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Hindus

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Images

  • A man climbing a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) which stands by a banana plant (Musa sp.), in a waterside setting in Bombay, India. Engraving by J. Shury after J. Forbes, 1768.
  • A Hindu priest offering a young woman some holy beads. Gouache drawing.
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Works

  • view The Hindoos / [Anon.].
    • Books
    • Online

    The Hindoos / [Anon.].

    St. John, James Augustus, 1795-1875 | Date: 1834-35
    • Ephemera

    All claims confirmed : a few remarkable letters that prove my claim that superfluous hair can at last be eradicated, root and alll for ever / Frederica Hudson.

    Frederica Hudson (Firm) | Date: [1937?]
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    Alberuni's India : an account of the religion, philosophy, literature, geography, chronology, astronomy, customs, laws and astrology of India about AD 1030 / edited with notes and indices by Edward C. Sachau.

    Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048 | Date: 1983
    • Books

    A view of the history, literature, and mythology of the Hindoos: including a minute description of their manners and customs, and translations from their principal works / By W. Ward.

    Ward, William, 1769-1823 | Date: 1815-1818
    • Books

    Essays relative to the habits, character, and moral improvement of the Hindoos / [John Bentley].

    Bentley, John | Date: 1823
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