The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page viii
... Burdwan . - The tale of Biddya and Soondra . - Biddyapotta , or the abode of Biddya . -The Maun - surrobur , or Raja Maun's tank . - The Mushan , or the place of Soondra's execution . The Nabobhaut.- Shere Afkun's tomb . - The old ...
... Burdwan . - The tale of Biddya and Soondra . - Biddyapotta , or the abode of Biddya . -The Maun - surrobur , or Raja Maun's tank . - The Mushan , or the place of Soondra's execution . The Nabobhaut.- Shere Afkun's tomb . - The old ...
Page xv
... Burdwan , and finally settled at Satgong , in the district of Hooghly . It is this latter class of adven- turous Bunniahs who chiefly carried on mercantile transac- tions in the sixteenth century with the Portuguese of Hooghly ; and in ...
... Burdwan , and finally settled at Satgong , in the district of Hooghly . It is this latter class of adven- turous Bunniahs who chiefly carried on mercantile transac- tions in the sixteenth century with the Portuguese of Hooghly ; and in ...
Page 22
... Burdwan . Here he , as well as his Ranees , come to bathe on a festival , and the two places are connected by a road with bungalows , stables , and tanks every eight miles . Tieffenthaler speaks of old Kulna . The river is again ...
... Burdwan . Here he , as well as his Ranees , come to bathe on a festival , and the two places are connected by a road with bungalows , stables , and tanks every eight miles . Tieffenthaler speaks of old Kulna . The river is again ...
Page 46
... Burdwan , and is said to have set Bharut Chunder to level the poem as a squib against his adversary . The present Rajah has not a tithe of the grandeur of his great predecessor - an empty name alone remains his boast . We saw the young ...
... Burdwan , and is said to have set Bharut Chunder to level the poem as a squib against his adversary . The present Rajah has not a tithe of the grandeur of his great predecessor - an empty name alone remains his boast . We saw the young ...
Page 65
... Burdwan , that silk fabrics became the fashion at the Mogul Court . The late East India Company introduced the Italian mode of winding silk , and the natives at once dropped their own method . In 1757 , they sent out some Italians , and ...
... Burdwan , that silk fabrics became the fashion at the Mogul Court . The late East India Company introduced the Italian mode of winding silk , and the natives at once dropped their own method . In 1757 , they sent out some Italians , and ...
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