The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 71
Page 2
... hundred and fifty feet , and enclosed by a high stone rampart with battlements and towers , five miles in cir- cuit . The whole extent of this space , in its present state , is one scene of desolation , strewed more or less with the ...
... hundred and fifty feet , and enclosed by a high stone rampart with battlements and towers , five miles in cir- cuit . The whole extent of this space , in its present state , is one scene of desolation , strewed more or less with the ...
Page 4
... hundred and fifty miles at such a rate . It was , therefore , broken in easy stages of three coss , or six miles a day . That the begum might not hurt her feet , carpets were spread on the road . That her purda- nashin honour might not ...
... hundred and fifty miles at such a rate . It was , therefore , broken in easy stages of three coss , or six miles a day . That the begum might not hurt her feet , carpets were spread on the road . That her purda- nashin honour might not ...
Page 5
... hundred and twenty feet in height , and the same in breadth . The span of the arch is forty feet broad , by sixty feet high . In Sleeman's opinion , the beholder is struck with the disproportion between the thing wanted and the thing ...
... hundred and twenty feet in height , and the same in breadth . The span of the arch is forty feet broad , by sixty feet high . In Sleeman's opinion , the beholder is struck with the disproportion between the thing wanted and the thing ...
Page 14
... hundred thousand swords had often leapt into the air from their scabbards . The duty of these men is to read the daily prayers over the dead and to show the cheragh at night - to light ' the lamps in a sepulchre . ' Their grey beards ...
... hundred thousand swords had often leapt into the air from their scabbards . The duty of these men is to read the daily prayers over the dead and to show the cheragh at night - to light ' the lamps in a sepulchre . ' Their grey beards ...
Page 16
... hundred and fifty years since the mortal remains of Akber have been consigned to the grave , and that a heavy mass of marble presses upon them with its weight , still he may be fancied as surviving to this day , and filling the spot ...
... hundred and fifty years since the mortal remains of Akber have been consigned to the grave , and that a heavy mass of marble presses upon them with its weight , still he may be fancied as surviving to this day , and filling the spot ...
Other editions - View all
The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India Bholanauth Chunder No preview available - 2020 |
Common terms and phrases
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