The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page vii
... learning . - History of Choitunya . -Present state of the Brahmins of Nuddea . — A Gymuoso- phist . - Jahn - nugger.- Brahmaditala . - Snake - charmers and snake - players . - Krishnugger . - Anecdote of convict labour . -Rajah Krishna ...
... learning . - History of Choitunya . -Present state of the Brahmins of Nuddea . — A Gymuoso- phist . - Jahn - nugger.- Brahmaditala . - Snake - charmers and snake - players . - Krishnugger . - Anecdote of convict labour . -Rajah Krishna ...
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... 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 are mischievous enough to break women's water - pots . It has become a native ...
... 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 are mischievous enough to break women's water - pots . It has become a native ...
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... learning and orthodoxy - the most sacred place of Hindoo retreat . The Choitunya Bhag- but states : No place is equal to Nuddea in earth , Nuddea . 25 because Choitunya was there incarnated . No 24 Travels of a Hindoo .
... learning and orthodoxy - the most sacred place of Hindoo retreat . The Choitunya Bhag- but states : No place is equal to Nuddea in earth , Nuddea . 25 because Choitunya was there incarnated . No 24 Travels of a Hindoo .
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... learning , and the number of students is innumerable . ' Indeed , the past of Nuddea raises very high expectations - but the present of it disappoints a man in the extreme . It is not found to be that hoary old town , with venerable ...
... learning , and the number of students is innumerable . ' Indeed , the past of Nuddea raises very high expectations - but the present of it disappoints a man in the extreme . It is not found to be that hoary old town , with venerable ...
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... learning so pleased the goddess Seraswatee that she deigned to pay a visit to her votaries . From other mouths we heard the following account of the circumstances that first led to the occupation and rise of Nuddea . A Hindoo monarch of ...
... learning so pleased the goddess Seraswatee that she deigned to pay a visit to her votaries . From other mouths we heard the following account of the circumstances that first led to the occupation and rise of Nuddea . A Hindoo monarch of ...
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