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ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INDIA.
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL
INDIA.
BY
MRS. MANNING.
VOL. II.
BIBLIO
LONDON:
WM. H. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE,
PALL MALL, S.W.
Publishers to the India Office.
1869.
НЕСА.
LONDON: LEWIS AND SON, PRINTERS, SWAN BUILDINGS, MOORGATE STREET.
CONTENTS TO VOL. II.
CHAPTER XXII.
RAMAYANA.
Town of Ayodhya.-King.-Four sons.-Compelled to banish Râma.
-Grief.-Aged king tells a story of his youth.-Dies.-Râma, with his wife
and brother, go to the woods.-Râma's wife carried captive to Ceylon.-
War.-Conquest.-Return
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CHAPTER XXIII.
MAHABHARATA
The Mahabharata, a storehouse of legends.-Descendants of King Bharata.
-Five sons of Pându, one hundred sons of Kuru.-Education.-Rivalry.—
Pândavas banished.-Adventures.-Marriage.-Second Exile.-Adventures.
War.-Victory of Pândavas.-Funeral obsequies.-Pândavas' ascent.-
Himavat
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CHAPTER XXIV.
EPISODES OF THE MAHABHARATA.
Allusions to Nagas or Serpent-people.-An ascetic marries to save his
ancestors from hell.-Legend of Deluge.-Churning the ocean.-Human
sacrifice. Family of poor Brâhmans.-Story of Sâvitrî.--Story of Nala and
Damayanti. Sakuntala.-Conclusion
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CHAPTER XXV.
RAGHUVANSA, BY KALIDASA.
Fragments of the Raghuvansa, poem by Kâlidâsa.-Dilîpa, father to
Raghu.-Homage to the "holy cow."-Child born.--King and Queen retire
to the woods.-Raghu reigns.-Story of Aja, son of Raghu.-Marriage.-
Combat.-Death.--Râma and Sîtâ in flying car.-Ayodhyâ described
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