Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray, 1892 |
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Page xxiv
... arches . Beyond are smaller caves , which have been traversed to a distance of 288 ft . In Windmill Hill are the four Genista caves , where many bones of men and animals have been discovered . Beyond the Land Port Gate is a causeway ...
... arches . Beyond are smaller caves , which have been traversed to a distance of 288 ft . In Windmill Hill are the four Genista caves , where many bones of men and animals have been discovered . Beyond the Land Port Gate is a causeway ...
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... arch , and a gallery , 8 ft . broad , round three sides . The painted glass windows have an excellent effect , and are also most use- ful in tempering the fierceness of the Indian sun . The Hall , designed by Sir Gilbert Scott , R.A. ...
... arch , and a gallery , 8 ft . broad , round three sides . The painted glass windows have an excellent effect , and are also most use- ful in tempering the fierceness of the Indian sun . The Hall , designed by Sir Gilbert Scott , R.A. ...
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... arch of the chancel is 65 ft . high . The pulpit was given by a member of the congregation , the desk by the officers of H.M.'s 28th Regt . on leaving the country in 1864 , in memory of seven brother officers . The brass altar ...
... arch of the chancel is 65 ft . high . The pulpit was given by a member of the congregation , the desk by the officers of H.M.'s 28th Regt . on leaving the country in 1864 , in memory of seven brother officers . The brass altar ...
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... arch , rising nearly to the roof . Salt thinks that the workmen began this cave from the top , and worked downwards . There are no figures or carvings here , and the details are of little interest . Fergusson supposes it to be the ...
... arch , rising nearly to the roof . Salt thinks that the workmen began this cave from the top , and worked downwards . There are no figures or carvings here , and the details are of little interest . Fergusson supposes it to be the ...
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... arches , roofed over , in which ascetics lodge when the water is low . Down the stream , about 20 yds . , are three temples houses to the great temple dedicated to Kalà Rama , or " Black Rama , " which cost £ 70,000 . It stands in an ...
... arches , roofed over , in which ascetics lodge when the water is low . Down the stream , about 20 yds . , are three temples houses to the great temple dedicated to Kalà Rama , or " Black Rama , " which cost £ 70,000 . It stands in an ...
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