Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray, 1965 |
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... European Chronology 1498. Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut . 1510. d'Albuquerque captures Goa . 1600. Charter of ... European troops and sepoys . The term European is correct , for the men were enlisted from many sources , and indeed at ...
... European Chronology 1498. Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut . 1510. d'Albuquerque captures Goa . 1600. Charter of ... European troops and sepoys . The term European is correct , for the men were enlisted from many sources , and indeed at ...
Page lxxi
... Europeans and nineteen battalions of sepoys in 1765 , formed into three brigades — at Monghyr , Allaha- bad and ... European battalions , and forty- four battalions of sepoys , besides militia and bodyguards of local dignitaries ...
... Europeans and nineteen battalions of sepoys in 1765 , formed into three brigades — at Monghyr , Allaha- bad and ... European battalions , and forty- four battalions of sepoys , besides militia and bodyguards of local dignitaries ...
Page 358
... European can hardly get his hand into it . Like most of the famous blades in India , it is of European make , and has the stamp of Genoa . The Waghnakh , or " tiger's claws . " described on p . 357 , has rings which pass over the first ...
... European can hardly get his hand into it . Like most of the famous blades in India , it is of European make , and has the stamp of Genoa . The Waghnakh , or " tiger's claws . " described on p . 357 , has rings which pass over the first ...
Contents
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION | xi |
2 AIR ROUTES TO THE East | xxii |
4 GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING INDIA AND PAKISTAN | xxxiv |
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