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A Short Primer of Indian History

1911

The chief gods of the Aryans were Agni the god of fire ; Indra the rain-giver god of the atmosphere or lower sky V aruna the god of all-encompassing darkness; Yama the god of death; Savita the sun-god; Ushas the dawn and the Maruts or storm-gods. [...] Agni is the chief of the gods of the earth Indra of the gods of the mid-air and Savita of the gods of the heavens. [...] The fourth caste the Sudras are the original inhabitants of the " Nasal Index (greater or less breadth of the nasal bones and of the nasal opening) increases in a direct ratio to the social inferiority of the caste and the social status of the members of a particular g;oup varies in an inverse ratio to the mean relative width of their noses." Risley " The People of India " p. 28."Lsramas or [...] The chief tribes of the Aryans were thus diThe early tributed : the Kurus near Hastinapur (Delhi) ; Aryan tri the Panchalas to the south of them near Kanauj on the Jumna and the Ganges the capital of their territory was Kampilya a town situated between the modern Budaon and Farukhabad; the Kosalas in modern Oudh ; the Videhas in Behar ; and the Kasis in the neighbourhood of Benares. [...] The Kambojas near Kabul the Gandharas and Yavanas of the Ibu1 valley the Rashtikas of Maharashtra and 'Saurashtra (Gujerat) the Bhojas of Vidarlba or I13erar the 1.( Petenikas and Pulindas of the Deccat and the Andhra kingdom between the Goda eri andBUDDHISTIC INDIA.
history
Pages
376
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.141969
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii M. Prothero, Satis Chandra view
Chapter I Prehistoric and Legendary India
1-27 unknown view
Chapter II Buddhistic India
28-87 unknown view
Chapter III Revival of Hinduism
88-118 unknown view
Chapter IV Mahomedan Sultans of Delhi
119-146 unknown view
Chapter V Independent Kingdoms Founded on the Decline of the Monarchy of Delhi
147-158 unknown view
Chapter VI Barer and Humayun
159-165 unknown view
Chapter VII Akbar
166-180 unknown view
Chapter VIII Jehangir and Shah Jehan
181-187 unknown view
Chapter IX Aurangzeb and the Mahrattas
188-206 unknown view
Chapter X Later Emperors
207-213 unknown view
Chapter XI European Settlements in India
214-227 unknown view
Chapter XII Independent Principalities Founded and Progress of the Mahrattas
228-239 unknown view
Chapter XIII French and English Wars in India
240-244 unknown view
Chapter XIV Establishment of the English Power in Bengal
245-271 unknown view
Chapter XV Cornwallis and Wellesley
272-286 unknown view
Chapter XVI British India 1807-48
287-303 unknown view
Chapter XVII Lord Dalhousie
304-311 unknown view
Chapter XVIII Indian Mutiny. Establishment of the Queen’s Government in India and the Viceroyalty
312-320 unknown view
Chapter XIX Later History
321-334 unknown view
Chapter XX Lord Curzon 1898-1905
335-346 unknown view
Index
347-373 unknown view

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