The Thugs Or Phansigars Of India: Comprising A History Of The Rise And Progress Of That Extraordinary Fraternity Of Assassins, And A Description Of The System Which It Pursues And Of The Measures Which Have Been Adopted By The Supreme Government Of India

This is a great book about the Centeral Indian Cult of Thuggery in the 18th and 19th Century. The volume is composed of an Introduction, comprising notices of the system of the Thugs, and of operations pursued by the government for extirpating them; a series of conversations with Thug informers, containing full and most extraordinary disclosures respecting their superstitions and crimes; and an immense mass of official papers relating to the apprehension of various gangs of Thugs, their trails and executions.

© 2013 Nag Press (E-Kitap): 9781473389342

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E-Kitap: 31 Mayıs 2013