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 103
... present site , Sutanati , Kalikata , and Govindpur . Job Charnock was the leader of the merchants . Driven down the river , they returned ( 1687 ) . At the India Office are eleven vol- umes of " Bengal Consultations ( July 1690 to 1706 ) ...
... present site , Sutanati , Kalikata , and Govindpur . Job Charnock was the leader of the merchants . Driven down the river , they returned ( 1687 ) . At the India Office are eleven vol- umes of " Bengal Consultations ( July 1690 to 1706 ) ...
Page 186
... presents a scene of the utmost animation at the Dasehra festival in October procession to the State temple at the ... present form dates from 1805 , when the Gover- nor - General ( George Barlow ) gave Maharaj Rana Kirat Singh , the ...
... presents a scene of the utmost animation at the Dasehra festival in October procession to the State temple at the ... present form dates from 1805 , when the Gover- nor - General ( George Barlow ) gave Maharaj Rana Kirat Singh , the ...
Page 309
... present a somewhat special point , as wrought iron usually contains manganese . The iron was ascertained by actual analysis , and not ' by difference . ' " ' ― The Qutb Minar looks what it is intended to be - a tower of victory . It has ...
... present a somewhat special point , as wrought iron usually contains manganese . The iron was ascertained by actual analysis , and not ' by difference . ' " ' ― The Qutb Minar looks what it is intended to be - a tower of victory . It has ...
Contents
LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS xi | xi |
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION | xvii |
2 AIR ROUTES TO INDIA AND INTERNAL | xxviii |
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