India and its inhabitants / By Caleb Wright ...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Making of America (University of Michigan)
Main Author: Wright, Caleb, -1869
Other Authors: Duff, Alexander, 1806-1878
Weltbrecht, John James
Statham, John
Language:English
Published: Cincinnati, Ohio : J.A. Brainerd, 1858.
Edition:33d thousand ...
Series:Making of America (University of Michigan)
Subjects:
India > Social life and customs.
India > Description and travel.
India > Religion.
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Physical Description:vii pages, [45]-304 pages including illustrations, plates. 18 plates ; 24 cm
Format: Electronic
Incomplete Contents:
  • Lectures on India. Lecture I. Lectures on India. Lecture II. A lecture on the condition of women in India, and other pagan and Mohammedan countries
  • Habits and superstitions of the Thugs, a sect who profess to be divinely authorized to plunder and murder
  • A brief description of two of the principal Hindu festivals, compiled from writings of Alexander Duff
  • A description of the Shasters, by J. J. Weltbrecht
  • Specimens of the Shasters
  • East Indian character and customs, by J. Statham
  • East Indian character and customs, by an English lady residing in India.