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    A report on the system of Megpunnaism, or the murder of indigent parents for their young children (who are sold as slaves) as it prevails in the Delhie territories, and the native states of Rajpootana, Ulwar and Bhurtpore / By Major W.H. Sleeman.

    William Henry Sleeman | Date: 1839

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