Calcutta Review, Volume 9University of Calcutta, 1848 |
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... mile long , the monument of pious Rajahs , for whose devotional works labourers flocked in abundance . And if the Rambler was right in supposing that confined spaces and vallies inclosed by high ranges of mountains hindered the mind ...
... mile long , the monument of pious Rajahs , for whose devotional works labourers flocked in abundance . And if the Rambler was right in supposing that confined spaces and vallies inclosed by high ranges of mountains hindered the mind ...
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... miles from their frontier , than the Bengal Ryot has the tiger and the wild elephant from whole districts together . Those entirely cultivated are , as may be readily imagined , the nearest to the great commercial capital . In Húgly ...
... miles from their frontier , than the Bengal Ryot has the tiger and the wild elephant from whole districts together . Those entirely cultivated are , as may be readily imagined , the nearest to the great commercial capital . In Húgly ...
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... miles farther down they are known by another , without any proof that they have changed their nature in the interim . Their windings , crossings , and different appellations often seem to baffle all correctness in geography or surveying ...
... miles farther down they are known by another , without any proof that they have changed their nature in the interim . Their windings , crossings , and different appellations often seem to baffle all correctness in geography or surveying ...
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... miles of road . But every landholder is clear - sighted enough where his own interest is at stake ; and if the main road in good repair lies at a moderate distance from his country seat , or his most profitable bazar , he will very soon ...
... miles of road . But every landholder is clear - sighted enough where his own interest is at stake ; and if the main road in good repair lies at a moderate distance from his country seat , or his most profitable bazar , he will very soon ...
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... miles of a district we have a strange combina- tion of names . First we meet with Kanchannagar , the city of gold , Dharmapur , the city of justice , pure and untainted Sans- krit . Then we find Alinagur , the exalted city , Mirzanagur ...
... miles of a district we have a strange combina- tion of names . First we meet with Kanchannagar , the city of gold , Dharmapur , the city of justice , pure and untainted Sans- krit . Then we find Alinagur , the exalted city , Mirzanagur ...
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administration allowed appears appointed Arabah army Artillery attached Bank Battalions Batteries beds Bengal Berar Bombay British Government Buchanan Calcutta Captain Newbold character chief Christian Church civil Colonel command Company considerable Corps Council Court of Directors Cuttack Despatches districts duty England English establishment European Field force formed French give Golundaz Governor Governor-General guns Hindí Hindu Holkar Horse Artillery hypogene important Infantry interest jungle Khond labour lakhs land language Lascars laterite limestone Lord Mornington Lord Wellesley Madras Mahratta empire Mahrattas Marquess Martyn matter ment miles military Mysore native never Nizam object Officers passed Peishwa period persons portion present Presidency principles Provinces Púna Rajah regard Regiment regulations remains remarkable rendered respect revenue rocks rupees Ryot sandstone Sanskrit Scindia Sikh Simeon supposed Surat territories thing tion Tippú trade treaty Tributary Mehals troops Ungool Urdú Wellesley whilst whole words