Ramaseeana : Or a Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language Used by the Thugs
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
ISBN-10
1108028756
ISBN-13
9781108028752
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 2nd, 2011
Print length
824 Pages
Weight
1,030 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.00 x 4.60 cms
Product Classification:
Sociolinguistics
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William Henry Sleeman (1788–1856) was a British administrator in India who was keen to eradicate thuggees, criminal gangs who robbed and murdered travellers. He focused particularly on decoding the gangs' private communications with the help of informers and prisoners, and in 1836 published this fascinating vocabulary of their language.
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