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A Brief History of the Indian Peoples

1903

The first includes the Himalayan mountains which shut India out from the rest of Asia on the north ; the second stretches southwards from their foot and comprises the plains of the great rivers which issue from the Himalayas; the third tract slopes upwards again from the southern edge of the river-plains and consists of a high three-sided tableland dotted with peaks and covering the southern [...] The Ganges and its great tributary the Jumna collect the drainagefrom the southern slopes of the Himalayas; they join their waters to those of the Brahmaputra as they approach the sea and after a course of r 500 miles enter the Bay of Bengal by a vast network of channels. [...] In this way the three great rivers of the Madras Presidency—namely the Godavari the Krishna(Kistna) and the Kaveri—rise in the mountains overhanging the Bombay coast and traverse the whole breadth of the central tableland before they reach the ocean on the eastern shores of India. [...] Burma.—Burma which the English have incorporated into the Indian Empire Consists mainly of the valley of the Irawadi and a strip of coast along the east side of the Bay of Bengal. [...] The heads of the other Provinces are chosen for their merit from the Anglo-Indian services almost always from the Civil Service and are nominated by the Viceroy subject in the case of the Lieutenant-Governorships to the approval of the Secretary of State.
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Pages
260
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.145065
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
1-16 William Hunter view
Chapter I. The Country
17-31 William Hunter view
Chapter II. The People
32-39 William Hunter view
Chapter III. The Non-Aryans
40-51 William Hunter view
Chapter IV. The Aryans in India
52-73 William Hunter view
Chapter V. Buddhism—643 B.C. to 1000 A.D.
74-84 William Hunter view
Chapter VI. The Greeks in India 327 to 181 B.C.
85-89 William Hunter view
Chapter VII. The Scythic Inroads From about 100 B.C. to 500 A.D.
90-93 William Hunter view
Chapter VIII. Growth of Hinduism 700 to 1500 A.D.
94-108 William Hunter view
Chapter IX. Early Muhammadan Conquerors 714-1520 A.D.
109-131 William Hunter view
Chapter X. The Mughal Dynasty 1526-1761
132-155 William Hunter view
Chapter XI. The Mardthas 1650-1818
156-163 William Hunter view
Chapter XII. Early European Settlements 1500-1700
164-175 William Hunter view
Chapter XIII. The Foundation of British Rule in India 1748-1865
176-199 William Hunter view
Chapter XIV. The Consolidation of British India
200-221 William Hunter view
Chapter XV. The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857
222-229 William Hunter view
Chapter XVI. India under the British Crown
230-244 William Hunter view
Index
245-260 William Hunter view

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