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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... Century xlviii Some Native Terms A few Hindi Words Indian Coinage ROUTES THROUGH INDIA ROUTES THROUGH CEYLON liii Abbreviations used in this book lvii lvii lix 1 403 2 JAN 17 LIST OF SOVEREIGNS WHO REIGNED AT DELHI FROM 1193 TO 1806 ...
... Century xlviii Some Native Terms A few Hindi Words Indian Coinage ROUTES THROUGH INDIA ROUTES THROUGH CEYLON liii Abbreviations used in this book lvii lvii lix 1 403 2 JAN 17 LIST OF SOVEREIGNS WHO REIGNED AT DELHI FROM 1193 TO 1806 ...
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... century Suez was little better than a small fishing - village , galvanised now and then into commercial life by the passage of caravans going to and fro between Asia and Egypt . But in 1837 , owing to the exertions of Lieutenant Waghorn ...
... century Suez was little better than a small fishing - village , galvanised now and then into commercial life by the passage of caravans going to and fro between Asia and Egypt . But in 1837 , owing to the exertions of Lieutenant Waghorn ...
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... century , built an aqueduct to bring the water of the Bir Hamid into Aden ( see Playfair's History of Yaman ) . Aden is hot , but healthy . Snakes and scorpions are rather numerous . After leaving Aden the only land usually approached ...
... century , built an aqueduct to bring the water of the Bir Hamid into Aden ( see Playfair's History of Yaman ) . Aden is hot , but healthy . Snakes and scorpions are rather numerous . After leaving Aden the only land usually approached ...
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... century the Sikhs , who had been gradually rising into power , struggled with the Afghans for supremacy in the Panjab . On the 7th invasion of Ahmad Shah , in 1764 , they fought a long and doubtful battle with Ahmad Shah's troops in the ...
... century the Sikhs , who had been gradually rising into power , struggled with the Afghans for supremacy in the Panjab . On the 7th invasion of Ahmad Shah , in 1764 , they fought a long and doubtful battle with Ahmad Shah's troops in the ...
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REMARKABLE EVENTS CONNECTING INDIA WITH EUROPE TO THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY Odoricus , an Italian Friar , visits Tanna Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut by sea Albuquerque , the Portuguese ... CENTURY Remarkable Events to end of 18th Century.
REMARKABLE EVENTS CONNECTING INDIA WITH EUROPE TO THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY Odoricus , an Italian Friar , visits Tanna Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut by sea Albuquerque , the Portuguese ... CENTURY Remarkable Events to end of 18th Century.
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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