The regimental Moonshi : being a course of reading of Hindustani, designed to assist officers and assistant surgeons on the Madras establishment preparing for the examination ordered by government / by Capt. Edward T. Fox.

Cox, Edward T.

Date:: 1847

Credit: The regimental Moonshi : being a course of reading of Hindustani, designed to assist officers and assistant surgeons on the Madras establishment preparing for the examination ordered by government / by Capt. Edward T. Fox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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