The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page 9
... erected , and fifteen vessels , bearing French colours , traded to different ports from Mocha to the Manillas . But all this grandeur has passed away , and deserted houses , and silent streets , and neglected ghauts , and the absence of ...
... erected , and fifteen vessels , bearing French colours , traded to different ports from Mocha to the Manillas . But all this grandeur has passed away , and deserted houses , and silent streets , and neglected ghauts , and the absence of ...
Page 15
... erection of Hooghly into the royal port occasioned its total ruin . It is now a mean village , without any remains of its former greatness , except a small elegant mosque . Literally , Satgaon or Supta - gram means the ' seven villages ...
... erection of Hooghly into the royal port occasioned its total ruin . It is now a mean village , without any remains of its former greatness , except a small elegant mosque . Literally , Satgaon or Supta - gram means the ' seven villages ...
Page 18
... erection of the park at Bar- rackpore . The Revenue Board was also established here on its removal from Moorshedabad . The river has encroached upon and washed away the greater part of Sooksagur , leaving not a vestige of its numerous ...
... erection of the park at Bar- rackpore . The Revenue Board was also established here on its removal from Moorshedabad . The river has encroached upon and washed away the greater part of Sooksagur , leaving not a vestige of its numerous ...
Page 26
... erect a palace for his abode . Rajah Kasinauth removed hither with his court , and brought over with him three families of Brahmins , and nine husbandmen to people his newly - founded capital . Ridiculous ! —to found a capital and ...
... erect a palace for his abode . Rajah Kasinauth removed hither with his court , and brought over with him three families of Brahmins , and nine husbandmen to people his newly - founded capital . Ridiculous ! —to found a capital and ...
Page 35
... erected to him a temple , and placed in it his image with that of his great coadjutor , Nityanunda . One - fifth of the popula- tion of Bengal are now followers of Choitunya . Nearly pay all the opulent families in Calcutta belong to ...
... erected to him a temple , and placed in it his image with that of his great coadjutor , Nityanunda . One - fifth of the popula- tion of Bengal are now followers of Choitunya . Nearly pay all the opulent families in Calcutta belong to ...
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