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 xviii
... chief towns large airy rooms can be procured , properly waited upon unless he brings a He should give notice beforehand of his are often crowded in the tourist season . DAK BUNGALOWS indifferent . but the traveller will not be servant ...
... chief towns large airy rooms can be procured , properly waited upon unless he brings a He should give notice beforehand of his are often crowded in the tourist season . DAK BUNGALOWS indifferent . but the traveller will not be servant ...
Page xxx
... chief historical interest of Suez is derived from its having been supposed to be the spot near which the Israelites crossed the Red Sea under the guidance of Moses , and where the Egyptian army was drowned , but modern criticism tends ...
... chief historical interest of Suez is derived from its having been supposed to be the spot near which the Israelites crossed the Red Sea under the guidance of Moses , and where the Egyptian army was drowned , but modern criticism tends ...
Page xliii
... image of Krishna , adorning it with the Ocymum sanctum chief votary of the temple of Kanhoba dances in an ecstatic fashi is worshipped and receives large presents . He afterwards scourges Introd . xliii HINDU FESTIVALS.
... image of Krishna , adorning it with the Ocymum sanctum chief votary of the temple of Kanhoba dances in an ecstatic fashi is worshipped and receives large presents . He afterwards scourges Introd . xliii HINDU FESTIVALS.
Page xlvii
... chief . These were― The Sikhs were now formed into confederacies called Misls , each 1. Bhangi , called from their fondness for bhang , extract of hemp . 2. Nishani , standard - bearers . 3. Shahid or Nihang , martyrs and zealots . 4 ...
... chief . These were― The Sikhs were now formed into confederacies called Misls , each 1. Bhangi , called from their fondness for bhang , extract of hemp . 2. Nishani , standard - bearers . 3. Shahid or Nihang , martyrs and zealots . 4 ...
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... chief 11th February . Angria taken prisoner , and his forts destroyed , by Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive , assisted by the troops of the Peshwa . 18th June . Calcutta attacked by Širaju - daulah . The tragedy of the Black Hole ...
... chief 11th February . Angria taken prisoner , and his forts destroyed , by Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive , assisted by the troops of the Peshwa . 18th June . Calcutta attacked by Širaju - daulah . The tragedy of the Black Hole ...
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