Life in Ancient IndiaSmith, Elder, 1856 - 464 pages |
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... sent . - King Asoka's Old - Age . - Viharas . - Regu- lations and Prosperity 306 CHAPTER IX . Division of Asoka's Kingdom . - Demetrius and other Greeks in India . Coins . Objects of Worship . - Scythians under Azes.- Sahs of Surashtra ...
... sent . - King Asoka's Old - Age . - Viharas . - Regu- lations and Prosperity 306 CHAPTER IX . Division of Asoka's Kingdom . - Demetrius and other Greeks in India . Coins . Objects of Worship . - Scythians under Azes.- Sahs of Surashtra ...
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... sent the little stream Jhola , the barber's daughter , to report upon the appearance of the bridegroom . The Sone supposed Jhola to be the bride , and fell in love with her accordingly , whereat the Nerbudda became enraged , and turning ...
... sent the little stream Jhola , the barber's daughter , to report upon the appearance of the bridegroom . The Sone supposed Jhola to be the bride , and fell in love with her accordingly , whereat the Nerbudda became enraged , and turning ...
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... sent as a prince who has become a friend sends an ambassador to his more powerful conqueror . At one time he sustains the earth , and studs the sky with constellations ; at another he is born from dry wood , or created by rubbing one ...
... sent as a prince who has become a friend sends an ambassador to his more powerful conqueror . At one time he sustains the earth , and studs the sky with constellations ; at another he is born from dry wood , or created by rubbing one ...
Page 87
... sent from a king not born in the Kshatriya Caste ; †† this enactment being necessary to the preservation of strict hereditary caste . But beyond this a higher mark was Ibid . , iv . 74. || Ibid . , x . 90 . § Ibid . , iv . 64. ¶ Ibid ...
... sent from a king not born in the Kshatriya Caste ; †† this enactment being necessary to the preservation of strict hereditary caste . But beyond this a higher mark was Ibid . , iv . 74. || Ibid . , x . 90 . § Ibid . , iv . 64. ¶ Ibid ...
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... sent for , and brought in an eight - wheeled carriage drawn by eight hundred men . To the man who could draw this bow the King had promised his most lovely * Cary , vol . i . p . 259 . Cary , vol . p . 548 . + Ibid . , P. 111 . See also ...
... sent for , and brought in an eight - wheeled carriage drawn by eight hundred men . To the man who could draw this bow the King had promised his most lovely * Cary , vol . i . p . 259 . Cary , vol . p . 548 . + Ibid . , P. 111 . See also ...
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