Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia, Volume 14Wm. H. Allen & Company, 1834 |
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... seen . Modern Delhi , or Shahjehanabad , is enclosed by a splendid rampart of red granite , and entered by gateways the most magnificent which the world can boast . The walls were formerly so lofty as to conceal all save the highest ...
... seen . Modern Delhi , or Shahjehanabad , is enclosed by a splendid rampart of red granite , and entered by gateways the most magnificent which the world can boast . The walls were formerly so lofty as to conceal all save the highest ...
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... seen , increasing the tumult and the dust , but adding nothing to the splendour of the cavalcade . No great man- and Delhi is full of personages of pretension , -ever passes along in state without having his titles shouted out by the ...
... seen , increasing the tumult and the dust , but adding nothing to the splendour of the cavalcade . No great man- and Delhi is full of personages of pretension , -ever passes along in state without having his titles shouted out by the ...
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... seen , having the hood of black velvet embroidered with gold . The chetahs and hunting - leopards , before - mentioned , are led hooded through the streets ; birds in cages , Per- sian cats , and Persian grey - hounds are also exposed ...
... seen , having the hood of black velvet embroidered with gold . The chetahs and hunting - leopards , before - mentioned , are led hooded through the streets ; birds in cages , Per- sian cats , and Persian grey - hounds are also exposed ...
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... seen at a time , prostrate on the pavement . It is also the resort of numerous beggars , and the poorer classes of travellers , who find all the shelter which the climate renders necessary in the nooks and recesses of the building ...
... seen at a time , prostrate on the pavement . It is also the resort of numerous beggars , and the poorer classes of travellers , who find all the shelter which the climate renders necessary in the nooks and recesses of the building ...
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... seen some strange sights since I came to this city , which perplex me ; and I should esteem it a kindness if you would explain them . " 66 The kazee promised to give him all the satisfaction in his power ; and having learnt what had ...
... seen some strange sights since I came to this city , which perplex me ; and I should esteem it a kindness if you would explain them . " 66 The kazee promised to give him all the satisfaction in his power ; and having learnt what had ...
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