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... cause the least possible loss to the enemy at the greatest possible expenditure to ourselves , would never make any lasting impression on our wild hill- neighbours , and that the only way to gain their respect was to knock them down ...
... cause the least possible loss to the enemy at the greatest possible expenditure to ourselves , would never make any lasting impression on our wild hill- neighbours , and that the only way to gain their respect was to knock them down ...
Side xiv
... Causes of the first Afghan war — The " great game " in Afghanistan - Sindh annexed - Dost Muham- mad restored - Astute diplomacy of Russia in Central Asia- Exhaustion after the Crimea - The Caucasus subdued - Our non - intervention ...
... Causes of the first Afghan war — The " great game " in Afghanistan - Sindh annexed - Dost Muham- mad restored - Astute diplomacy of Russia in Central Asia- Exhaustion after the Crimea - The Caucasus subdued - Our non - intervention ...
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... causes are patent enough . Of those due to the independent initiative of the Government of India we may select the systems of civil justice land revenue , and education . Let us glance at each of them in succession . The masses are , as ...
... causes are patent enough . Of those due to the independent initiative of the Government of India we may select the systems of civil justice land revenue , and education . Let us glance at each of them in succession . The masses are , as ...
Side 25
... cause an immense ex- penditure of brain - power . To interpret obscurities , reconcile conflicting rules or rulings , and to explain The ryot under many masters . A case in court INDIA RESTIVE UNDER MACHINE RULE . 25.
... cause an immense ex- penditure of brain - power . To interpret obscurities , reconcile conflicting rules or rulings , and to explain The ryot under many masters . A case in court INDIA RESTIVE UNDER MACHINE RULE . 25.
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... cause the people are more docile , more homogeneous than in the Panjab , and have little religious , social , or racial antagonism with their creditors . But in the Panjab at least , and particularly in its Musal- man or western half ...
... cause the people are more docile , more homogeneous than in the Panjab , and have little religious , social , or racial antagonism with their creditors . But in the Panjab at least , and particularly in its Musal- man or western half ...
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