The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page 38
... stone is supposed by them to have been charred by fire . The banian tree is at least a hundred years old . It is a proof that the river has not encroached upon this quarter of old Nud- dea . Near Pora - maee , has been put up a very big ...
... stone is supposed by them to have been charred by fire . The banian tree is at least a hundred years old . It is a proof that the river has not encroached upon this quarter of old Nud- dea . Near Pora - maee , has been put up a very big ...
Page 71
... stones . ' There was then at the entrance to the town a large and magnificent gateway , and a parapet pierced with embrasures for cannon , ' probably erected with other fortifications by Ali Verdi in 1742 , when the Mahrattas had spread ...
... stones . ' There was then at the entrance to the town a large and magnificent gateway , and a parapet pierced with embrasures for cannon , ' probably erected with other fortifications by Ali Verdi in 1742 , when the Mahrattas had spread ...
Page 87
... an ally of the king of Magadha . It was not till the time specified by Wilford that Bengal had its independent kings , and Gour be- came the capital of those kings . If copper tablets and stone columns do not perpetuate falsehoods.
... an ally of the king of Magadha . It was not till the time specified by Wilford that Bengal had its independent kings , and Gour be- came the capital of those kings . If copper tablets and stone columns do not perpetuate falsehoods.
Page 88
Bholanauth Chunder. If copper tablets and stone columns do not perpetuate falsehoods , it is now more than a thousand years past , since from the capital of ' the richest province of India with the most pusillanimous Hindoo population ...
Bholanauth Chunder. If copper tablets and stone columns do not perpetuate falsehoods , it is now more than a thousand years past , since from the capital of ' the richest province of India with the most pusillanimous Hindoo population ...
Page 95
... stone - roofed and delicately - carved balcony described by Bishop Heber as ' still retaining traces of gilding and Arabic inscriptions , ' and of mosques , gateways , and other buildings . They have all disappeared - many of them ...
... stone - roofed and delicately - carved balcony described by Bishop Heber as ' still retaining traces of gilding and Arabic inscriptions , ' and of mosques , gateways , and other buildings . They have all disappeared - many of them ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abode Agra Akber Allahabad ancient Hindoo antiquity appearance architecture Asoca Baboo bank bazar beauty Benares Bengal Bholanauth Chunder boats Brahmins Buddha Buddhist building Bunniahs Burdwan Calcutta Cawnpore century Chandernagore Chinsurah Choitunya Chunar Doab Doorga English erected European feet Ganges gardens gharry ghaut Gour ground head Heber hills Hindoo Hindoostanee honour Hooghly hundred Hwen Thsang idolatry idols India inhabitants Jehan journey Jumna jungles Kanouge Krishna land lives lofty Mahomedan Mahratta marble miles Mogul Moorshedabad mosque Mussulman Nabob nation native Noor Jehan Nuddea palace pass Pataliputra Patna pilgrims population present Pundit Rajah Raneegunge river road ruins rupees sacred Sanscrit Santhal Sarnath scarcely scene seat sect seen serai Shah Shiva Shivites shrines side spot stands stone stream Sudra tank temple thousand tion tomb topes towers town trace traveller trees village Vishnu walls women worship Young Bengal