A Sourcebook of Indian CivilizationNiharranjan Ray, Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization aims at familiarising its readers with the various aspects that go into the making of the history of Indian civilisation. The arrangement of the material in the chapters and selections conform to a rationally conceived and planned scheme of history. The contents of the book presents an extensive view of Indian life and thought. |
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... animals found is as great as in the climate . The beasts , birds , reptiles , and insects that inhabit the dense forests east of the Bay of Bengal and the mangrove swamps of the Burmese coast , where the annual rainfall exceeds 100 ...
... animals found is as great as in the climate . The beasts , birds , reptiles , and insects that inhabit the dense forests east of the Bay of Bengal and the mangrove swamps of the Burmese coast , where the annual rainfall exceeds 100 ...
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... animals found is as great as in the climate . The beasts , birds , reptiles , and insects that inhabit the dense forests east of the Bay of Bengal and the mangrove swamps of the Burmese coast , where the annual rainfall exceeds 100 ...
... animals found is as great as in the climate . The beasts , birds , reptiles , and insects that inhabit the dense forests east of the Bay of Bengal and the mangrove swamps of the Burmese coast , where the annual rainfall exceeds 100 ...
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... animal and a sacrificial stake , for never do they immolate an animal without a stake ... Having driven up the victim , and churned the fire , he binds it ( to the stake ) . And as to why this is so : well , animals did not at first ...
... animal and a sacrificial stake , for never do they immolate an animal without a stake ... Having driven up the victim , and churned the fire , he binds it ( to the stake ) . And as to why this is so : well , animals did not at first ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 38 |
Introduction | 77 |
The Land the People and the Environs 1 | 123 |
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