The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page 12
... four miles to the west of the town . Here Colonel Forde waited for a written authority to com- mence the attack . His note reached Clive when he was playing at cards , but without quitting his seat he wrote in pencil , — ' Dear Forde ...
... four miles to the west of the town . Here Colonel Forde waited for a written authority to com- mence the attack . His note reached Clive when he was playing at cards , but without quitting his seat he wrote in pencil , — ' Dear Forde ...
Page 13
... four vessels of all sizes , only three made their escape . The best - looking young persons were sent to Agra , and circumcised and made Mussulmans . The girls were distributed among the harems of the Emperor and his nobility . Not a ...
... four vessels of all sizes , only three made their escape . The best - looking young persons were sent to Agra , and circumcised and made Mussulmans . The girls were distributed among the harems of the Emperor and his nobility . Not a ...
Page 16
... Four miles north of Triveni is Doomurdah . This is an extremely poor village , but noted very much for its robbers and river dacoits . To this day people fear to pass by this place after sunset , and no boats are ever moored at its ...
... Four miles north of Triveni is Doomurdah . This is an extremely poor village , but noted very much for its robbers and river dacoits . To this day people fear to pass by this place after sunset , and no boats are ever moored at its ...
Page 44
... four miles west of Nuddea , and below which the Ganges formerly held its course . Here is a small old temple of Jahnuba Muni , who had such a capacious abdomen as to have drunk up the Ganges , and then let out its waters by an incision ...
... four miles west of Nuddea , and below which the Ganges formerly held its course . Here is a small old temple of Jahnuba Muni , who had such a capacious abdomen as to have drunk up the Ganges , and then let out its waters by an incision ...
Page 62
... four in the afternoon when we left Bukkesur for Soory , and tracked our way through a deep forest of saul . Tall bristling trees closed the view on all sides , and not a trace of human abode was found in their wild , forlorn depths ...
... four in the afternoon when we left Bukkesur for Soory , and tracked our way through a deep forest of saul . Tall bristling trees closed the view on all sides , and not a trace of human abode was found in their wild , forlorn depths ...
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