India and Her Neighbours, Part 6W.H. Allen & Company, 1878 - 413 pages |
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... princes of India number over 300,000 men with more than 5,000 guns ; - And that it is urgent to have improved and additional means of communication between England and India . In order further to interest the general reader have made ...
... princes of India number over 300,000 men with more than 5,000 guns ; - And that it is urgent to have improved and additional means of communication between England and India . In order further to interest the general reader have made ...
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... Princes - First Mahomedan Invasion by Mahmoud of Ghuzni- 189 Years after his Death his Dynasty was exterminated by Mahmoud , of Ghor CHAPTER VIII . EARLY HISTORY OF INDIA - continued . Hindoo Princes resolve to throw off Mussulman yoke ...
... Princes - First Mahomedan Invasion by Mahmoud of Ghuzni- 189 Years after his Death his Dynasty was exterminated by Mahmoud , of Ghor CHAPTER VIII . EARLY HISTORY OF INDIA - continued . Hindoo Princes resolve to throw off Mussulman yoke ...
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... REMARKABLE WOMEN OF INDIA . Princess of Scinde - Beautiful Sultana Rezia of Delhi - Hindoo Queen of Gurrah - A Sultana Regent - Mother of Sivajee PAGE 44 49 62 79 CHAPTER XII . THE REMARKABLE WOMEN OF INDIA - continued CONTENTS . xi.
... REMARKABLE WOMEN OF INDIA . Princess of Scinde - Beautiful Sultana Rezia of Delhi - Hindoo Queen of Gurrah - A Sultana Regent - Mother of Sivajee PAGE 44 49 62 79 CHAPTER XII . THE REMARKABLE WOMEN OF INDIA - continued CONTENTS . xi.
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... Princes - Grand reception to Prince of Wales - Proclama- tion of Empress . · CHAPTER XXII . PROGRESS OF BRITISH RULE IN INDIA - continued . NORTH - WEST PROVINCES , PUNJAUB AND SCINDe . Påneeput - Meerut - Simla - Umritsur - Lahore ...
... Princes - Grand reception to Prince of Wales - Proclama- tion of Empress . · CHAPTER XXII . PROGRESS OF BRITISH RULE IN INDIA - continued . NORTH - WEST PROVINCES , PUNJAUB AND SCINDe . Påneeput - Meerut - Simla - Umritsur - Lahore ...
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... princes , though there the process of absorbing or exterminating the subject races was never carried so far as in the north . Among the later Aryan settlers in India were the Yavans , probably Ionian Greeks , who founded a dynasty in ...
... princes , though there the process of absorbing or exterminating the subject races was never carried so far as in the north . Among the later Aryan settlers in India were the Yavans , probably Ionian Greeks , who founded a dynasty in ...
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Page 343 - Providence, internal tranquillity shall be restored, it is our earnest desire to stimulate the peaceful industry of India, to promote works of public utility and improvement, and to administer its government for the benefit of all our subjects resident therein. In their prosperity will be our strength ; in their contentment our security, and in their gratitude our best reward. And may the God of all power grant to us, and to those in authority under us, strength to carry out these our wishes for...
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