Modern India and the Indians

Modern India and the Indians

Monier Monier-Williams

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2014
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Estudios étnicos
ISBN:
9781138862166
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This is Volume VIII of eleven in a series on India: History, Economy and Society. Originally published in 1891, this includes a impressions, notes and essays on the modern India of the time including the five gates of India- Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Perim and Aden and looking at Indian famines, religion, travel accounts of North and Southern India and funeral ceremonies.

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