"It must be admitted that the laws of etiquette and social politeness are much more clearly laid down, and much better observed by all classes of Hindus, even by the lowest, than they are by people of corresponding social position in Europe."
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Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies (1806), trans. Henry K. Beauchamp (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905), p. 331.
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Jean-Antoine Dubois
Abbe J.A. Dubois or Jean-Antoine Dubois (January 1765 Р17 February 1848) was a French Catholic missionary in India, and member of the 'Missions Etrang̬res de Paris'.
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