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Hindoos in various attitudes of penance under the great Banian Tree of India
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Thomas Maurice
Title
Hindoos in various attitudes of penance under the great Banian Tree of India
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
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English: Hindoos in various attitudes of penance under the great Banian Tree of India Indian Antiquities or Dissertations, relating to the ancient geographical divisions, the pure system of primeval theology, the grand code of civil laws, the original form of government, and the various and profound literature of Hindustan, compared, throughout, with the religion, laws, government, and literature; Persia, Egypt and Greece, the whole intended as the History of Hindostan upon a comprehensive scale. Vol. I to VII containing the dissertation on the ancient geographical divisions of Hindostan; London: printed for the author and sold by W. Richardson, under the Royal-Exchange, m.dcc.xciv, 1794, pp. 314, total plates – 31.
Date 1794
date QS:P571,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Wood engraving
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