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 xxiv
... taken by Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal in 1415. It was taken from the Visigoths in A.D. 711 by Tarik Ibn Zayad - Jab - al Tarik Gibraltar - and retaken by Castile , 1309-33 , but not finally wrested from the Moors till 1503. In ...
... taken by Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal in 1415. It was taken from the Visigoths in A.D. 711 by Tarik Ibn Zayad - Jab - al Tarik Gibraltar - and retaken by Castile , 1309-33 , but not finally wrested from the Moors till 1503. In ...
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... taken to arrive at the D.B. on the plateau at the top before sunset ( drinking - water and provisions should be taken ) . 342 m . Son East Bank station . A line runs to Daltonganj , extended as the Central India Coalfields Railway in ...
... taken to arrive at the D.B. on the plateau at the top before sunset ( drinking - water and provisions should be taken ) . 342 m . Son East Bank station . A line runs to Daltonganj , extended as the Central India Coalfields Railway in ...
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... taken and executed in 1715. In revenge , in December 1763 , Sirhind was taken and totally destroyed by the Sikhs . The finest and oldest building is the Tomb of Mir Miran . This is of stone , and is surmounted by a large central dome on ...
... taken and executed in 1715. In revenge , in December 1763 , Sirhind was taken and totally destroyed by the Sikhs . The finest and oldest building is the Tomb of Mir Miran . This is of stone , and is surmounted by a large central dome on ...
Contents
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION | xi |
2 AIR ROUTES TO THE EAST | xxii |
4 GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING INDIA AND PAKISTAN | xxxiv |
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