The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... building with the intention of making it a suitable abode for one who had subverted the throne of Tippoo , humbled the gigantic power of the Mahrattas , and numbered among his protégés the Great Mogul of Delhi . But the work was stopped ...
... building with the intention of making it a suitable abode for one who had subverted the throne of Tippoo , humbled the gigantic power of the Mahrattas , and numbered among his protégés the Great Mogul of Delhi . But the work was stopped ...
Page 8
... buildings in India , in whose lofty halls were assembled the beauty and fashion of the neighbouring European settlements , and where Clive , Hastings , and Sir William Jones had been enter- Chandernagore . 9 tained , has become levelled ...
... buildings in India , in whose lofty halls were assembled the beauty and fashion of the neighbouring European settlements , and where Clive , Hastings , and Sir William Jones had been enter- Chandernagore . 9 tained , has become levelled ...
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... building , standing in an awfully dis- mantled state , through the long array of gloomy trees facing the river . The French flag hoisted over Chandernagore meets the eye from a long way off . The place became a French settlement in 1673 ...
... building , standing in an awfully dis- mantled state , through the long array of gloomy trees facing the river . The French flag hoisted over Chandernagore meets the eye from a long way off . The place became a French settlement in 1673 ...
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... building is the college - origin- ally the residence of Monsieur Perron , the French General and Deputy of Scindia in the Doab . Chinsurah is a trim little town , quite free from the dirt and dust which drive a man almost mad in ...
... building is the college - origin- ally the residence of Monsieur Perron , the French General and Deputy of Scindia in the Doab . Chinsurah is a trim little town , quite free from the dirt and dust which drive a man almost mad in ...
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... having the latest name on record as a son of Mars among the non - military Bengalees . One of the noblest buildings in Bengal is the Emambarra of Hooghly . The court - yard is spacious and grand . The trough in the middle is a.
... having the latest name on record as a son of Mars among the non - military Bengalees . One of the noblest buildings in Bengal is the Emambarra of Hooghly . The court - yard is spacious and grand . The trough in the middle is a.
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