The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... letters standing in bas - relief , the following passage in Arabic : ' Jesus , on whom be peace , has said , the world is merely a bridge ; you are to pass over it , and not to build your dwellings upon it . ' Nor is the quadrangle in ...
... letters standing in bas - relief , the following passage in Arabic : ' Jesus , on whom be peace , has said , the world is merely a bridge ; you are to pass over it , and not to build your dwellings upon it . ' Nor is the quadrangle in ...
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... letter of introduc- tion . The reader may probably condemn us for such a trifle uppermost in our thoughts , but so it was ; and when we found ourselves under the roof of a comfort- able two - storied building , and a complaisant ...
... letter of introduc- tion . The reader may probably condemn us for such a trifle uppermost in our thoughts , but so it was ; and when we found ourselves under the roof of a comfort- able two - storied building , and a complaisant ...
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... letters cut upon the triumphal pillar , are called the typical cuts inflicted on his enemies by his sword , writing his immortal fame . ' It is a pity that posterity can know nothing more of this mighty Rajah Dhava , than what is ...
... letters cut upon the triumphal pillar , are called the typical cuts inflicted on his enemies by his sword , writing his immortal fame . ' It is a pity that posterity can know nothing more of this mighty Rajah Dhava , than what is ...
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... letters . During the reign of Altamish , the son- in - law of Kootub - ud - deen , the great mosque was much enlarged by the addition of two wings to the north and south , and by the erection of a new cloistered court six times as large ...
... letters . During the reign of Altamish , the son- in - law of Kootub - ud - deen , the great mosque was much enlarged by the addition of two wings to the north and south , and by the erection of a new cloistered court six times as large ...
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... letters of the whole record lost by the peeling off of the surface of the stone . The inscription ends with a short sentence , in which King Asoca directs the setting up these monoliths in different parts of India as follows : - " Let ...
... letters of the whole record lost by the peeling off of the surface of the stone . The inscription ends with a short sentence , in which King Asoca directs the setting up these monoliths in different parts of India as follows : - " Let ...
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Akber American ancient appearance arches Author beautiful Bengal Brindabun British building built Buldeo Calcutta character Chinese cloth College containing court Crown 8vo David Urquhart Delhi DICTIONARY Ditto emperor English eyes F. J. Furnivall F. W. Newman feet Firoz Frances Power Cobbe French Gate gateway German gharry gold Gopinees GRAMMAR ground hall head Hindoo hundred Illustrations India Indraprastha inscription John Jumna Khan king Kootub Krishna Lalkot LANGUAGE late literature LL.D London Mahomed Mahomedan miles Minar Mogul mosque Musjeed Mussulmans Muttra native Notes original palace Patan PATERNOSTER ROW pilgrim pillar Post 8vo present princes Professor published Radha Rajah reign religion revised Richard Congreve Rig-Veda Royal 8vo Royal Asiatic Society ruins rupees Sanskrit scene Second Edition sewed Shah Jehan stone story temple Text Theodore Goldstücker throne tion tomb Translated traveller TRÜBNER viii volume Vrij walls white marble William