The fierce contests and alternate triumphs of Chosroe the great Shah of Persia and Heraclius the chivalrous Emperor of the East during a period of nearly twenty years had shattered the monarchies and institutions of Asia ' and suffered the hostile creeds of Sabians Magians and Jews the devilish doctrines of Manes 2 and Mazdak 8 and the gross idolatry of even the Christians themselves to s [...] The former laid the foundation of the centralisation that has imparted such vitality to the faith of Christ ; whilst the latter marks the date of the mighty revolution that transformed a race of wandering shepherds into the founders of mighty empires and gave new aspirations of a future state to more than a fourth of the inhabitants of the globe. [...] From time immemorial the game of the four angas9 or chess appears to have solaced the leisure hours of the princes and sages of Hindostan ; and hundreds of years before the fierce chaunts of the worshippers of Odin prpitiated the virgins of the Valhalla ; before Deborah and Barak sang the triumph of Israel ; or Pythagoras dicovered the divisions of the musical ratio. [...] Buddha was the apostle of a new faith ; he broke with the traditional formalities of the past and prclaimed for the first time in spite of castes and creeds the equality of rich and poor the foolish and the wise the twice-born and the outcast : be abolished all caste and elevated the character of saints and prophets above that of the priestly tribe and substituted for an herditary pri [...] BOOK IN all ages of history the commerce of India has e7. riched the nations and the kings of the earth : " 1 and from the days of Moses to our own the shawls of Casmere the silks of Delhi and the gold and ivory of Malabar have adorned the palaces and decked the favourites of kings and filled the coffers of princely traders.
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Errata
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Chapter I. Introductory
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1-19 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. II
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20-26 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. III. A.D. 1000-1023
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27-45 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. IV. A.D. 1024
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46-58 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. V. A.D. 1026-1030
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59-66 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. VI. A.D. 1030-1040
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67-74 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. VII. A.D. 1044-1186
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75-84 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. VIII. A.D. 1191-1193
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85-97 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. IX. A.D. 1194-1235
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98-109 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. X. A.D. 1236-1286
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110-120 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XI. A.D. 1287-1316
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121-138 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XII. A.D. 1321-1387
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139-148 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XIII
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149-166 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XIV. A.D. 1347-1422
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167-183 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XV. A.D. 1422-1518
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184-200 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XVI. Recapitulatory
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201-208 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XVII
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209-245 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XVIII. A.D. 1530-1555
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246-257 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XIX. A.D. 1554-1578
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258-275 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XX
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276-299 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XXI
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300-313 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XXII
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314-330 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XXIII
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331-344 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XXIV
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345-366 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XXV
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367-391 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XXVI
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392-411 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Chap. XXVII
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412-432 | Edward Sullivan | view |
Map
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