasions of devastation.... It is a welcome task to take note of such things as a break in the long annals of rapine and slaughter, and we can do so without hesitation ; for the acts of Sher...
Stran 42 - The realm," says a chronicler, " was filled with friends and cleared of foes ; his bounty was continuous, and so was his slaughter.
Stran 364 - Hindostan at the invasion of Nadir Shah ; nor have the people become more virtuous since, consequently not more happy, nor more independent.' * " Nadir, having ordered, as the terms of peace, that all the provinces on the west side of the Indus...