A Handbook for Travellers in India, Pakistan, Burma and CeylonJ. Murray, 1962 - 634 pages |
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Page 57
... Buddha in the teaching attitude . On the left wall of the hall is a beautiful painting of a dying princess , and others represent Buddha with a beggar's bowl , and teaching in a vihara . On the right wall , left of the door of the first ...
... Buddha in the teaching attitude . On the left wall of the hall is a beautiful painting of a dying princess , and others represent Buddha with a beggar's bowl , and teaching in a vihara . On the right wall , left of the door of the first ...
Page 62
... Buddha under the Bo - Tree , and two cells were exca- vated ; the columns are similar to those in No. 2. No. 5 , known as the Maharwada , and formerly as the Dherwara cave , is again reached by steps . It is the largest single ...
... Buddha under the Bo - Tree , and two cells were exca- vated ; the columns are similar to those in No. 2. No. 5 , known as the Maharwada , and formerly as the Dherwara cave , is again reached by steps . It is the largest single ...
Page 136
... Buddha within , and , spread- ing through its upper windows , the branches of the sacred tree . It is the illumination of Buddha . On the inner side ( top ) Indra and Brahma visit the Buddha ( an um- brella ) . The next below shows ...
... Buddha within , and , spread- ing through its upper windows , the branches of the sacred tree . It is the illumination of Buddha . On the inner side ( top ) Indra and Brahma visit the Buddha ( an um- brella ) . The next below shows ...
Contents
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION | xi |
Hotels Dak Bungalows and Resthouses | xvii |
3 VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TO GIBRALTAR MARSEILLES MALTA | xxiii |
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Agra Akbar ancient arches Aurangzeb Bagh Bangalore bank Bazar beautiful Benares Bengal Bombay branch line bridge British Buddha Buddhist building built Bungalow Burma Calcutta called Canal Cantonment capital carved cave centre century Ceylon Church College Colombo Conjeeveram corner court crossed Delhi District dome elephants Emperor enclosure entrance erected famous farther front garden Gate gateway Ghat gopuram Government Guntakal Gwalior Haidar Ali hall headquarters hill Hindu Hotel House India inscription Jahan Jain Junction Khan King lake Madras Mahal Maharaja Mahratta marble Masjid ment Moghul mosque motor Muhammad Museum Muslim Mysore Nawab Office Pagoda Pakistan Palace passes Peshwa pillars Portuguese railway station Raja residence river road rock roof round Route ruins runs sculptures Shah Shah Jahan shrine side Sikh Singh Siva square stands stone storeys stupa tank temple Tipu Sultan tomb tower town Valley village Vishnu wall