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Bholanauth Chunder. " this is a tower , nearly fifty feet high , built , according to local report , of elephant's tusks , but actually of com- position , moulded and enamelled into a resemblance of those natural substances . ' It is ...
Bholanauth Chunder. " this is a tower , nearly fifty feet high , built , according to local report , of elephant's tusks , but actually of com- position , moulded and enamelled into a resemblance of those natural substances . ' It is ...
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... built and stalwart man , which his Majesty had been— ' with a very agreeable expression of countenance and captivating manners . ' The building is four stories . high , on a pyramidal principle - cach story diminishing in circumference ...
... built and stalwart man , which his Majesty had been— ' with a very agreeable expression of countenance and captivating manners . ' The building is four stories . high , on a pyramidal principle - cach story diminishing in circumference ...
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... built up in walls of light and exquisite lattice - screens of the same material . Through their apertures , the meandering Jumna breaks in upon the sight . The inscriptions which run all round the frieze are panegyrical tran- scripts ...
... built up in walls of light and exquisite lattice - screens of the same material . Through their apertures , the meandering Jumna breaks in upon the sight . The inscriptions which run all round the frieze are panegyrical tran- scripts ...
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... built upon it a creed antagonistic to Shivaism- preserving however this grand line of demarcation be- tween the Bible and the Bhagbut , that while the reli- gion of Christ appeals to the nobler faculties of man , the religion of Krishna ...
... built upon it a creed antagonistic to Shivaism- preserving however this grand line of demarcation be- tween the Bible and the Bhagbut , that while the reli- gion of Christ appeals to the nobler faculties of man , the religion of Krishna ...
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... built by Rajah Jeysing on an elevated site on the bank of the river . The observatory erected by that scientific prince on the roof of one of the apartments is also in a ruinous state . From the fact of this observa- VOL . II . 3 tory ...
... built by Rajah Jeysing on an elevated site on the bank of the river . The observatory erected by that scientific prince on the roof of one of the apartments is also in a ruinous state . From the fact of this observa- VOL . II . 3 tory ...
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