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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Page 386
... century . A few miles farther on an unmetalled road branches off to Shadipur ; about a mile along this Buddhist remains ( excavated in 1914 ) of Parihasapura ( 8th cen- tury A.D. ) , remarkable for the enormous size of the stones . They ...
... century . A few miles farther on an unmetalled road branches off to Shadipur ; about a mile along this Buddhist remains ( excavated in 1914 ) of Parihasapura ( 8th cen- tury A.D. ) , remarkable for the enormous size of the stones . They ...
Page 675
... century B.C. The Burmese who , issuing from the highlands of Central Asia , founded it , were driven S. in the second century A.D. to Pagan , near Myingyan . Here the great King Anawrata reigned from 1044 to 1077 A.D. He was to Burma ...
... century B.C. The Burmese who , issuing from the highlands of Central Asia , founded it , were driven S. in the second century A.D. to Pagan , near Myingyan . Here the great King Anawrata reigned from 1044 to 1077 A.D. He was to Burma ...
Page 721
... century A.D. by Maha- nama , a priest of the royal line . This has been translated Turnour ( of the Ceylon Civil Service , 1837 ) , Wijesinha , and Geiger . ( Pali Text Society , Colombo , 1912. ) The Dipavamsa , an older Chronicle , is ...
... century A.D. by Maha- nama , a priest of the royal line . This has been translated Turnour ( of the Ceylon Civil Service , 1837 ) , Wijesinha , and Geiger . ( Pali Text Society , Colombo , 1912. ) The Dipavamsa , an older Chronicle , is ...
Contents
LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS xi | xi |
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION | xvii |
2 AIR ROUTES TO INDIA AND INTERNAL | xxviii |
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