The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page ix
... tion from earthquakes . - Legend of Vyas - Kasi interpreted . -Hindoo characteristics of Benares . - The great antiquity , and description of that city in a Tamul drama . - The many changes in its site , and the origin of its present ...
... tion from earthquakes . - Legend of Vyas - Kasi interpreted . -Hindoo characteristics of Benares . - The great antiquity , and description of that city in a Tamul drama . - The many changes in its site , and the origin of its present ...
Page xxiv
... tion of the nineteenth century ; the conjurors , jugglers , faqueers , women and children in countless numbers ; the hundreds of vehicles , the endless stalls , idols , and lucifer matches , books and sweetmeats , brass pots , gilt caps ...
... tion of the nineteenth century ; the conjurors , jugglers , faqueers , women and children in countless numbers ; the hundreds of vehicles , the endless stalls , idols , and lucifer matches , books and sweetmeats , brass pots , gilt caps ...
Page 35
... a temple , and placed in it his image with that of his great coadjutor , Nityanunda . One - fifth of the popula- tion of Bengal are now followers of Choitunya . Nearly pay all the opulent families in Calcutta belong to his sect.
... a temple , and placed in it his image with that of his great coadjutor , Nityanunda . One - fifth of the popula- tion of Bengal are now followers of Choitunya . Nearly pay all the opulent families in Calcutta belong to his sect.
Page 45
... tion of the convicts waited on him one day , and told him that if he would permit their fetters to be removed , and trust to their pledge that they would not take advant- age of the facilities it would afford them for escape , he should ...
... tion of the convicts waited on him one day , and told him that if he would permit their fetters to be removed , and trust to their pledge that they would not take advant- age of the facilities it would afford them for escape , he should ...
Page 65
... tion of silk from Italy to England , gave a great stimu- lus to the cultivation of the silk trade in Bengal : a meeting was immediately held in London , and a re- quest was made to the East India Company to supply England with silk ...
... tion of silk from Italy to England , gave a great stimu- lus to the cultivation of the silk trade in Bengal : a meeting was immediately held in London , and a re- quest was made to the East India Company to supply England with silk ...
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