"Muhammedan" Quotes from Famous Books
... "Malati and Madhava" is one of pure invention. The manners described are purely Hindu without any foreign admixture. The appearance of women of rank in public, and their exemption from any personal restraint in their own habitations, are very incompatible with the presence of Muhammedan rulers. The licensed existence of Buddha ascetics, their access to the great, and their employment as teachers of science, are other peculiarities characteristic of an early date; whilst the worship of Siva in his terrific forms, and the prevalance of the ... — Tales from the Hindu Dramatists • R. N. Dutta
... Muhammedan, for Sicily was then in the possession of the Saracens, and had been so for about two ... — Historical Miniatures • August Strindberg |