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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... carving is by native artists . The staircase is lighted by the great window , 90 ft . high , over which rises the ... carved centre - piece . The floor is Italian mosaic . From the windows of the tower fine views are obtained . On the ...
... carving is by native artists . The staircase is lighted by the great window , 90 ft . high , over which rises the ... carved centre - piece . The floor is Italian mosaic . From the windows of the tower fine views are obtained . On the ...
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... carving of Bombay is famous , Afghans from the northern frontier , and sandal - wood and other carving is black , shaggy Beluchis , negroes of chiefly carried on here , also inlay Zanzibar , islanders from the Maldives work ; indeed the ...
... carving of Bombay is famous , Afghans from the northern frontier , and sandal - wood and other carving is black , shaggy Beluchis , negroes of chiefly carried on here , also inlay Zanzibar , islanders from the Maldives work ; indeed the ...
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the back extends in a direction from | which , like all the carving of this cave , are most slovenly . The pillars that ... carved one , two , or more figures of Buddha and of Bodhisatwas in various attitudes . Behind the northern dagoba ...
the back extends in a direction from | which , like all the carving of this cave , are most slovenly . The pillars that ... carved one , two , or more figures of Buddha and of Bodhisatwas in various attitudes . Behind the northern dagoba ...
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... carved portico and a large The manufacture of brass and copper stone enclosure . This ends the temples ware , especially of idols , caskets , boxes , immediately on the water on the Panch- chains , lamps , etc. , flourishes here . wati ...
... carved portico and a large The manufacture of brass and copper stone enclosure . This ends the temples ware , especially of idols , caskets , boxes , immediately on the water on the Panch- chains , lamps , etc. , flourishes here . wati ...
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... carved . On the inside face of the much later date than the cave . There corridor , and on one side , is a long are several other smaller cells of less inscription in old Deva - nagri charac- importance . ters . To the W. is a small ...
... carved . On the inside face of the much later date than the cave . There corridor , and on one side , is a long are several other smaller cells of less inscription in old Deva - nagri charac- importance . ters . To the W. is a small ...
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Agra Akbar ancient arches ascend Aurangzib Bagh bank beautiful Benares Bengal Bijapur Bombay Brahmans bridge British Buddhist building built Calcutta called Canal cantonment capital carved cave Cawnpore centre chief Church close court dagoba Delhi district dome elephants enclosure English entrance erected European Fergusson figures front garden garrison Gate gateway Ghat gopura Government guns Gwalior Haidarabad hall handsome height hill Hindu Hiouen Thsang India inscription Jain Jumma junc Khan king lake Madras Mahal Marathas ment Mohammedan mosque Muhammad Musjid native Nawab officers ornamented palace Parsis pass pavilion Peshwa picturesque pillars plain Portuguese railway Rajah residence river road rock roof round ruins Shah Jehan Shiva shrine side Sikhs Sing square stands station stone surrounded tank temple tion Tipu tomb tower town traveller trees troops Umballa village Vishnu wall white marble