"O Soma, from every side pour forth four seas filled with a thousand-fold riches."

"It is clear however that the products of India which entered long-distance trade were of a great, seemingly infinite,…"

"At a time when the British showed no particular enthusiasm for cleanliness, Indian women for example introduced Briti…"

""The fact that even smaller towns and villages had impressive drainage systems” remarks Kenoyer, “indicates that remo…"

"A surprising spirit of cleanliness is to be observed among the Hindoos: the streets of their villages are commonly sw…"

"Cleanliness was literally next to godliness in India; hygiene was not, as Anatole France thought it, la seule morale,…"

"The Brahman usually washed his hands, feet and teeth before and after each meal; he ate with his fingers from food on…"

"You would, my Arabella, be enraptured at the extreme neatness of even the meanest attendant; but besides the beauty a…"

"Purity means cleanliness of mind and body; the latter is effected by the use of water etc. No nation in the world is …"

"For their part, Indians and Asians considered Westerners puzzlingly dirty. To some extent, it was a matter of merocri…"