The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... letters standing in bas - relief , the following passage in Arabic : ' Jesus , on whom be peace , has said , the world is merely a bridge ; you are to pass over it , and not to build your dwellings upon it . ' Nor is the quadrangle in ...
... letters standing in bas - relief , the following passage in Arabic : ' Jesus , on whom be peace , has said , the world is merely a bridge ; you are to pass over it , and not to build your dwellings upon it . ' Nor is the quadrangle in ...
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... letter of introduc- tion . The reader may probably condemn us for such a trifle uppermost in our thoughts , but so it was ; and when we found ourselves under the roof of a comfort- able two - storied building , and a complaisant ...
... letter of introduc- tion . The reader may probably condemn us for such a trifle uppermost in our thoughts , but so it was ; and when we found ourselves under the roof of a comfort- able two - storied building , and a complaisant ...
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... letters cut upon the triumphal pillar , are called the typical cuts inflicted on his enemies by his sword , writing his immortal fame . ' It is a pity that posterity can know nothing more of this mighty Rajah Dhava , than what is ...
... letters cut upon the triumphal pillar , are called the typical cuts inflicted on his enemies by his sword , writing his immortal fame . ' It is a pity that posterity can know nothing more of this mighty Rajah Dhava , than what is ...
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... letters . During the reign of Altamish , the son- in - law of Kootub - ud - deen , the great mosque was much enlarged by the addition of two wings to the north and south , and by the erection of a new cloistered court six times as large ...
... letters . During the reign of Altamish , the son- in - law of Kootub - ud - deen , the great mosque was much enlarged by the addition of two wings to the north and south , and by the erection of a new cloistered court six times as large ...
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... letters of the whole record lost by the peeling off of the surface of the stone . The inscription ends with a short sentence , in which King Asoca directs the setting up these monoliths in different parts of India as follows : - " Let ...
... letters of the whole record lost by the peeling off of the surface of the stone . The inscription ends with a short sentence , in which King Asoca directs the setting up these monoliths in different parts of India as follows : - " Let ...
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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