The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... natural touch of time . ' 6 The most striking object of all at Futtehpore Sicri is a colossal gateway , one hundred and twenty feet in height , and the same in breadth . The span of the arch is forty feet broad , by sixty feet high . In ...
... natural touch of time . ' 6 The most striking object of all at Futtehpore Sicri is a colossal gateway , one hundred and twenty feet in height , and the same in breadth . The span of the arch is forty feet broad , by sixty feet high . In ...
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... huge and massive gateway - are seen ' two figures of astonishing elephants of the natural size , carved in stone with admirable skill and truth . ' Not far from " this is a tower , nearly fifty feet high 6 Travels of a Hindoo . ·
... huge and massive gateway - are seen ' two figures of astonishing elephants of the natural size , carved in stone with admirable skill and truth . ' Not far from " this is a tower , nearly fifty feet high 6 Travels of a Hindoo . ·
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... natural substances . ' It is much to be deplored that such skilful arts of the Indians have perished . There is also in existence a beautiful octagonal pavilion , said to have been the emperor's private study . ' It has three large ...
... natural substances . ' It is much to be deplored that such skilful arts of the Indians have perished . There is also in existence a beautiful octagonal pavilion , said to have been the emperor's private study . ' It has three large ...
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... nature which appear on the earth at the interval of many centuries . The Judishthira of Hindoo history has been immortalized rather as the ideal of a philo- sophical prince , than an actual model king for the imi- tation of sovereigns ...
... nature which appear on the earth at the interval of many centuries . The Judishthira of Hindoo history has been immortalized rather as the ideal of a philo- sophical prince , than an actual model king for the imi- tation of sovereigns ...
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... nature , and all herbage has a stunted growth . The crop on the ground was a decided failure - the thin sallow stalks standing several inches apart each from its neighbour . This is certainly to be attributed more to the unusual drought ...
... nature , and all herbage has a stunted growth . The crop on the ground was a decided failure - the thin sallow stalks standing several inches apart each from its neighbour . This is certainly to be attributed more to the unusual drought ...
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