A Description of the Character, Manners, and Customs of the People of India

George Uglow Pope, A Description of the Character, Manners, and Customs of the People of India; and of Their Institutions, Religious and Civil by Abbe J A Dubois, Madras: Higginbothams and company, 1879

xxxvi, 407 pages; rebound green cloth binding
10 x 6.2 in (25 x 15.5 cm)

The author describes the history and practice of castes, Brahmans, various sects, gurus and priest of India, mantras, the defilement of body and soul, rules of politeness, the state of widowhood, the Hindu-Handwriting, rules of the Vanaprasthas, Hindu philosophers, the magic practiced by the Vanaprastha Brahmans, of Sannyasi, and various other aspects of the Indian culture.

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