The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page 33
... raised the first voice against the exclusive- ness of Hindooism , it was Choitunya who properly in- augurated the anti - caste movement , to release the laity from the dominion and tyranny of the priesthood . He revived the old attempt ...
... raised the first voice against the exclusive- ness of Hindooism , it was Choitunya who properly in- augurated the anti - caste movement , to release the laity from the dominion and tyranny of the priesthood . He revived the old attempt ...
Page 73
... the officers of the Nizamut they were an honorary distinction . The people held the Punya in great esteem , and Clive , regarding it as an ancient institution , raised a special revenue col- lection to pay the expenses of it ; but in.
... the officers of the Nizamut they were an honorary distinction . The people held the Punya in great esteem , and Clive , regarding it as an ancient institution , raised a special revenue col- lection to pay the expenses of it ; but in.
Page 76
... raise the building . He fixed for the site a piece of ground which belonged to the Nabob to the east of the city . For the materials for the work he pulled down all the Hindoo temples that he heard of in or near the city , and seized ...
... raise the building . He fixed for the site a piece of ground which belonged to the Nabob to the east of the city . For the materials for the work he pulled down all the Hindoo temples that he heard of in or near the city , and seized ...
Page 106
... raised to the height of about 20 feet from the plain , and now the site of an indigo factory . To the south of it there is a large tank which yielded the earth of which the mound was formed . ' Abundance of ' little fictile bell ...
... raised to the height of about 20 feet from the plain , and now the site of an indigo factory . To the south of it there is a large tank which yielded the earth of which the mound was formed . ' Abundance of ' little fictile bell ...
Page 129
... raised above the ground on a lofty and striking basement . But its pillars , instead of beauti- ful Corinthian well - fluted , are of the meanest Doric . They are quite too slender for their height , and for the heavy entablature and ...
... raised above the ground on a lofty and striking basement . But its pillars , instead of beauti- ful Corinthian well - fluted , are of the meanest Doric . They are quite too slender for their height , and for the heavy entablature and ...
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