"The Vedic Hindus called themselves Aryas, and the tract in which they settled themselves in India has the distinctive…"

"Aryavarata was the sacred land of Dharma, the elevated path to Heaven and to Moksha; where men were nobler than the D…"

"Visaladeva, the Chahamana king, proudly declares that “he once more made Aryavarta (Northern India) what its name sig…"

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

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

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

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

"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…"

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