Download or read book Handbook for Travellers in India Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India the Portuguese and French Possessions and the Indian States written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Handbook for Travellers in India Burma and Ceylon written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Indian Pilgrimage written by James Nicoll Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Castes and Tribes of Southern India Complete written by Edgar Thurston and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 2664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1894, equipped with a set of anthropometric instruments obtained on loan from the Asiatic Society of Bengal, I commenced an investigation of the tribes of the Nīlgiri hills, the Todas, Kotas, and Badagas, bringing down on myself the unofficial criticism that “anthropological research at high altitudes is eminently indicated when the thermometer registers 100° in Madras.” From this modest beginning have resulted:—(1) investigation of various classes which inhabit the city of Madras; (2) periodical tours to various parts of the Madras Presidency, with a view to the study of the more important tribes and classes; (3) the publication of Bulletins, wherein the results of my work are embodied; (4) the establishment of an anthropological laboratory; (5) a collection of photographs of Native types; (6) a series of lantern slides for lecture purposes; (7) a collection of phonograph records of tribal songs and music. The scheme for a systematic and detailed ethnographic survey of the whole of India received the formal sanction of the Government of India in 1901. A Superintendent of Ethnography was appointed for each Presidency or Province, to carry out the work of the survey in addition to his other duties. The other duty, in my particular case—the direction of a large local museum—happily made an excellent blend with the survey operations, as the work of collection for the ethnological section went on simultaneously with that of investigation. The survey was financed for a period of five (afterwards extended to eight) years, and an annual allotment of Rs. 5,000 provided for each Presidency and Province. This included Rs. 2,000 for approved notes on monographs, and replies to the stereotyped series of questions. The replies to these questions were not, I am bound to admit, always entirely satisfactory, as they broke down both in accuracy and detail. I may, as an illustration, cite the following description of making fire by friction. “They know how to make fire, i.e., by friction of wood as well as stone, etc. They take a triangular cut of stone, and one flat oblong size flat. They hit one another with the maintenance of cocoanut fibre or copper, then fire sets immediately, and also by rubbing the two barks frequently with each other they make fire.”
Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book written by John Scott-Keltie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 1521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book written by J. Scott-Keltie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 1559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book written by M. Epstein and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 1471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Download or read book Britain s Army in India written by James P. Lawford and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain’s Army in India (1978) tells how a joint stock company, the Honourable East India Company, came to organise a private army and lay the foundations for the establishment of the British Empire in India. From its origins as warehouse guards, through its struggles against the Dutch and the Portuguese, and its rivalry with the French, the decay of the Moghul Empire, this book examines the Company and its army up to the battle of Buxar in 1764, which established the force as the leading military power in India.
Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book written by Mortimer Epstein and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 1480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Download or read book Report on South Indian Epigraphy written by India. Department of Archaeology and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Some South Indian Villages written by Gilbert Slater and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gazetteer of South India written by W. Francis and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 1988 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Karate s History Traditions written by Bruce Haines and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic text treasured by martial artists for over twenty years, Karate's History & Traditions was long recognized as the most authoritative source on martial arts history and technique. Now Bruce Haines, historian and martial artist, has updated this rich source to reflect changes that have taken place in the last two decades. This detailed but well–rounded martial arts guide covers the history of the Asian fighting arts from antiquity to modern times, answering many of the questions currently being debated by martial artists around the world. Each chapter describes the fighting arts of masters in many areas, including: Okinawa Japan China India Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Cambodia Vietnam Korea The Philippines Undertaking years of arduous research using the most reliable historical data, Haines has filled in many of the gaps in the histories of the fighting arts and has proven false many popular myths.
Download or read book The Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway written by South Indian Railway Company Ltd and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1900, this classic guide to the South Indian Railway includes a detailed description of the railway itself, along with useful information for would-be travellers.
Download or read book Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway Including the Tanjore District Board Pondicherry Peralam Karaikkal Travancore State Cochin State Coimbatore District Board and the Nilgiri Railways written by South Indian Railway Co., Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
