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 xxvi
... close to the Strada Reale , is a noble range of buildings , containing marble - paved corridors and staircase , and many portraits , and armed figures carrying the shields of all the Governors from the first Grand Master to the present ...
... close to the Strada Reale , is a noble range of buildings , containing marble - paved corridors and staircase , and many portraits , and armed figures carrying the shields of all the Governors from the first Grand Master to the present ...
Page xxxii
... close to the sea . At this point the Egyptian government have lately expended large sums in searching for the petroleum which there is reason to believe exists . Up to the present , although a certain amount of oil has been found , it ...
... close to the sea . At this point the Egyptian government have lately expended large sums in searching for the petroleum which there is reason to believe exists . Up to the present , although a certain amount of oil has been found , it ...
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... close to it the Temple of Valkesh- war . To the N.E. is Camballa Hill and Breach Candy , overlooking the Indian Ocean , where there are num- bers of pleasant bungalows and villas . To the N. is Parell , where are the old Government ...
... close to it the Temple of Valkesh- war . To the N.E. is Camballa Hill and Breach Candy , overlooking the Indian Ocean , where there are num- bers of pleasant bungalows and villas . To the N. is Parell , where are the old Government ...
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... close to the Mechanics ' Institute . Amongst the records are preserved the oldest docu- ment relating to the Indian Empire , a letter from Surat , 1630 ; and the letter of the Duke of Wellington announcing the victory at Assaye . The ...
... close to the Mechanics ' Institute . Amongst the records are preserved the oldest docu- ment relating to the Indian Empire , a letter from Surat , 1630 ; and the letter of the Duke of Wellington announcing the victory at Assaye . The ...
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... close to Elphinstone Circle . It was built as a garrison church in 1718 , and made a cathedral on the establishment of the See of Bombay in 1833 , on which occasion the low belfry was converted into a high tower . It is simple in plan ...
... close to Elphinstone Circle . It was built as a garrison church in 1718 , and made a cathedral on the establishment of the See of Bombay in 1833 , on which occasion the low belfry was converted into a high tower . It is simple in plan ...
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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