The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page 2
... ruins , still occur along the road . But much of the country appears to have been brought under the plough , and turned into fields for rice crops and the growth of other staples . Futtehpore Sicri was something like the Windsor Palace ...
... ruins , still occur along the road . But much of the country appears to have been brought under the plough , and turned into fields for rice crops and the growth of other staples . Futtehpore Sicri was something like the Windsor Palace ...
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... ruins that ap- pear to have mouldered away under the natural touch of time . ' 6 The most striking object of all at Futtehpore Sicri is a colossal gateway , one hundred and twenty feet in height , and the same in breadth . The span of ...
... ruins that ap- pear to have mouldered away under the natural touch of time . ' 6 The most striking object of all at Futtehpore Sicri is a colossal gateway , one hundred and twenty feet in height , and the same in breadth . The span of ...
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... ruins , and frag- ments of pillars , domes , and porticoes , presenting a sad picture of departed greatness . Near the Hati Durwaza -a huge and massive gateway - are seen ' two figures of astonishing elephants of the natural size ...
... ruins , and frag- ments of pillars , domes , and porticoes , presenting a sad picture of departed greatness . Near the Hati Durwaza -a huge and massive gateway - are seen ' two figures of astonishing elephants of the natural size ...
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... best part of the town is now a wide - ex- tended scene of ruin , telling the mournful tale of the Rebellion . Only a solitary man was ploughing the fields alongside the road , and two little boys came Secundra , -Mogul Royal Road . 9.
... best part of the town is now a wide - ex- tended scene of ruin , telling the mournful tale of the Rebellion . Only a solitary man was ploughing the fields alongside the road , and two little boys came Secundra , -Mogul Royal Road . 9.
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... ruins . Fragments of stone and brick protrude from its surface , as if struggling for resurrec- tion . Perched on the summit is a small white unpre- tending temple , embosomed in a grove of trees . The mound excites not a little ...
... ruins . Fragments of stone and brick protrude from its surface , as if struggling for resurrec- tion . Perched on the summit is a small white unpre- tending temple , embosomed in a grove of trees . The mound excites not a little ...
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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