The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... less can any plea extenu- ate the act of blowing up into the air the remains of a woman , no other than Akber's favourite Sultana , to whom the people of India owed much of the good they enjoyed under his long reign , by inspiring not ...
... less can any plea extenu- ate the act of blowing up into the air the remains of a woman , no other than Akber's favourite Sultana , to whom the people of India owed much of the good they enjoyed under his long reign , by inspiring not ...
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... less grand affair , being a square of 575 feet with majestic cloisters all round . In the centre of the quadrangle stands the tomb of Sheik Salim , a beautiful modest little building , but much too costly over a hermit . The material is ...
... less grand affair , being a square of 575 feet with majestic cloisters all round . In the centre of the quadrangle stands the tomb of Sheik Salim , a beautiful modest little building , but much too costly over a hermit . The material is ...
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... so pithily described as in the memorable words of Shere Shah , that he had nearly lost the empire of India for a handful of millet . ' VOL . II . 2 Nor less does the traveller happen to find himself among From Secundra to Muttra . 17.
... so pithily described as in the memorable words of Shere Shah , that he had nearly lost the empire of India for a handful of millet . ' VOL . II . 2 Nor less does the traveller happen to find himself among From Secundra to Muttra . 17.
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... less analogous . The pre- sumption is strong , that one of the two religions has been founded upon the other - that the Vishnuvites , in all probability , have borrowed their story from the primitive Christian emigrants to India , and ...
... less analogous . The pre- sumption is strong , that one of the two religions has been founded upon the other - that the Vishnuvites , in all probability , have borrowed their story from the primitive Christian emigrants to India , and ...
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... less he had been one of those sturdy and expert swim- mers who are seen to drift down the Ganges or Bhagi- ruttee , with a pail of milk or ghee on their heads , and a bundle of reeds in one of their arm - pits to keep them afloat . Some ...
... less he had been one of those sturdy and expert swim- mers who are seen to drift down the Ganges or Bhagi- ruttee , with a pail of milk or ghee on their heads , and a bundle of reeds in one of their arm - pits to keep them afloat . Some ...
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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