The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page ix
... their confluence . - The Allahabad mela . — Antiquity of the city . Ancient Hindoo Republic at Allahabad . - Legend of the Seraswattee river . - The Allahabad fort . The transmi- gration of Akber from a Hindoo Brahmin to a Mahomedan.
... their confluence . - The Allahabad mela . — Antiquity of the city . Ancient Hindoo Republic at Allahabad . - Legend of the Seraswattee river . - The Allahabad fort . The transmi- gration of Akber from a Hindoo Brahmin to a Mahomedan.
Page x
... Mahomedan accounts of Kanouge criticized . — The Grand Trunk Road in the Doab . - The drought of 1860. - The famine of 1861. - Mutiny - ruins along the road . -A mango tope . - Mynporee . - Shecoabad . - The Hindoo- stanee and Bengalee ...
... Mahomedan accounts of Kanouge criticized . — The Grand Trunk Road in the Doab . - The drought of 1860. - The famine of 1861. - Mutiny - ruins along the road . -A mango tope . - Mynporee . - Shecoabad . - The Hindoo- stanee and Bengalee ...
Page 14
... Mahomedan taste , with chandeliers , and lanterns , and wall - shades of all the colours of the rainbow . The surface of the walls is painted in blue and red inscriptions from the Koran . Nothing can be more gorgeous than the doors of ...
... Mahomedan taste , with chandeliers , and lanterns , and wall - shades of all the colours of the rainbow . The surface of the walls is painted in blue and red inscriptions from the Koran . Nothing can be more gorgeous than the doors of ...
Page 25
... Mahomedan College , ' that , in 1805 , says Lord Valentia , was for three hours in sight , and bore from us at every point of the compass during the time , ' has been washed away and ingulfed in the stream . " Modern Nuddea , or ...
... Mahomedan College , ' that , in 1805 , says Lord Valentia , was for three hours in sight , and bore from us at every point of the compass during the time , ' has been washed away and ingulfed in the stream . " Modern Nuddea , or ...
Page 33
... Mahomedans to enter his fold , and two of his most eminent followers , Rupa and Sonatun , were originally Mahomedan ministers in the court of Gour . It is not on record how far the evils of polygamy had manifested themselves in the age ...
... Mahomedans to enter his fold , and two of his most eminent followers , Rupa and Sonatun , were originally Mahomedan ministers in the court of Gour . It is not on record how far the evils of polygamy had manifested themselves in the age ...
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