The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... jungle . The Governor's house , described to have been one of the finest buildings in India , in whose lofty halls were assembled the beauty and fashion of the neighbouring European settlements , and where Clive , Hastings , and Sir ...
... jungle . The Governor's house , described to have been one of the finest buildings in India , in whose lofty halls were assembled the beauty and fashion of the neighbouring European settlements , and where Clive , Hastings , and Sir ...
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... jungle , seized when overcome by wine , and then hanged on the spot to strike terror into the neighbourhood . The house in which he lived still stands ; it is a two - storied brick - built house just over- looking the river , whence he ...
... jungle , seized when overcome by wine , and then hanged on the spot to strike terror into the neighbourhood . The house in which he lived still stands ; it is a two - storied brick - built house just over- looking the river , whence he ...
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... jungles , to prosecute their studies in the recesses of its solitude . They attracted a number of learned men to the spot , whose fervent zeal in the pursuit of learning so pleased the goddess Seraswatee that she deigned to pay a visit ...
... jungles , to prosecute their studies in the recesses of its solitude . They attracted a number of learned men to the spot , whose fervent zeal in the pursuit of learning so pleased the goddess Seraswatee that she deigned to pay a visit ...
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... jungles with which Nuddea was originally covered , and to have suffered from the fire which Rajah Kasinauth's men had lighted up to burn down the jungles . The naturally black stone is supposed by them to have been charred by fire . The ...
... jungles with which Nuddea was originally covered , and to have suffered from the fire which Rajah Kasinauth's men had lighted up to burn down the jungles . The naturally black stone is supposed by them to have been charred by fire . The ...
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... jungles . ' Dr Wilson also was a pilgrim to this famous shrine of learning . The Brahmins heard him with great wonder speak the Sanscrit language fluently . In the midst of his speech , he chanced to quote a pas- sage from the Vedas ...
... jungles . ' Dr Wilson also was a pilgrim to this famous shrine of learning . The Brahmins heard him with great wonder speak the Sanscrit language fluently . In the midst of his speech , he chanced to quote a pas- sage from the Vedas ...
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