Cults, customs and superstitions of India. Rev. and enl. ed. With illus. from photographs and from drawings by William Campbell Oman (1908)
Oman, John Campbell, 1841-1911 · London T.F. Unwin · leaf 305
d circulated forvarious purposes, float about the Indian bazaars inordinary times as w^ell as on special occasions. That suchfalse rumours, however baseless and absurd, might at acritical moment be productive of grave consequences tothe State, no one will question. There is, however, butone… … CHAPTER IV MENDICANCY AND MENDICANTS OF SORTS N all civilizations anessential character-istic is the keepingup of appearances,and the more com-plete and perfectthe civilizations themore marked is thisfeature. Individualsas well as commun-ities and nationalitiesare swayed by thissentiment, and…
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