The Thugs Or Phansigars of India
Author: Sir William Henry Sleeman
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Published: 1839
Total Pages: 240
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Author: Sir William Henry Sleeman
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Published: 1839
Total Pages: 240
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Published: 2024-09-09
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 3368751131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Henry Sleeman
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-07-18
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780282449568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The Thugs or Phansigars of India: Comprising a History of the Rise and Progress of That Extraordinary Fraternity of Assassin's From this repository of undigested materials, the compiler of the volume now offered to the public, has endeavoured to form a clear and suc cinct account of the Thugs, their peculiar super stitions, their methods of proceeding in robbing and murdering travellers, and the operations of the British government in India for the extirpation of this singular and unparalled system of assassination and plunder. To this he has added an Appendix, containing the vocabulary of their language, the disclosures made to Captain Sleeman by Thug informers, and a specimen of the trials of some of the criminals; which serves to exhibit the careful and impartial system pursued by the British autho rities in bringing these atrocious criminals to jusiicc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Sir William Henry Sleeman
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Published: 1839
Total Pages: 226
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edward Thornton
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Published: 1837
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sir William Henry Sleeman
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Published: 1836
Total Pages: 818
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mike Dash
Publisher: Granta
Published: 2011-02-03
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 1847084737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNever in recorded history has there been a group of murderers as deadly as the Thugs. For nearly two centuries, groups of these lethal criminals haunted the roads of India, slaughtering travellers whom they met along the way with such efficiency that over the years tens of thousands of men, women and children simply vanished without trace. Mike Dash, one of our best popular historians, has devoted years to combing archives in both India and Britain to discover how the Thugs lived and worked. Painstakingly researched and grippingly written, Thug tells, for the first time the full story of the Thugs' rise and fall from the cult's beginnings in the late seventeenth century to its eventual demise at the hands of British East India Company officer William Sleeman in 1840.
Author: Siddhartha Sarma
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2020-09-08
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9386797933
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe soil of central India hides more than the bones of long-dead giants. The East India Company is master of almost the entire subcontinent, but real power is now with the Crown. Far from the great games of the empire, Captain William Henry Sleeman is content to administer Jabalpur district and dig for remnants of petrified bones with his charming and knowledgeable wife. Until he is tasked with investigating the activities of an obscure group of criminals who are said to strangle their victims. As Sleeman uncovers the many layers of the Phansigar problem, he finds a language unlike any other, and a set of beliefs, lore and superstitions seemingly drawn from the soul of the countryside. He finds orchards of corpses, and a hierarchy of stranglers, but also ordinary men driven to murder. He hears subtle murmurs of discontentment at the changes which have come to a land believed by some to be unchanging. He finds auguries of a conflict to come. And behind it all, the legend of a mysterious, beautiful man, whose capture might be the key to understanding the Phansigars. Sleeman’s inquiries will make him confront the nature of his beloved adopted homeland and of the mighty people in Calcutta who he serves. Through the prism of caste, the consequent web of intricate social and cultural relationships, and the nature of travel in the hinterland, he will see the real face of India and come across its uncomfortable, bleak truths. But to unravel such truths is not easy…
Author: Sir William Henry Sleeman
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Published: 1839
Total Pages: 692
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published: 1893
Total Pages: 312
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