Historical Geography. 1900. India. Gentle votaress of the gentle Jain religion
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Historical Geography. 1900. India. Gentle votaress of the gentle Jain religion

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Historical Geography. 1900. India. Speaking generally, the Jains are a rich community engaged in banking and wholesale commerce. They practise a strict morality, and so scrupulously regard the vital principle that, not content with being vegetarians, they strain all the water they drink through a cloth to avoid destruction of insects it might contain and sweep the ground before sitting down lest they should crush some immortal soul.

Date

1900

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Photo12/SeM/ UIG

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UMG20B14_080

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Non

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Non

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Droits gérés

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35,2Mo (5,9Mo) / 23,9cm x 37,0cm / 2820 x 4365 (300dpi)

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