The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... hands , prove an interesting thing . - Horace Walpole . FROM the diary kept of our several journeys , the date of our first and earliest trip up the Hooghly appears to be the 11th of February , 1845. This is now so far back as to seem ...
... hands , prove an interesting thing . - Horace Walpole . FROM the diary kept of our several journeys , the date of our first and earliest trip up the Hooghly appears to be the 11th of February , 1845. This is now so far back as to seem ...
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... hand are gardens and orchards decked in an eternal verdure , and the eyes revel upon landscapes of the richest luxuriance . From the groves shine out the white villas of most tasteful and variegated architecture . Ghauts occur at short ...
... hand are gardens and orchards decked in an eternal verdure , and the eyes revel upon landscapes of the richest luxuriance . From the groves shine out the white villas of most tasteful and variegated architecture . Ghauts occur at short ...
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... hands of dacoits , were burnt to death by the flames of torches , and housewives were roasted alive in cauldrons of boiling oil . Khurdah is a noted place for the residence of Nityanunda - the fellow - reformer of Choitunya . The latter ...
... hands of dacoits , were burnt to death by the flames of torches , and housewives were roasted alive in cauldrons of boiling oil . Khurdah is a noted place for the residence of Nityanunda - the fellow - reformer of Choitunya . The latter ...
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... hand and an umbrella over his head , running naked with some other young fellows , and playing tricks at every door . ' During his administration , however , more than two thousand brick - houses were erected , and fifteen vessels ...
... hand and an umbrella over his head , running naked with some other young fellows , and playing tricks at every door . ' During his administration , however , more than two thousand brick - houses were erected , and fifteen vessels ...
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... hands of the Moguls , the seat of the royal port of Ben- gal was removed hither from Satgaon . The charge of the new emporium was given to an officer , called Foujdar ; the last of those functionaries , Manickchand , having the latest ...
... hands of the Moguls , the seat of the royal port of Ben- gal was removed hither from Satgaon . The charge of the new emporium was given to an officer , called Foujdar ; the last of those functionaries , Manickchand , having the latest ...
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