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 ix
... crossing , Silli- guri , and Kurseong . 20A Calcutta to Dibrugarh by Rungpore , Dhubri , Gau- hati , and Shillong 262 265 20в Calcutta to Dacca and the ROUTE or CAPITAL Sylhet Valley by Goalundo , Narainganj , and Cherra- Punji 21 ...
... crossing , Silli- guri , and Kurseong . 20A Calcutta to Dibrugarh by Rungpore , Dhubri , Gau- hati , and Shillong 262 265 20в Calcutta to Dacca and the ROUTE or CAPITAL Sylhet Valley by Goalundo , Narainganj , and Cherra- Punji 21 ...
Page xxix
... crossed , and 8 m . to the S.E. are the ruins of the ancient city of Pelusium . At Kantarah the canal intersects the caravan - track between Egypt and Syria , and is crossed by a flying bridge ; a traveller should go on the upper deck ...
... crossed , and 8 m . to the S.E. are the ruins of the ancient city of Pelusium . At Kantarah the canal intersects the caravan - track between Egypt and Syria , and is crossed by a flying bridge ; a traveller should go on the upper deck ...
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... crossed the Red Sea under the guidance of Moses , and where the Egyptian army was drowned , but modern criticism tends to place the scene of this event farther N. In the early years of the 18th century Suez was little better than a ...
... crossed the Red Sea under the guidance of Moses , and where the Egyptian army was drowned , but modern criticism tends to place the scene of this event farther N. In the early years of the 18th century Suez was little better than a ...
Page xlv
... crossed the Indus , April . 327 Chandragupta or Sandrakottus 315 Mission of Megasthenes to the Court of Sankradottus 302 Ramayana Asoka 300 • 270 Third Buddhist Convocation 249 Mahabharata 240 Laws of Manu 200 Menander 126 Ceylon ...
... crossed the Indus , April . 327 Chandragupta or Sandrakottus 315 Mission of Megasthenes to the Court of Sankradottus 302 Ramayana Asoka 300 • 270 Third Buddhist Convocation 249 Mahabharata 240 Laws of Manu 200 Menander 126 Ceylon ...
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... crossing the surf at Madras . MIHRAB , the recess in the wall of a mosque - on the side nearest Mecca - to which Mohammedans turn at prayer . MIMBAR , the pulpit in a mosque . MONSOON , A. a corruption of the A. mausim , " a season ...
... crossing the surf at Madras . MIHRAB , the recess in the wall of a mosque - on the side nearest Mecca - to which Mohammedans turn at prayer . MIMBAR , the pulpit in a mosque . MONSOON , A. a corruption of the A. mausim , " a season ...
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