[Brahmans] surpass other learned men in their treatises on morals....His Majesty, on hearing... how much the people of the country prized their institutions, commenced to look upon them with affection. (Akbar)

[Brahmans] surpass other learned men in their treatises on morals....His Majesty, on hearing... how much the people of the country prized their institutions, commenced to look upon them with affection.

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