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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... containing marble - paved corridors and staircase , and many portraits , and armed figures carrying the shields of all ... contains 40,000 volumes , and some Pho- nician and Roman antiquities . The highest battery commands a fine view of ...
... containing marble - paved corridors and staircase , and many portraits , and armed figures carrying the shields of all ... contains 40,000 volumes , and some Pho- nician and Roman antiquities . The highest battery commands a fine view of ...
Page xxviii
... contains over 6600 souls and a mosque . The Place de Lesseps in the centre of this quarter has a garden , and some houses of a better sort . The streets swarm with flies , and mosquitoes also are numerous . The Canal , 1 opened in 1870 ...
... contains over 6600 souls and a mosque . The Place de Lesseps in the centre of this quarter has a garden , and some houses of a better sort . The streets swarm with flies , and mosquitoes also are numerous . The Canal , 1 opened in 1870 ...
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... contains the Offices of the Judicial and Military Departments . The style is Venetian Gothic , and the designer was Col. Wilkins , R.E. The carving is by native artists . The staircase is lighted by the great window , 90 ft . high ...
... contains the Offices of the Judicial and Military Departments . The style is Venetian Gothic , and the designer was Col. Wilkins , R.E. The carving is by native artists . The staircase is lighted by the great window , 90 ft . high ...
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... contains pictures of Baji Rao Peshwa , whose adopted son , Nana Dhundu Pant , will be ever infamous as the author of the massacre at Cawnpore ; of Baji Rao's celebrated minister , Nana Farnavis ; and of Ma- hadaji Sindia , -all three ...
... contains pictures of Baji Rao Peshwa , whose adopted son , Nana Dhundu Pant , will be ever infamous as the author of the massacre at Cawnpore ; of Baji Rao's celebrated minister , Nana Farnavis ; and of Ma- hadaji Sindia , -all three ...
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... containing 30 ocean and newest machinery , no large ships steamers . Adjacent to the docks is a are built here . The enclosure contains whole street of warehouses and offices . about 200 acres . There are 5 graving docks , 3 of which ...
... containing 30 ocean and newest machinery , no large ships steamers . Adjacent to the docks is a are built here . The enclosure contains whole street of warehouses and offices . about 200 acres . There are 5 graving docks , 3 of which ...
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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