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THE INDIAN EMPIRE ITS HISTORY, PEOPLE,
:
AND PRODUCTS.
Beingarevisedformofthearticle "India,"in the "Imperial Gazetteer,"
remodelled intochapters, broughtuptodate, andincorporating
thegeneralresultsoftheCensusof 1881.
BY W. W. UrNTKK, (M.K., LL.D.,
Director-GeneralofStatisticstotheGovernmentofIndia.
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ESSAYS ON THE SACRED LANGUAGE, WRITINGS,
AND RELIGION OF THE PARSIS.
BY MARTIN HAUG, PH.D.,
LateooffStahneskUrniitveSrtsuidtiieess,oafnTdubPirnofgeesns,orGootftSianngseknr,itanidn tBhoennPo;onSuapCeorlilnetgee.ndent
EDITED AND ENLARGED BY DR. E. "VV. WEST.
TowhichisaddedaBiographicalMemoirofthelateDr. HAUG
byProf. E. P. EVANS.
I. HistoryoftheResearchesintotheSacredWritingsandReligionof the
Parsis, fromtheEarliestTimesdowntothePresent.
IT. LanguagesoftheParsiScriptures.
III. TheZend-Avesta, ortheScriptureoftheParsis.
IV. TheZoroastrianReligion, astoitsOriginandDevelopment.
"'Essays onthe Sacred Language,Writings,and Religion of the Parsi.s,'bythe
lateDr.MartinHang,editedbyDr.E.W.West. Theauthorintended,onhisreturn
from India,toexpand the materials contained in thiswork into a comprehensive
account of theZoroastrian religion,but the designwas frustratedbyhisuntimely
death. Wehave,however,inaconciseandreadableform,ahistoryoftheresearches
intothesacredwritingsand religion of the Parsisfrom the earliest timesdown '<>
the present a dissertation on the languages of the Parsi Scriptures,a translation
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triuureligion,withespecialreferencetoitsoriginanddevelopment." Times.
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TEXTS FROM THE BUDDHIST CANON
COMMONLY KNOWN AS "DHAMMAPADA."
WithAccompanyingNarratives.
Translatedfromthe ChinesebyS. BEAL, B.A., ProfessorofChinese,
UniversityCollege, London.
The Dhammapada,as hithertoknownbythePaliText Edition, asedited
by Fausboll, by Max Muller's English, and Albrecht Weber's (iriniaii
translations, consists only of twenty-six chapters or sections, whilst the
Chinese version, or rather recension, as now translated by Mr. Beal, con-
sists of thirty-nine sections. The students of Paliwho possess Fausboll's
text, oreither of the above-named translations, will therefore needs want
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everydaylife in India at the remote period atwhich theywerewritten,and upon
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agodhimself." Scotsman.
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THE HISTORY OF INDIAN LITERATURE.
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BY ROBERT N. CUST.
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A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF HINDU MYTHOLOGY
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Society,BodenProfessorofSanskritintheUniversityofOxford.
ThirdEdition, revisedandaugmentedbyconsiderableAdditions,
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METRICAL TRANSLATIONS FROM SANSKRIT
WRITERS.
"WithanIntroduction,manyProse Versions, andParallelPassagesfrom
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BY J. MUIR, C.I.E., D.C.L., LL.D., Ph.D.
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