The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... present opulence of Delhi . - Arts and merchandise there . - Cheap living . — Delhi Institute . Statues of Jeimul and Puttoo . — Portraits in the Museum . - Archæological collections . — The miraculous cross . -Government College ...
... present opulence of Delhi . - Arts and merchandise there . - Cheap living . — Delhi Institute . Statues of Jeimul and Puttoo . — Portraits in the Museum . - Archæological collections . — The miraculous cross . -Government College ...
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... present state , is one scene of desolation , strewed more or less with the ruins of broken columns , walls , gateways , and porticoes , in huge fragments of stone and masonry . Formerly , a great part of the surrounding low country had ...
... present state , is one scene of desolation , strewed more or less with the ruins of broken columns , walls , gateways , and porticoes , in huge fragments of stone and masonry . Formerly , a great part of the surrounding low country had ...
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... presents the seat of the Emperor . It takes a delightful hold on the imagination to view the building in this light - that we were told to do by the Mussulman at- tendants acting as our ciceroni . In death , as in life , Akber is seen ...
... presents the seat of the Emperor . It takes a delightful hold on the imagination to view the building in this light - that we were told to do by the Mussulman at- tendants acting as our ciceroni . In death , as in life , Akber is seen ...
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... presents on the birth of a son , with the fond wish of a parent that the boy's fame might be diffused through the world like the odour of that perfume . In the lan- guage of the poet , his ' thoughts were heard in heaven , ' and his ...
... presents on the birth of a son , with the fond wish of a parent that the boy's fame might be diffused through the world like the odour of that perfume . In the lan- guage of the poet , his ' thoughts were heard in heaven , ' and his ...
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... present day , to defy the authority of the great Aryan monarch of the Solar House . But he fell in the war with an enemy of superior genius and resources , and his kingdom was annexed to form a part of ancient Aryaverta . It was at this ...
... present day , to defy the authority of the great Aryan monarch of the Solar House . But he fell in the war with an enemy of superior genius and resources , and his kingdom was annexed to form a part of ancient Aryaverta . It was at this ...
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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