 | 1791 - 416 páginas
...natives of India, but the perpetuity of it was fecured by an infiitution which rauft be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyftem of their...divided into four orders or cafts. The members of the firft, deemed- the moft farred, had it for tpeir province, to ftudy the principles of religion ; to... | |
 | William Robertson - 1791 - 398 páginas
...the natives of India, but the perpetuity of it was fecured by an inftitution which muft be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyftem of their...divided into four orders or cafts. The members of the firft, deemed the moft facred, had it for their province, to * Hift. of Amer. vol. iii. 165. \ ftudy... | |
 | 1791 - 686 páginas
...the natives of India, but the perpetuity of it was fecured by an institution which mud be con&dtred as the fundamental article in the fyftem of their...body of the people was divided into four orders or cads. Tlie members of the firft, deemed the moft lacred, had it for their province, to Study the principles... | |
 | 1792 - 546 páginas
...was fe. cured by an ¡nílituüon which mult be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyltem of their policy. The whole body of the people was divided into four Oiders or Cajls. The members of the ßrfl, deemed the mod lacred, had it for their province to (tudy... | |
 | William Robertson - 1804 - 422 páginas
...natives of India, but the perpetuity of it was fecured by an inftitution, which muft be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyftem of their...divided into four orders or cafts. The members of the firft, deemed the moft facred, had it for their province to ftudy the principles of religion ; to perform... | |
 | William Robertson - 1804 - 426 páginas
...natives of India, but the perpetuity of it was fecured by an inftitution, which muft be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyftem of their...body of the people was divided into four orders or carts. The members of the firft, deemed the moft facred, had it for their province to ftudy the principles... | |
 | William Robertson - 1812 - 422 páginas
...it was secured by an institution, which must be considered as the fundamental article in the system of their policy. The whole body of the people was divided into four orders or casts. The members of the first, deemed the most sacred, had it for their province to study the principles... | |
 | Herodotus - 1812 - 468 páginas
...manifest from various circumstances. The following extract is from Robertson's Disquisition on India: The whole body of the people was divided into four orders, or casts. The members of the first, deemed the most sacred, had it for their province, to study the principles... | |
 | William Robertson - 1812 - 430 páginas
...natives of India, but the perpetuity of it was fecured by an inftitution,, which muft be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyftem of their policy. The whole tody of the people was divided into four orders or cafts. The members of the firft, deemed the rnoft... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 432 páginas
...it was secured by an institution, which must be considered as the fundamental article in the system of their policy. The whole body of the people was divided into four orders or casts. The members of the first, deemed the most sacred, had it for their province to study the principles... | |
| |
The members of the first, deemed the most sacred, had it for their province to study the principles of religion ; to perform its functions ; and to cultivate the sciences. They were the priests, the instructors, and philosophers of the nation. 
