Lectures on India: also, descriptions of remarkable customs and personages in other pagan and Mohammedan countries
Costumes and remarkable personages in India.--Lectures on India. Lecture I.-- Lectures on India. Lecture II.--A lecture on the condition of women in pagan and Mohammedan countries.--Curiosities and remarkable customs in pagan Mohammedan countries.--Description of the habits and superstitions of the...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Boston
Published by C. Wright
1848
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| In: | Year: 1848 |
| Further subjects: | B
India
Social life and customs
B India Description and travel B India Religion B History |
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| Summary: | Costumes and remarkable personages in India.--Lectures on India. Lecture I.-- Lectures on India. Lecture II.--A lecture on the condition of women in pagan and Mohammedan countries.--Curiosities and remarkable customs in pagan Mohammedan countries.--Description of the habits and superstitions of the Thugs; a sect who profess to be divinely authorized to plunder and murder.--Specimens of the Shasters, or sacred books of the Brahmins [with A description of the Shasters, by J. J. Weitbrecht].--Description of two pagan festivals, celebrated annually in Calcutta, at an expense of three millions of dollars, by Alexander Duff.--Superstitions of the Ashantees, especially those which lead them to sacrifice, on certain occasions, thousands of human victims. |
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| Item Description: | Each volume has special t.p |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (8 v. in 1), illus., maps, plates. |