Continental India: Travelling Sketches and Historical Recollections [1822-1835] Illustrating the Antiquity, Religion and Manners of the Hindoos, the Extent of British Conquests, and the Progress of Missionary Operations, 2. köideT. Ward & Company, 1840 |
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... teacher - A native school scene - What is taught in Hindoo schools - Desire for knowledge - Government measures - Madressa and Sanscrit Colleges - Popular education - Missionary efforts - First grants by governments - New colleges ...
... teacher - A native school scene - What is taught in Hindoo schools - Desire for knowledge - Government measures - Madressa and Sanscrit Colleges - Popular education - Missionary efforts - First grants by governments - New colleges ...
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... teacher , wholly devoted to the good of the people , would be an arrangement advantageous to the cause of religion , and acceptable to many . The road leading between the Mount and Fort St. George is equal to any drive of the same ...
... teacher , wholly devoted to the good of the people , would be an arrangement advantageous to the cause of religion , and acceptable to many . The road leading between the Mount and Fort St. George is equal to any drive of the same ...
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... teachers , and the institution was visited by a board of ladies , the wives of the higher functionaries at Madras . The scholars were generally children of a parent- age which would be thought discreditable in well- ordered society ...
... teachers , and the institution was visited by a board of ladies , the wives of the higher functionaries at Madras . The scholars were generally children of a parent- age which would be thought discreditable in well- ordered society ...
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... teacher . I was , I believe , the first person who had brought to bear on their condition any systematic or combined efforts for their improvement . The serjeant , to whom I have referred , speaks of himself in another letter : " To my ...
... teacher . I was , I believe , the first person who had brought to bear on their condition any systematic or combined efforts for their improvement . The serjeant , to whom I have referred , speaks of himself in another letter : " To my ...
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... teachers for Sunday schools for the children , and bespoke the cooperation of the parents for the attendance of the young . Suitable books , & c . were provided for instruction , and the commence- ment of a library . The intelligent man ...
... teachers for Sunday schools for the children , and bespoke the cooperation of the parents for the attendance of the young . Suitable books , & c . were provided for instruction , and the commence- ment of a library . The intelligent man ...
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