The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... exists in all things . According to a widely - spread belief , Vishnu be- came incarnate in succession in the two heroes , Ráma and Krishna , for the purpose of delivering the human race from the oppressions of the Rákshavas , or demons ; ...
... exists in all things . According to a widely - spread belief , Vishnu be- came incarnate in succession in the two heroes , Ráma and Krishna , for the purpose of delivering the human race from the oppressions of the Rákshavas , or demons ; ...
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... exist , but continued a seat of learning , where many a Pundit , learned in law and theology , rose to distinguish him- self , and shed a lustre over the place . The brightest epoch in the history of Nuddea dates from the era of ...
... exist , but continued a seat of learning , where many a Pundit , learned in law and theology , rose to distinguish him- self , and shed a lustre over the place . The brightest epoch in the history of Nuddea dates from the era of ...
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... exist on the smallest portion of food , till he would leave it off altogether . He did not speak with any man , and appeared to be in pretty good health . To Jahn - nugger , which is about four miles west of Nuddea , and below which the ...
... exist on the smallest portion of food , till he would leave it off altogether . He did not speak with any man , and appeared to be in pretty good health . To Jahn - nugger , which is about four miles west of Nuddea , and below which the ...
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... exist - the river having swept it away . Of the famous mango - grove called the Lakha Baug , or the tope of a lac of trees , that was eight hun- dred yards long and three hundred broad , all the trees have died or been swept away by the ...
... exist - the river having swept it away . Of the famous mango - grove called the Lakha Baug , or the tope of a lac of trees , that was eight hun- dred yards long and three hundred broad , all the trees have died or been swept away by the ...
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... exist now the greater part of the nobles have gone to Delhi or have returned to Persia . ' No Mussulman here now possesses a tenth part of the wealth of Khojah Wazeed , whose daily expense was one thousand rupees . The famous Setts , of ...
... exist now the greater part of the nobles have gone to Delhi or have returned to Persia . ' No Mussulman here now possesses a tenth part of the wealth of Khojah Wazeed , whose daily expense was one thousand rupees . The famous Setts , of ...
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