The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... miles , or a good six hours ' drive in a gharry . The whole way , ' says Fitch , ' resembled a market , as full as though a man were still in a town . ' To confirm this , numer- oas mosques , tombs , and houses , all more or less in ...
... miles , or a good six hours ' drive in a gharry . The whole way , ' says Fitch , ' resembled a market , as full as though a man were still in a town . ' To confirm this , numer- oas mosques , tombs , and houses , all more or less in ...
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Bholanauth Chunder. had been laid out in an extensive artificial lake , twenty miles of circumference , the dam of which is still trace- able in many parts . The hill at first was little fre- quented by men , and on its top lived in ...
Bholanauth Chunder. had been laid out in an extensive artificial lake , twenty miles of circumference , the dam of which is still trace- able in many parts . The hill at first was little fre- quented by men , and on its top lived in ...
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... miles in a day . But it was be- yond the power of a woman to accomplish a journey of three hundred and fifty miles at such a rate . It was , therefore , broken in easy stages of three coss , or six miles a day . That the begum might not ...
... miles in a day . But it was be- yond the power of a woman to accomplish a journey of three hundred and fifty miles at such a rate . It was , therefore , broken in easy stages of three coss , or six miles a day . That the begum might not ...
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... miles . Near each of them was stationed a watch - tower , to afford security to travellers . The road was two hun- dred and fifty leagues from Agra to Lahore . Trees , twenty or thirty years old , had been transported from the nearest ...
... miles . Near each of them was stationed a watch - tower , to afford security to travellers . The road was two hun- dred and fifty leagues from Agra to Lahore . Trees , twenty or thirty years old , had been transported from the nearest ...
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... miles off , over on the other side of the river , was seen a high column of smoke almost to touch the horizon . Doubtless , such a column as this rose from the enormous pile of faggots collected by the swains of Gokool to burn the ...
... miles off , over on the other side of the river , was seen a high column of smoke almost to touch the horizon . Doubtless , such a column as this rose from the enormous pile of faggots collected by the swains of Gokool to burn the ...
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