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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... four finger - breadths towards the nape of the neck , were four finger - breadths in height . The people of India call it dudhariya . The male has four horns and the female none . It was said that this kind of antelope had no gall ...
... four finger - breadths towards the nape of the neck , were four finger - breadths in height . The people of India call it dudhariya . The male has four horns and the female none . It was said that this kind of antelope had no gall ...
Page 475
... four castes escape the pair of scissors in the form of birth and death and attain Supreme Self . The three guṇa- constituents , sattva and others , born of my prakṛti have distributed in four lots the functions amongst the four castes ...
... four castes escape the pair of scissors in the form of birth and death and attain Supreme Self . The three guṇa- constituents , sattva and others , born of my prakṛti have distributed in four lots the functions amongst the four castes ...
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... four persons [ entitled ] Caturvedi- Bhattis , versed in the Vedas and śāstras and capable of expounding them , may be given two hundred and twenty - four shares , with twenty [ other ] shares as vṛtti for doing service in the devadāna ...
... four persons [ entitled ] Caturvedi- Bhattis , versed in the Vedas and śāstras and capable of expounding them , may be given two hundred and twenty - four shares , with twenty [ other ] shares as vṛtti for doing service in the devadāna ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 38 |
Introduction | 77 |
The Land the People and the Environs 1 | 123 |
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