The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... lived here about sixty years ago . It was his practice to afford shelter to all wayworn and benighted travellers , and to treat them with every show of courtesy and hospitality . But all this profuse display of kind - heartedness at ...
... lived here about sixty years ago . It was his practice to afford shelter to all wayworn and benighted travellers , and to treat them with every show of courtesy and hospitality . But all this profuse display of kind - heartedness at ...
Page 44
... lived upon one meal a day , of only rice and dall , served by his sister in the evening . He was trying to bring himself to exist on the smallest portion of food , till he would leave it off altogether . He did not speak with any man ...
... lived upon one meal a day , of only rice and dall , served by his sister in the evening . He was trying to bring himself to exist on the smallest portion of food , till he would leave it off altogether . He did not speak with any man ...
Page 56
... the great lyric poet of Bengal - we may say , of the world . Lassen supposes Joydeva to have lived about A.D. 1150 . But he was a follower of Ramanund , who Kenduli - the Birth - place of Joydeva . 57 56 Travels of a Hindoo .
... the great lyric poet of Bengal - we may say , of the world . Lassen supposes Joydeva to have lived about A.D. 1150 . But he was a follower of Ramanund , who Kenduli - the Birth - place of Joydeva . 57 56 Travels of a Hindoo .
Page 58
... lived . In Beerbhoom the beauties of the land are seldom obscured by the mists and evaporations of the Deltaic regions . The sun shines with a sharp clearness , and the landscape wears a vivid freshness and colouring . The mountains are ...
... lived . In Beerbhoom the beauties of the land are seldom obscured by the mists and evaporations of the Deltaic regions . The sun shines with a sharp clearness , and the landscape wears a vivid freshness and colouring . The mountains are ...
Page 65
... lived in Burdwan , that silk fabrics became the fashion at the Mogul Court . The late East India Company introduced the Italian mode of winding silk , and the natives at once dropped their own method . In 1757 , they sent out some ...
... lived in Burdwan , that silk fabrics became the fashion at the Mogul Court . The late East India Company introduced the Italian mode of winding silk , and the natives at once dropped their own method . In 1757 , they sent out some ...
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