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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... Gardens The Botanical Gardens , Sibpur , on the W. bank of the river , opposite Garden Reach , were founded in 1786 , on the suggestion of Colonel Kyd , who was appointed the first Super- intendent . He died in 1793 , and has had many ...
... Gardens The Botanical Gardens , Sibpur , on the W. bank of the river , opposite Garden Reach , were founded in 1786 , on the suggestion of Colonel Kyd , who was appointed the first Super- intendent . He died in 1793 , and has had many ...
Page 492
... garden . Excursions from Lahore the Gulabi Bagh , or Rose Garden , laid out in 1655 by Sultan Beg , Admiral of the Fleet to Shah Jahan . The Nakkashi work of coloured tiles on the gate is hardly inferior to that on Wazir Khan's Mosque ...
... garden . Excursions from Lahore the Gulabi Bagh , or Rose Garden , laid out in 1655 by Sultan Beg , Admiral of the Fleet to Shah Jahan . The Nakkashi work of coloured tiles on the gate is hardly inferior to that on Wazir Khan's Mosque ...
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... garden court of Jahangir's mau- soleum , once the Dilkusha garden of the Empress Nurjahan ( Mihr - un- nissa ) . The low building on a terraced platform has four minarets , 95 ft . high , at the corners and a small pavilion over the ...
... garden court of Jahangir's mau- soleum , once the Dilkusha garden of the Empress Nurjahan ( Mihr - un- nissa ) . The low building on a terraced platform has four minarets , 95 ft . high , at the corners and a small pavilion over the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION | xi |
2 AIR ROUTES TO THE East | xxii |
4 GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING INDIA AND PAKISTAN | xxxiv |
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