...condemned the use of wine more emphatically than the Prophet of Arabia, and yet there is no Muhammadan country where the consumption of wine is other than...use of the community. In the Rig Veda Sanhita a hymn occurs which shows that wine was kept in leather bottles,* and freely sold to all comers. The said...

...condemned the use of wine more emphatically than the Prophet of Arabia, and yet there is no Muhammadan country where the consumption of wine is other than...shops for the use of the community. In the Rig Veda Safthita a hymn occurs which shows that wine was kept in leather bottles,* and freely sold to all comers....

...other than considerable ; or, as the great historian, Gibbon, has aptly expressed it, " the ivincs of Shiraz have always prevailed over the laws of Muhammad."...shops for the use of the community. In the Rig Veda Safihita a hymn occurs which shows that wine was kept in leather bottles,* and freely sold to all comers....

...the Soma juice. Wine, sura, was also in use. " The earliest Brahman settlers," says Dr. R. Mitra, " were a spirit-drinking race, and indulged largely...grateful offering was Soma beer, and wine or spirit was publicly sold in shops for the use of the community. In the Rig- Veda Sanhita a hymn occurs which...

...Mitra, " were a spirit-drinking race, * Indo-Aryans, Vol. I. pp. 356-358. and indulged largely botli in Soma beer and strong spirits. To their gods the most acceptable and grateful offering waa Soma beer, and wine or spirit was publicly sold in sliops fortne use of the community, lu the Rig-...

...juice, Wine or spirit, sura, was also in use. " The earliest Brahman settlers," says Dr. R. Mitra, "were a spirit-drinking race, and indulged largely...grateful offering was Soma beer, and wine or spirit was publicly sold in shops for the use of the community. In the Rig- Veda Sanhita a hymn occurs which...

...juice. Wine or spirit sura, was also in use. " The earliest Brahman settlers," says Dr. R. Mitra, " were a spirit-drinking race, and indulged largely...grateful offering was Soma beer, and wine or spirit was publicly sold in shops for the use of the community. In the Rig- Veda Sanhita a hymn occurs which...

...used in ancient India. " The earliest Brahman settlers," says Dr. Rajendra, " were a spirit drinking race, and indulged largely both in soma beer and strong...grateful offering was soma beer, and wine or spirit was publicly sold in shops for the use of the community."1 Eventually the soma juice was raised to...