Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825, (with Notes Upon Ceylon); an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826; and Letters Written in India, Volume 2Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828 |
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... town , and adjoining the palace , is a very noble tower or minaret of , I should suppose , 200 feet high . The town is tolerably clean , but a great part of the houses are in a state of decay . Still , how- ever , it has a population of ...
... town , and adjoining the palace , is a very noble tower or minaret of , I should suppose , 200 feet high . The town is tolerably clean , but a great part of the houses are in a state of decay . Still , how- ever , it has a population of ...
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... through which we were conducted nearly resembled those we had seen before breakfast . We had , however , a noble panoramic view of the town from the top of the " 6 PRESENTATION TO THE COURT OF JYEPOOR . palace . PALACE AT JYEPOOR . 5.
... through which we were conducted nearly resembled those we had seen before breakfast . We had , however , a noble panoramic view of the town from the top of the " 6 PRESENTATION TO THE COURT OF JYEPOOR . palace . PALACE AT JYEPOOR . 5.
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... town , overgrown with trees , and intermingled with towers and temples , and over it , but a little to the left hand , a noble old fortified palace , connected by a long line of wall and tower with a very large castle on the highest ...
... town , overgrown with trees , and intermingled with towers and temples , and over it , but a little to the left hand , a noble old fortified palace , connected by a long line of wall and tower with a very large castle on the highest ...
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... town which almost entirely consisted of temples , and had few inhabitants but grim and ghastly Yogis , with their hair in elf - knots and their faces covered with chalk , sitting naked and hideous , like so many ghoules , amid the tombs ...
... town which almost entirely consisted of temples , and had few inhabitants but grim and ghastly Yogis , with their hair in elf - knots and their faces covered with chalk , sitting naked and hideous , like so many ghoules , amid the tombs ...
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... town , with a ruined wall , a mosque , some good gardens , and several temples . The largest of these was called by the Rannee's suwarr , " Bunyan ka Mandur , " the Trader's Temple , belonging to the sect of Jains of whom I gave an ...
... town , with a ruined wall , a mosque , some good gardens , and several temples . The largest of these was called by the Rannee's suwarr , " Bunyan ka Mandur , " the Trader's Temple , belonging to the sect of Jains of whom I gave an ...
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