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Page 75
... collection ) of the Tanjore kingdom was ceded to the British in 1799 , in return for a comfortable pension for the raja . This military expansion was soon underpinned by bringing local tax and court systems under Company control , and ...
... collection ) of the Tanjore kingdom was ceded to the British in 1799 , in return for a comfortable pension for the raja . This military expansion was soon underpinned by bringing local tax and court systems under Company control , and ...
Page 129
... collection of Tamil folktales under the title Katamancari ( ' Miscellany of Tales ' ) . Unlike the Pancatantra , however , this was not a translation but an edited compilation of oral tales in Tamil , and it was more like a schoolbook ...
... collection of Tamil folktales under the title Katamancari ( ' Miscellany of Tales ' ) . Unlike the Pancatantra , however , this was not a translation but an edited compilation of oral tales in Tamil , and it was more like a schoolbook ...
Page 149
... collection sold poorly in its first edition , after substantial revisions ( the tales were given a literary touch , retold for children and illustrated ) , the book proved a phenomenal success , going through seventeen editions and ...
... collection sold poorly in its first edition , after substantial revisions ( the tales were given a literary touch , retold for children and illustrated ) , the book proved a phenomenal success , going through seventeen editions and ...
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