Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c15.s2.17

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c15.s2.17

The king also divided the days of the week and appointed two days for each of these three classes. Saturdays and Thursdays were allotted to class (i), the reason being that Saturday is ascribed to Saturn, and Thursday to Jupiter—the planets that protect and preserve the men comprised in the class. Sundays and Tuesdays were fixed for class (ii), for Sunday belongs to the Sun, to which is attached the fate of all rulers, and

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