The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... character as well as in external appearance . It is as if the architect has exerted his utmost skill in the work of impressing the emperor's features upon it - of making it the medium to reflect an image of his person , and possibly a ...
... character as well as in external appearance . It is as if the architect has exerted his utmost skill in the work of impressing the emperor's features upon it - of making it the medium to reflect an image of his person , and possibly a ...
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... of names by those who have been too fond of recording their visit . There was one name which had been written in huge English , with charcoal . The characters 1 had become faint and illegible - so the poor man 12 Travels of a Hindoo .
... of names by those who have been too fond of recording their visit . There was one name which had been written in huge English , with charcoal . The characters 1 had become faint and illegible - so the poor man 12 Travels of a Hindoo .
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... character in all history . Had he lived in our age , it is likely that he would have expressed that opinion in favour of Akber , one of those prodigies of nature which appear on the earth at the interval of many centuries . The ...
... character in all history . Had he lived in our age , it is likely that he would have expressed that opinion in favour of Akber , one of those prodigies of nature which appear on the earth at the interval of many centuries . The ...
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... character- istics - the transition of a country being never without a transition of its people . Next to the Bengalee , the Beharee , the Khottah , and the Doabee , is the turn of the Jaut , whose Hindoo or Getic origin is yet an unde ...
... character- istics - the transition of a country being never without a transition of its people . Next to the Bengalee , the Beharee , the Khottah , and the Doabee , is the turn of the Jaut , whose Hindoo or Getic origin is yet an unde ...
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... character of Krishna had already commenced . But though Budd- hism was apparently so flourishing , it must be considered to have really begun to wane , and that the zeal of the people of Muttra must have lessened considerably , when in ...
... character of Krishna had already commenced . But though Budd- hism was apparently so flourishing , it must be considered to have really begun to wane , and that the zeal of the people of Muttra must have lessened considerably , when in ...
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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