The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... 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 been laid out in an ...
... 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 been laid out in an ...
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... scene rivalling the splen- dours of Agra . Often , from the glare and dust of that city , did Akber retire to this suburban retreat , to breathe purer air , and enjoy lovely rural sights . Here were his vast stables , his hawking ...
... scene rivalling the splen- dours of Agra . Often , from the glare and dust of that city , did Akber retire to this suburban retreat , to breathe purer air , and enjoy lovely rural sights . Here were his vast stables , his hawking ...
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... 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.
... 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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... scene . It was a lovely morn , and the spot was delightful with verdure . The branches of the lime and citron were pendant with crimson fruits . The shrubberies exhaled a sweet perfume , and the silence brooding over the place had a ...
... scene . It was a lovely morn , and the spot was delightful with verdure . The branches of the lime and citron were pendant with crimson fruits . The shrubberies exhaled a sweet perfume , and the silence brooding over the place had a ...
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... object to speak itself in a mute eloquence to the spectators . The imperial sepulchre designed by Akber , and completed by Jehangeer , is admirably con- structed to perpetuate a durbar - scene of the Great Secundra , -Akber's Mausoleum .
... object to speak itself in a mute eloquence to the spectators . The imperial sepulchre designed by Akber , and completed by Jehangeer , is admirably con- structed to perpetuate a durbar - scene of the Great Secundra , -Akber's Mausoleum .
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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