The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page 7
... existence a beautiful octagonal pavilion , said to have been the emperor's private study . It has three large windows filled with an excellent tracery of white marble , and all its remaining wall is carved with trees , bunches of grapes ...
... existence a beautiful octagonal pavilion , said to have been the emperor's private study . It has three large windows filled with an excellent tracery of white marble , and all its remaining wall is carved with trees , bunches of grapes ...
Page 41
... existence . The only name among our ancestors which turned up to meet our eye , was that of a grand - uncle bearing date the year 1825. His certificate further increased our amiable feelings towards the Brindabun , -a Panda . 41.
... existence . The only name among our ancestors which turned up to meet our eye , was that of a grand - uncle bearing date the year 1825. His certificate further increased our amiable feelings towards the Brindabun , -a Panda . 41.
Page 46
... existence on record is furnished by the inscription on the Iron Pillar at Delhi , stating Rajah Dhava , who put up that pillar in A. D. 319 , to have been a worshipper of Vishnu . The next fact is supplied by Fa Hian , who saw the Vish ...
... existence on record is furnished by the inscription on the Iron Pillar at Delhi , stating Rajah Dhava , who put up that pillar in A. D. 319 , to have been a worshipper of Vishnu . The next fact is supplied by Fa Hian , who saw the Vish ...
Page 99
... existence in one unvarying round of prayers , and meals , and sleep - unbroken even by a fit- ful dream . The caged or cabled parrot quietly eats away his gram . The state - prisoner , ' bound in a nut- shell , and counting himself king ...
... existence in one unvarying round of prayers , and meals , and sleep - unbroken even by a fit- ful dream . The caged or cabled parrot quietly eats away his gram . The state - prisoner , ' bound in a nut- shell , and counting himself king ...
Page 137
... existence , and promised itself immortality . His imagination paints that city to have covered the banks of the Jumna for several miles , to have been fortified by many a tower and battlement , and to have sheltered within its walls ...
... existence , and promised itself immortality . His imagination paints that city to have covered the banks of the Jumna for several miles , to have been fortified by many a tower and battlement , and to have sheltered within its walls ...
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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