The Oxford History of India: From the Earliest Times to the End of 1911Clarendon Press, 1920 - 816 pages |
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administration Agra Akbar ancient annexed army Asoka Aurangzeb authority battle Bengal Bihār Bījāpur Bombay Brahmans British Buddhist Calcutta capital caste century Ceylon Chalukya Chandragupta Chandragupta II chiefs Chola coins conquest court death Deccan defeated Delhi District dominions dynasty early Edicts emperor empire European existence Firishta force foreign frontier Golkonda governor Governor-general Greek Gujarāt Gupta Harsha Hastings Hindu Hinduism Hiuen Tsang Huvishka imperial Indo-Aryan Indus inscriptions Jain Jainism Kabul Kadphises Kanauj Kanishka Kashmir Khān king kingdom land later Lord Madras Magadha Mahāvīra Mahmud Marāthā Maurya military Mogul Muhammad Muhammadan Muslim Mysore Nawab northern India officers Oudh Pallava Panjab Pataliputra Persian political Portuguese princes province Rājā Rão recorded reign religion revenue Rigveda river rule ruler Samudragupta sculpture Shāh Sikh Singh sovereign Sultan Tamil Taxila temples territory throne tion tradition treaty tribes Veda Vedic Vijayanagar
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Page 543 - Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast...
Page 658 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India; and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Page 715 - We declare it to be our royal will and pleasure that none be in any wise favoured, none molested or disquieted by reason of their religious faith or observances, but that all shall alike enjoy the equal and impartial protection of the law...
Page 657 - No Native of the said Territories, nor any natural-born subject of His Majesty resident therein, shall by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office, or employment under the said Company.
Page 658 - And it is our further will that, so far as may be, our subjects, of whatever race or creed, be freely and impartially admitted to offices in our service, the duties of which they may be qualified, by their education, ability, and integrity duly to discharge.
Page 55 - To every natural form, rock, fruit or flower, Even the loose stones that cover the high-way, I gave a moral life : I saw them feel, Or linked them to some feeling : the great mass Lay bedded in a quickening soul, and all That I beheld respired with inward meaning.
Page 305 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 305 - The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets : My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword ; Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger ; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
Page 607 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature, and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India...
Page 714 - Whereas, for divers weighty reasons, we have resolved, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, to take upon ourselves the government of the territories in India, heretofore administered in trust for us by the Honourable East India Company.