The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... 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 . ruins , still occur along the road . But much of 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 . ruins , still occur along the road . But much of the ...
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... whole hill bears marks of terraces , gardens , wells , cisterns , and palaces , which give a more melancholy sense of desolation than ruins that ap- pear to have mouldered away under the natural touch of time . ' 6 The most striking ...
... whole hill bears marks of terraces , gardens , wells , cisterns , and palaces , which give a more melancholy sense of desolation than ruins that ap- pear to have mouldered away under the natural touch of time . ' 6 The most striking ...
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... whole month , during which time the clergy held a great assembly and discoursed upon the law . After the meeting they pro- ceeded to the stupa of Sariputra , to which they made an offering of all sorts of perfumes , and before which ...
... whole month , during which time the clergy held a great assembly and discoursed upon the law . After the meeting they pro- ceeded to the stupa of Sariputra , to which they made an offering of all sorts of perfumes , and before which ...
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... whole class is superb , and the general character of their figure is majestic . Their colour is the genuine classical colour of the Brahminees of antiquity . In re- turning back to our lodge , we chanced to see a creature who was going ...
... whole class is superb , and the general character of their figure is majestic . Their colour is the genuine classical colour of the Brahminees of antiquity . In re- turning back to our lodge , we chanced to see a creature who was going ...
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... whole body , but no efforts could revive him to utter a single word , or take in any kind of food . It was not till the next day that he was to get back his senses- people generally taking three days to recover from such stupefaction ...
... whole body , but no efforts could revive him to utter a single word , or take in any kind of food . It was not till the next day that he was to get back his senses- people generally taking three days to recover from such stupefaction ...
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