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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Page 56
... once carried by four columns , with chapels outside it and rooms at the end of it . The hall measures rather less than that of the lower storey , and is carried by twelve columns arranged round a central space . There are cells all ...
... once carried by four columns , with chapels outside it and rooms at the end of it . The hall measures rather less than that of the lower storey , and is carried by twelve columns arranged round a central space . There are cells all ...
Page 185
... once con- sisted of a mass of 222 States , large and small , plus the once - Portuguese island of Diu , and portions of the district of Ahmadabad and of the former Baroda State . The States were amalgamated in 1948 to form a Union ...
... once con- sisted of a mass of 222 States , large and small , plus the once - Portuguese island of Diu , and portions of the district of Ahmadabad and of the former Baroda State . The States were amalgamated in 1948 to form a Union ...
Page 600
... once nearly 45 ft . high , now headless . The Kiri ( = milk - white ) Dagoba about 100 ft . high , the chunam coating of which is still very perfect , adjoins this building . Another 1 m . of jungle has to be traversed S. to reach the ...
... once nearly 45 ft . high , now headless . The Kiri ( = milk - white ) Dagoba about 100 ft . high , the chunam coating of which is still very perfect , adjoins this building . Another 1 m . of jungle has to be traversed S. to reach the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION | xi |
2 AIR ROUTES TO THE East | xxii |
4 GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING INDIA AND PAKISTAN | xxxiv |
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