Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray, 1952 |
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... Muslim architecture is developed at Delhi . Another large group is at Khajraho ( p . 175 ) some temples being Jain , in a variety of this style . A curvilinear steeple divided into vertical bands above a ... MUSLIM CONQUEST Muslim Conquest.
... Muslim architecture is developed at Delhi . Another large group is at Khajraho ( p . 175 ) some temples being Jain , in a variety of this style . A curvilinear steeple divided into vertical bands above a ... MUSLIM CONQUEST Muslim Conquest.
Page cxix
... Muslim . JOHAR ( Jauhar ) , H , sacrifice or immolation practised by Rajputs to avoid capture . Scholars will recall the occurrence of such sacrifices at Saguntum and Numantia . KABR , A. a tomb ( Muslim ) ; Kabristan , cemetery ...
... Muslim . JOHAR ( Jauhar ) , H , sacrifice or immolation practised by Rajputs to avoid capture . Scholars will recall the occurrence of such sacrifices at Saguntum and Numantia . KABR , A. a tomb ( Muslim ) ; Kabristan , cemetery ...
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... Muslim monuments and mosques converted from Hindu buildings , and built of their materials ; close to it is a shrine , known as the Battis Khamba , or Thirty - two Pillars , now a Muslim tomb . The Lat Bhairon , in the loop made by the ...
... Muslim monuments and mosques converted from Hindu buildings , and built of their materials ; close to it is a shrine , known as the Battis Khamba , or Thirty - two Pillars , now a Muslim tomb . The Lat Bhairon , in the loop made by the ...
Contents
LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS xi | xi |
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION | xvii |
2 AIR ROUTES TO INDIA AND INTERNAL | xxviii |
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