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" They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds revolution; but the village community remains'the same This union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little state in itself, has,... "
History of the British Colonies: Possessions in Asia - Page 341
by Robert Montgomery Martin - 1835
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India; Its State and Prospects

Edward Thornton - Great Britain - 1835 - 422 pages
...the same site for the village, the same positions for the houses ; the same lands will be re-occupied by the descendants of those who were driven out when...one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India, through...
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The History of India, Volume 1

Mountstuart Elphinstone - India - 1841 - 652 pages
...lands will be reoccupied by the descendants of those who were driven out when the village was CHAP. depopulated ; and it is not a trifling matter that...one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India through...
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The History of India, Volume 1

Mountstuart Elphinstone - India - 1841 - 656 pages
...those who were driven out when the village was CHAR depopulated; and it is not a trifling matter that _ will drive them out, for they will often maintain...one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India through...
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South Indian Sketches: Containing a Short Account of Some of the Missionary ...

Sarah Tucker - Missions - 1848 - 414 pages
...the same site for the village, the same position for the houses, the same lands will be re-occupied by the descendants of those who were driven out when...one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India, through...
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The New quarterly review, and digest of current literature, Volume 2

1853 - 582 pages
...Christianity insulted '. ! !" (Pp. 4 1—72.) same traditions of government, under every form of government, " contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India through all the changes and revolutions they have suffered, and was in a high degree conducive to their happiness,...
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The Colonial and Asiatic Review, Volume 1

Asia - 1852 - 532 pages
...much less be able to explain, the ancient and admirable municipal institutions of India, which have contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people through all the changes and revolutions they have suffered ? Nor can imagination here supply the place...
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The life and correspondence of Charles, lord Metcalfe, from ..., Volume 2

sir John William Kaye - British - 1854 - 674 pages
...the same site for the village, the same positions for the houses, the same lands will be re-occupied by the descendants of those who were driven out when...one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India, through...
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The Life and Correspondence of Charles, Lord Metcalfe: From ..., Volume 2

Charles Theophilus Metcalfe Baron Metcalfe, Sir John William Kaye - 1854 - 670 pages
...village was depopulated ; and it is not a trifling matter that will drive them out, for they will of ten maintain their post through times of disturbance and...one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India, through...
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The North British review

1855 - 624 pages
...peaceable possession revives. A generation may pass away, but the succeeding generation will return This union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little state in itself, lias, I conceive, contributed, more than any other cause, to the \ preservation of the people of India...
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The Life and Correspondence of Charles, Lord Metcalfe, Volume 2

Charles Theophilus Metcalfe Baron Metcalfe, Sir John William Kaye - Canada - 1858 - 500 pages
...the same site for the village, the same positions for the houses, the same lands will be re-occupied by the descendants of those who were driven out when...one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India, through...
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