Cities of IndiaE.P. Dutton, 1903 - 354 pages |
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Page 11
... capital . They sur- round a small garden which has the glory of colour that nature lavishes on shrub and flower in the East . Here is a statue to the Marquis Cornwallis , who , as the inscription informs us , died at Ghazipur , on ...
... capital . They sur- round a small garden which has the glory of colour that nature lavishes on shrub and flower in the East . Here is a statue to the Marquis Cornwallis , who , as the inscription informs us , died at Ghazipur , on ...
Page 18
... capital received him with due honour . " I was feasted out of Bombay as I was feasted into it , " he wrote to a friend . The victor of Assaye was glad to escape from steamy Bom- bay to the cooler Deccan , where he employed himself 18 ...
... capital received him with due honour . " I was feasted out of Bombay as I was feasted into it , " he wrote to a friend . The victor of Assaye was glad to escape from steamy Bom- bay to the cooler Deccan , where he employed himself 18 ...
Page 30
... capital . We inhabit , by the Governor's kindness , his official country house , a noble building with some magnificent apartments , and with two delightful rooms for my library ( overlooking a garden and parkish ground ) in which I am ...
... capital . We inhabit , by the Governor's kindness , his official country house , a noble building with some magnificent apartments , and with two delightful rooms for my library ( overlooking a garden and parkish ground ) in which I am ...
Page 53
... capital of the Company's possessions and the chief seat of their trade ( 1687 ) . Surat was taken pos- session of by the English two years after the battle of Plassey ( 1757 ) , and the conquerors assumed the undivided govern- ment of ...
... capital of the Company's possessions and the chief seat of their trade ( 1687 ) . Surat was taken pos- session of by the English two years after the battle of Plassey ( 1757 ) , and the conquerors assumed the undivided govern- ment of ...
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... capital Anahelavada , 1 about sixty miles north - east of Ahmedabad on the limpid stream of the Saravasti . It was his minister who erected the renowned town of Champanir , thirty miles from Baroda . The house of Vama Raja reigned over ...
... capital Anahelavada , 1 about sixty miles north - east of Ahmedabad on the limpid stream of the Saravasti . It was his minister who erected the renowned town of Champanir , thirty miles from Baroda . The house of Vama Raja reigned over ...
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