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... Akbar Jehan- LETTER XII . Babershah - Houmaioun -- ghire - Shah Jehan Aurengzebe - Successors of Aurengzebe till Mr. Hastings ' Government ...... 228 LETTER XIII . Division of Castes - Missionaries LETTER XIV . Manners and Customs ...
... Akbar Jehan- LETTER XII . Babershah - Houmaioun -- ghire - Shah Jehan Aurengzebe - Successors of Aurengzebe till Mr. Hastings ' Government ...... 228 LETTER XIII . Division of Castes - Missionaries LETTER XIV . Manners and Customs ...
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... Akbar increased the number of schools in Hindostan , and caused the Persian and Hindostanee to be publicly taught , together with the Sanscrit , and en- couraged the translation of poems and scientific works from the ancient language of ...
... Akbar increased the number of schools in Hindostan , and caused the Persian and Hindostanee to be publicly taught , together with the Sanscrit , and en- couraged the translation of poems and scientific works from the ancient language of ...
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... Akbar , are among the most ho- nourable monuments of conquest that the war- riors or monarchs of any age , or any faith , have left . The early military architecture of India must have been of that inartificial kind which was sufficient ...
... Akbar , are among the most ho- nourable monuments of conquest that the war- riors or monarchs of any age , or any faith , have left . The early military architecture of India must have been of that inartificial kind which was sufficient ...
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... Akbar divided Hindostan Proper into twelve soubahs , or viceroyalties , which were again subdivided into sircars or provinces , and kusbahs or townships * , The soubahs were * See Letter 6th , for the economy of the village or town ...
... Akbar divided Hindostan Proper into twelve soubahs , or viceroyalties , which were again subdivided into sircars or provinces , and kusbahs or townships * , The soubahs were * See Letter 6th , for the economy of the village or town ...
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... Akbar , in the assessment , conformed to the established custom . The periodical rains begin in April , and continue about six months , with intervals , however , of charming weather . Bahar , lying west of Bengal , and watered by the ...
... Akbar , in the assessment , conformed to the established custom . The periodical rains begin in April , and continue about six months , with intervals , however , of charming weather . Bahar , lying west of Bengal , and watered by the ...
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