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" Destitution at length reached such a pitch that men began to devour each other, and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions in the roads, and every man whose dire sufferings did not terminate in death... "
A History of the Deccan - Page 258
by James Dunning Baker Gribble - 1896
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The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The ..., Volume 7

Sir Henry Miers Elliot - India - 1877 - 628 pages
...men began to devour each other, and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions in the roads, and every...their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness. * * * The Emperor in his gracious kindness and bounty directed the officials of Burhanpiir,...
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Historical and Descriptive Sketch of His Highness the Nizam's ..., Volume 2

Hyderabad (India : State) - 1884 - 802 pages
...men began to devour each other, and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions in the roads, and every...their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness. By order of the Emperor, soup kitchens were established in various parts of the kingdom,...
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Famine Truths, Half Truths, Untruths

Charles W. McMinn - Famines - 1902 - 148 pages
...flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions on the roads. Those lands which had been famous for their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness. The Emperor . in his gracious kindness directed the officials of Burhanpur, Ahmedabad...
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History of India: The Mohammedan period as described by its own historians

Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson - India - 1907 - 442 pages
...each other and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The multitude of those who died blocked the roads, and every man whose dire sufferings did...their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness. The emperor, in his gracious kindness and bounty, directed the officials of Burhanpur,...
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The English Factories in India, 1630-1633: A Calendar of Documents ..., Volume 4

William Foster - East Indies - 1910 - 492 pages
...men began to devour each other, and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions in the roads, and every...their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness.'1 1 Equally terrible accounts of the effects of the famine may be found in Van Twist's...
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The Travels of Peter Mundy in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667

Peter Mundy - Voyages and travels - 1914 - 644 pages
...men began to devour each other, and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions in the roads, and every...their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness — The Emperor in his gracious kindness and bounty directed the officials of Burhanpur,...
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The Economic Transition in India

Sir Theodore Morison - Famines - 1916 - 270 pages
...men began to devour each other, and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions in the roads, and every...their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness. By order of the Emperor, soup kitchens were established in various parts of the kingdom,...
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Indian Journal of Economics, Volume 2

Economics - 1919 - 740 pages
...men began to devour each other, and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions in the roads, and every...which had been famous for their fertility and plenty uow retained no trace of productiveness The Emperor in his gracious kindness and bounty directed the...
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The Oxford History of India: From the Earliest Times to the End of 1911

Vincent Arthur Smith - India - 1920 - 880 pages
...other, and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions on the roads, and every man whose dire sufferings did...their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness.' i It is impossible to reconcile the measurement and cost of the peacock throne as...
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The Oxford History of India: From the Earliest Times to the End of 1911

Vincent Arthur Smith - India - 1920 - 868 pages
...the dying caused obstructions on the roads, and every man whose dire sufferings did not terminate jn death and who retained the power to move wandered...their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness.' The details of the horrible picture are set out even more fuDy in the plain, unadorned...
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