Saturday, April 17, 2010

VivekaJyoti: Marco Polo hails the Brahmins of India...

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    • Medieval Italian explorer Marco Polo hails the hails the Brahmins of India as being “most honorable,” possessing “hatred for cheating or of taking the goods of other persons. They are likewise remarkable for the virtue of being satisfied with the possession of one wife (p.298).”

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