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The Asiatic Journal for February 1831 (New Series)

1831

The C'hinbul which had hiPherto been the boundary of the Mahratta territories now flowed through the midst of the states of Sindia who beheld his conquests consolidated his authority established and his enemies reduced to impotence: the emperor of the Moguls was a mere instrument in his hands and Sindia was substantially the ruler of Hindustan. [...] The war terminated to the aAvantage of the allies; and by the treaty of the 18th March 1792 the Sultan of Mysore was obliged to cede to them a moiety of his estates besides a large indemnity for the expenses of the war. [...] The ostensible motive of his journey was to invest the Peshwa with the title and insignia of the splendid office of Vakeel-ul-NIulk which he had i'rantet him in the name of the emperor ; but his real object wa.s1s to subject the court of Poo7rIo the same sort 9f dependance upon him as that to% whiche had reduced the court of Meanwhile Ismael Beg began to renew his attempts against" the power o [...] Besides the eminent objects„ of worship already enumerated " the local genii the genii of the hills the rivers the winds the clouds and the lightnings ; also the ancient holy emperors enlightened kings faithful ministers and illustrious sages " are also to be severally " honoured and commemorated" by oblations and holyrites;moherein agreeing with the Hindu code which directs the followin [...] False worship is forbidden : amongst the modes of winch arc enumerated performing the ceremony of the adoration of heaven and of the north star burning incense for that purpose lighting the lamps of heaven and also seven lamps to the north star: these are held to be a profanation of the sacred rites and derogatory to the celestial spirits'.'" Priests of Fo-he and of Taou-tsze are forbidden t
history
Pages
150
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.120104
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Memoir of the Count De Boigne
89-96 unknown view
Remarks on the Penal Code of China
97-101 unknown view
The Indian Army
102-104 unknown view
English Society in India
105-119 unknown view
Rescue of a Lingayet Widow from Inhumation
119-119 unknown view
The Aborigines of Australia
120-129 unknown view
Dr Siebold’s Account of Japan
129-129 unknown view
Epitome of the Ramayana
130-137 unknown view
The Philosophy of Fiction
138-143 unknown view
Memoir of Sir John Macdonald Kinneir
144-146 unknown view
The Hindu Character
147-156 unknown view
Miscellanies Original and Select
157-168 unknown view
Asiatic Intelligence
57-96 unknown view
Register
97-106 unknown view
Postscript
106-106 unknown view
Minutes of Evidence
107-111 unknown view
Home Intelligence
111-114 unknown view
Prices of European Goods in the East
115-120 unknown view

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