The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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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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... record by Mahmood of Ghizni : - ' Here there are a thousand edifices as firm as the faith of the faithful , most of them of marble , besides in- numerable temples ; nor is it likely that this city has attained its present condition but ...
... record by Mahmood of Ghizni : - ' Here there are a thousand edifices as firm as the faith of the faithful , most of them of marble , besides in- numerable temples ; nor is it likely that this city has attained its present condition but ...
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... record . But it cannot fail to strike a man , how , in a place only six miles distant , the infant could have been secure from the tyrant's reach . The exile of Krishna , his concealment under the roof of an humble cowherd in an obscure ...
... record . But it cannot fail to strike a man , how , in a place only six miles distant , the infant could have been secure from the tyrant's reach . The exile of Krishna , his concealment under the roof of an humble cowherd in an obscure ...
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... 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- nupod to ...
... 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- nupod to ...
Page 59
... records of man , and pro- ducing in the soul feelings and ideas which no other river is capable of exciting . The ghauts in Benares are not less various than in Brindabun . There is the Kaisee - ghaut , the Sacredness of the Jumna . 59.
... records of man , and pro- ducing in the soul feelings and ideas which no other river is capable of exciting . The ghauts in Benares are not less various than in Brindabun . There is the Kaisee - ghaut , the Sacredness of the Jumna . 59.
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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