Ramaseeana; or, A Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language Used by the Thugs
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-import-35b107b26d32c428a8ee
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-100B4-011
- Author or attribution
- Sleeman, W. H.
- Record type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 1836
- Source / repository
- Wellcome Collection copy, via Internet Archive
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- 100-Source Research Supplement — Batch 4, November 2026; Thuggee; Colonial Sources; Bhavani/Kali
Description and curator notes
Colonial officer's primary source on the thugs and their goddess cult; read as colonial construction.
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Title: Ramaseeana; or, A Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language Used by the Thugs
Authors: Sleeman, W. H.
Record type: Book
Language: English
Year: 1836
Source / Publisher: Wellcome Collection copy, via Internet Archive
Full-text URL: https://archive.org/details/b29302730_0001
Subjects: Thuggee; Colonial Sources; Bhavani/Kali
Description: Colonial officer's primary source on the thugs and their goddess cult; read as colonial construction.
Access: Free full text
Dedupe check (vs. 672-record catalogue + batches 1-3, 4 Nov 2026): No URL, title or object-number match (catalogue or batches 1-3)
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Citation
Sleeman, W. H.. Ramaseeana; or, A Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language Used by the Thugs. Wellcome Collection copy, via Internet Archive. 1836. https://archive.org/details/b29302730_0001
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