. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . s. The Hindus conceived the year to con-sist of three hundred and sixty-five days, five hours, thirty min-utes, and forty seconds. This division differs only 1 ,?:,„ fromthe new solar tables of Abu Fazl declares thai thearts and sciences of his country were three hundred in was cultivated with rare skill and bucc< The science of medicine was carried to a high degree. The Hindulegends say that one of the fourteen precious ratnas, or precious # Les Civilisations de lInde, p. 549. t Royle, Lecture XL, On Art
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . s. The Hindus conceived the year to con-sist of three hundred and sixty-five days, five hours, thirty min-utes, and forty seconds. This division differs only 1 ,?:,„ fromthe new solar tables of Abu Fazl declares thai thearts and sciences of his country were three hundred in was cultivated with rare skill and bucc< The science of medicine was carried to a high degree. The Hindulegends say that one of the fourteen precious ratnas, or precious # Les Civilisations de lInde, p. 549. t Royle, Lecture XL, On Arts and Manufactures of India. p 30 INDIRA. things which the gods are believed to have produced by churn-ing the ocean with the mountain Mandaran, was a learned phy-sician. Even the way in which the Hindus met Alexanderwhen he invaded their country, proves their advancement inthe art of war. They led against him a disciplined army ofthirty thousand infantry, Avith elephants and war-chariots.* * Martin, Progress and Present State of British India, p. SILK-AND-GOLD EMBROIDERY ON SILK, PERSIAN CHAPTER ANGLO-SAXON IN INDIA.—HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS. Ox landing in Bombay one immediately becomes deeply interested in the novelty of the Oriental types. Even while inthe Levant, it is natural to imagine ones self already in the * •iM&l^-JtZL-
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