The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page 14
... complete 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 ...
... complete 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 ...
Page 49
... complete , and , abounding with shrines and temples , it once more re- sumed the opulence and splendour which had been enjoyed in the halcyon days of the Tuars and Chohanse . It is a common saying to the pilgrim in Brindabun -Heri ...
... complete , and , abounding with shrines and temples , it once more re- sumed the opulence and splendour which had been enjoyed in the halcyon days of the Tuars and Chohanse . It is a common saying to the pilgrim in Brindabun -Heri ...
Page 58
... complete failure . Though moulded into a slender form , the stiff metal has any- thing but realized the figure of the graceful sylphide who was the pearl in the ocean of Heri's mortal birth . ' Her face appears not to smile with ...
... complete failure . Though moulded into a slender form , the stiff metal has any- thing but realized the figure of the graceful sylphide who was the pearl in the ocean of Heri's mortal birth . ' Her face appears not to smile with ...
Page 104
... complete the circuit of the holy land of Vrij by visiting the other spots in which Mythology has placed her most pleasing fables . The traveller may explore them for archæological research into the antiquities of an inter- esting people ...
... complete the circuit of the holy land of Vrij by visiting the other spots in which Mythology has placed her most pleasing fables . The traveller may explore them for archæological research into the antiquities of an inter- esting people ...
Page 131
... complete for being thrown open for traffic . Forsooth , that iron- bridge is as it were the reality of Xerxes ' chain and rod thrown over the proud Jumna . Oh ! ye shades of Judisthira , Bheema , and Arjoona , with what pious horror ...
... complete for being thrown open for traffic . Forsooth , that iron- bridge is as it were the reality of Xerxes ' chain and rod thrown over the proud Jumna . Oh ! ye shades of Judisthira , Bheema , and Arjoona , with what pious horror ...
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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