The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... distance by rail . Here it should be remarked that thirty years ago the strongest possible prejudice against travelling existed in the minds of the Bengalees ; and to this day there are many families who have never been able to overcome ...
... distance by rail . Here it should be remarked that thirty years ago the strongest possible prejudice against travelling existed in the minds of the Bengalees ; and to this day there are many families who have never been able to overcome ...
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... the holy stream for a distance of some miles . The narrow busy streets with pagodas on all sides ; the gay bazars teeming with Native manufactures ; the mysterious temples with sacred bulls stabled in the holy precincts ;
... the holy stream for a distance of some miles . The narrow busy streets with pagodas on all sides ; the gay bazars teeming with Native manufactures ; the mysterious temples with sacred bulls stabled in the holy precincts ;
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... distance . Poor people generally send forward their dead for incremation in charge of bearers , who never betray the trust reposed in them . Bullagur . - Goopteeparah . 19 On the opposite side 18 Travels of a Hindoo .
... distance . Poor people generally send forward their dead for incremation in charge of bearers , who never betray the trust reposed in them . Bullagur . - Goopteeparah . 19 On the opposite side 18 Travels of a Hindoo .
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... distance from the river . Most probably Santipoor has existed from remote ages . But its antiquity cannot be traced beyond the fifteenth century . The earliest known voyage down the Bhageruttee was made in the age of Asoka , who sent ...
... distance from the river . Most probably Santipoor has existed from remote ages . But its antiquity cannot be traced beyond the fifteenth century . The earliest known voyage down the Bhageruttee was made in the age of Asoka , who sent ...
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... distance from the reach of the enemy . The old and imbecile monarch took no measures to avoid the danger , but waited in the infallible certainty of its Occurrence . He was seated at dinner when the enemy surprised him , and , making ...
... distance from the reach of the enemy . The old and imbecile monarch took no measures to avoid the danger , but waited in the infallible certainty of its Occurrence . He was seated at dinner when the enemy surprised him , and , making ...
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