The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... land , the number of pilgrims to sacred places and shrines has largely increased ; as all the wealthier classes , and especially the females , avail themselves very considerably of the safe and speedy mode of travelling by the Rail , as ...
... land , the number of pilgrims to sacred places and shrines has largely increased ; as all the wealthier classes , and especially the females , avail themselves very considerably of the safe and speedy mode of travelling by the Rail , as ...
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... land , or release from a bond of debt . Goopteeparah is also a seat of Hindoo learning , and has produced some remarkable scholars . But it is more famous for its monkeys than its Pundits . The former swarm here in large numbers , and ...
... land , or release from a bond of debt . Goopteeparah is also a seat of Hindoo learning , and has produced some remarkable scholars . But it is more famous for its monkeys than its Pundits . The former swarm here in large numbers , and ...
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... land- scape . Though not so large as Santipoor , it is much more neat and elegant , and has better roads and bazars . The river formerly flowed behind the present town , where old Kulna now is . New Kulna is entirely the creation of the ...
... land- scape . Though not so large as Santipoor , it is much more neat and elegant , and has better roads and bazars . The river formerly flowed behind the present town , where old Kulna now is . New Kulna is entirely the creation of the ...
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... land , and partly the bed of the stream that flows to the north of the town . The Ganges formerly held a westerly course , and old Nuddea was on the same side with Krishnagur . Fifty years ago was swept away by the river , and the ...
... land , and partly the bed of the stream that flows to the north of the town . The Ganges formerly held a westerly course , and old Nuddea was on the same side with Krishnagur . Fifty years ago was swept away by the river , and the ...
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... land . Under coalition with Sakti - ism , the worship of the emblems of the energy of man and the fruitfulness of woman had degenerated to the most abominable creed of the Tantra Shastras , first introduced in Nuddea , most probably ...
... land . Under coalition with Sakti - ism , the worship of the emblems of the energy of man and the fruitfulness of woman had degenerated to the most abominable creed of the Tantra Shastras , first introduced in Nuddea , most probably ...
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