About the together with Ceylon, stretches two thousand miles from the Himalayas southwards into the ocean; and its extreme width, measured across its northern boundary, is nineteen hundred miles. It is as large as less Russia. Physically it divides itself into three (i) the Himalayas, "the abode of snow," as the name means, where are the treasures of the rain, and the bracing mountain air, forming a double mountain wall against the north; (2) the River Plains, with the Brahmaputra in the east, the Indus in the west, and the mighty Ganges," Mother Ganga" adored by the people, across the centre ; (3) the three-sided table land of the Deccan, separated from the river plains by the Vindhya mountains, with the Eastern and Western Ghats running along either coast and meeting at Cape Comorin. Thus, this vast country is naturally isolated, with the sea on either side, the Himalayan range scimitar like across the north, its spurs in the east making a natural wall, and the Sulaiman range along the Indus in the west, forming a boundary equally secure. The religions of India may be classified as I. Brahmanism, the religion of the Aryans, which found its earliest exposition in the hymns of the Vedas, and its development in the institutes of Manu. Originally it was monotheistic. The Rig-Veda, usually placed 1400 years B.C., consists of a series of hymns addressed to bright friendly gods, devas, literally, “the shining ones," the great powers of nature, the father-heaven, mother-earth, the encompassing sky. Brahma, the creator, has no separate existence in these hymns. The book is profusely illustrated to make it more informative. About the Author :-William Urwick the younger (1826–1905) was an Anglo-Irish non-conformist minister and antiquarian chr
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Paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENGLISH. About the book:-India together with Ceylon, stretches two thousand miles from the Himalayas southwards into the ocean; and its extreme width, measured across its northern boundary, is nineteen hundred miles. It is as large as Europe: less Russia. Physically it divides itself into three parts: (i) the Himalayas, "the abode of snow," as the name means, where are the treasures of the rain, and the bracing mountain air, forming a double mountain wall against the north; (2) the River Plains, with the Brahmaputra in the east, the Indus in the west, and the mighty Ganges," Mother Ganga" adored by the people, across the centre ; (3) the three-sided table land of the Deccan, separated from the river plains by the Vindhya mountains, with the Eastern and Western Ghats running along either coast and meeting at Cape Comorin. Thus, this vast country is naturally isolated, with the sea on either side, the Himalayan range scimitar like across the north, its spurs in the east making a natural wall, and the Sulaiman range along the Indus in the west, forming a boundary equally secure. The religions of India may be classified as follows: I. Brahmanism, the religion of the Aryans, which found its earliest exposition in the hymns of the Vedas, and its development in the institutes of Manu. Originally it was monotheistic. The Rig-Veda, usually placed 1400 years B.C., consists of a series of hymns addressed to bright friendly gods, devas, literally, Òthe shining ones," the great powers of nature, the father-heaven, mother-earth, the encompassing sky. Brahma, the creator, has no separate existence in these hymns. The book is profusely illustrated to make it more informative. About the Author :-William Urwick the younger (1826Ð1905) was an Anglo-Irish non-conformist minister and antiquarian chronicler. On 19th June 1851, he was ordained minister at Hatherlow, Cheshire, where he remained for twenty-three years, as pastor, and district secretary (later, president) of the Cheshire Congregational Union. Moving to London, he filled (1874Ð77) the chair of Hebrew and Old Testament exegesis at New College, London. Still living in London, he became in 1880 minister of Spicer Street chapel in St. Albans, where he rebuilt the Sunday schools, improved the church premises, and undertook temperance and other social work, resigning in 1895. The Title 'INDIAN PICTURES DRAWN WITH PEN AND PENCIL written/authored/edited by W. URWICK', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121225250 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 240 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in ENGLISH. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 17.78 x 24.13 cms 240. Seller Inventory # PB1111000314571
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