The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... Italian's . ' But this game of Akber can be accounted for only by the well- known Mahomedan saying , ' that women have no souls . ' Our fathers and grandfathers , whose ' Pierian spring ' of knowledge is the Persian , still quote many ...
... Italian's . ' But this game of Akber can be accounted for only by the well- known Mahomedan saying , ' that women have no souls . ' Our fathers and grandfathers , whose ' Pierian spring ' of knowledge is the Persian , still quote many ...
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... many a day . In Bishop Heber's opinion , the flowers into which the marble is carved are as delicate , and in as good taste and execution , as any of the ordinary Italian artists could produce . ' 224 Travels of a Hindoo .
... many a day . In Bishop Heber's opinion , the flowers into which the marble is carved are as delicate , and in as good taste and execution , as any of the ordinary Italian artists could produce . ' 224 Travels of a Hindoo .
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Bholanauth Chunder. any of the ordinary Italian artists could produce . ' The tomb is dated 1832 . Led through a narrow passage or two , we passed by the Jumaat Khana Mosque , in which a curious bell has been hanging from the centre of ...
Bholanauth Chunder. any of the ordinary Italian artists could produce . ' The tomb is dated 1832 . Led through a narrow passage or two , we passed by the Jumaat Khana Mosque , in which a curious bell has been hanging from the centre of ...
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... Italy , and other places of Europe , sought the realms of the Mogul for that remuneration which they could not get in their native countries . Workmen and labourers were not less abundant than draught - bullocks , horses , elephants ...
... Italy , and other places of Europe , sought the realms of the Mogul for that remuneration which they could not get in their native countries . Workmen and labourers were not less abundant than draught - bullocks , horses , elephants ...
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... Italian style of workmanship , and evidently the labour of an artist of that country . All , however , was dirty , desolate , and forlorn . Half the flowers and leaves had been picked out or otherwise defaced , and the doors and windows ...
... Italian style of workmanship , and evidently the labour of an artist of that country . All , however , was dirty , desolate , and forlorn . Half the flowers and leaves had been picked out or otherwise defaced , and the doors and windows ...
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Akber Altamash ancient appearance arches architecture Aurungzebe beautiful Begum Bengal Brindabun British building built Calcutta century Chandney Chowk Cheetore Chohan cloth College court covered Crown 8vo David Urquhart Delhi DICTIONARY dome Edited elephants emperor English erected eyes F. J. Furnivall F. W. Newman feet Firoz Shah Frances Power Cobbe Gate gateway German gharry gold ground hall hands head Hindoo honour hundred India Indraprastha inscription Iron Pillar Jumma Musjeed Jumna Khan king Kootub Krishna Lalkot LANGUAGE London magnificent Mahomed Mahomedan ment miles Minar Mogul monarch mosque Mussulmans Muttra Nadir Shah original ornamented palace Pandavas Patan Pirthi-raj Post 8vo present princes Professor Rajah reign rich royal Royal Asiatic Society ruins rupees Sanskrit scene sewed Shah Jehan side spot stone story temple throne Timoor tion Togluk Toglukabad Tomara tomb towers Translated traveller Trübner viii walls white marble