The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page vi
... Pillar and its legends . -Bulwan Deo . - Lalkot . - Rajah Pirthi - raj . — Rai Pithora.— The Bhoot - Khana . - Mahomedan conquest of India . - Mus- jeed - i - Kootub - ul - Islam . - The Kootub Minar . - The unfin- ished Minar ...
... Pillar and its legends . -Bulwan Deo . - Lalkot . - Rajah Pirthi - raj . — Rai Pithora.— The Bhoot - Khana . - Mahomedan conquest of India . - Mus- jeed - i - Kootub - ul - Islam . - The Kootub Minar . - The unfin- ished Minar ...
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... pillars , domes , and porticoes , presenting a sad picture of departed greatness . Near the Hati Durwaza -a huge and massive gateway - are seen ' two figures of astonishing elephants of the natural size , carved in stone with admirable ...
... pillars , domes , and porticoes , presenting a sad picture of departed greatness . Near the Hati Durwaza -a huge and massive gateway - are seen ' two figures of astonishing elephants of the natural size , carved in stone with admirable ...
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... pillars , and situated in the centre of the square court , we saw a respectable assembly sit squatting at an entertainment of music and song . The room occu- pied by the god is richly decorated . Its ceilings are silver - gilt . The ...
... pillars , and situated in the centre of the square court , we saw a respectable assembly sit squatting at an entertainment of music and song . The room occu- pied by the god is richly decorated . Its ceilings are silver - gilt . The ...
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... pillars , railings , figures , and inscriptions , discovered in clearing out a well at this spot , it is believed to have been the site of the famous monastery which was founded by the holy Upagupta during the reign of Asoca . ' The ...
... pillars , railings , figures , and inscriptions , discovered in clearing out a well at this spot , it is believed to have been the site of the famous monastery which was founded by the holy Upagupta during the reign of Asoca . ' The ...
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... Pillar at Delhi , stating Rajah Dhava , who put up that pillar in A. D. 319 , to have been a worshipper of Vishnu . The next fact is supplied by Fa Hian , who saw the Vish- nupod to have been already established at Gaya in the beginning ...
... Pillar at Delhi , stating Rajah Dhava , who put up that pillar in A. D. 319 , to have been a worshipper of Vishnu . The next fact is supplied by Fa Hian , who saw the Vish- nupod to have been already established at Gaya in the beginning ...
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