Every-day life in India

List of illustrations -- Introduction -- The people -- General appearance and home life -- Religion of the Hindus -- Caste: a sacred institution -- Caste: in actual life -- Education -- Schools and pupils -- The old style Hindu school -- Women -- Marriage -- Child-life -- Medicine and the sick -- Be...

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Main Author: Rowe, A. D. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Princeton Theological Seminary (Contributor) ; Henry Luce Foundation (Sponsor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York American tract Society c1881
In:Year: 1881
Further subjects:B India Social life and customs
B Social Sciences
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:List of illustrations -- Introduction -- The people -- General appearance and home life -- Religion of the Hindus -- Caste: a sacred institution -- Caste: in actual life -- Education -- Schools and pupils -- The old style Hindu school -- Women -- Marriage -- Child-life -- Medicine and the sick -- Beggars and charity -- Merchants and money-lenders -- Auspicious days and omens -- The poor -- The Indian villiage -- Hundu festivals -- Amusements -- Night life -- Travelling -- Servants -- The dead -- Natural productions -- Trees -- Farmers -- Farming -- Indigo -- Other industries -- Angl-Indians -- Eurasians -- The government -- D.P.W. -- Modern public improvements -- The travelled Hindu -- On a coast steamer -- The famine of 1877-78 -- Missionary effort -- The prospect -- Caste and converts -- Bible scenes in India -- Appendix.