Lucknow: Memories of a CityViolette Graff Oxford University Press, 1999 - 299 pages This collection of pieces looks at 150 years of Lucknow's recent history, from its rise to grandeur during the Nawabi days to its political preeminent position today. |
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Page 52
... wall , with its semi - circular bastions . Viewed from the north bank , the fort reminded William Hodges ( 1793 : 101 ) ... walls of white chunam and red porphyry . Unusually , it had underfloor heating from a series of flues , so that the ...
... wall , with its semi - circular bastions . Viewed from the north bank , the fort reminded William Hodges ( 1793 : 101 ) ... walls of white chunam and red porphyry . Unusually , it had underfloor heating from a series of flues , so that the ...
Page 63
... walls ' were , in fact , two- storeyed terraced houses , but others , more interestingly , although they looked like terraces , with regular Ionic columns , and windows , were in fact no thicker than a wall . There is an oral tradition ...
... walls ' were , in fact , two- storeyed terraced houses , but others , more interestingly , although they looked like terraces , with regular Ionic columns , and windows , were in fact no thicker than a wall . There is an oral tradition ...
Page 107
... walls . I said to John ( Brig . Inglis ) I wished we had no natives inside , but he checked me by answering , ' Do not say that ; we could not hold the place without them — they outnumber us . ' It was a fearful reflection . Julia ...
... walls . I said to John ( Brig . Inglis ) I wished we had no natives inside , but he checked me by answering , ' Do not say that ; we could not hold the place without them — they outnumber us . ' It was a fearful reflection . Julia ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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