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 xxxii
... gateways . The port mentioned by Strabo lies to the northward , and is nearly filled with sand . Below the hills , to the eastward , is the Fons Tadmos , mentioned by Pliny . Besides the ancient roads that lead from Myos Hormos to the ...
... gateways . The port mentioned by Strabo lies to the northward , and is nearly filled with sand . Below the hills , to the eastward , is the Fons Tadmos , mentioned by Pliny . Besides the ancient roads that lead from Myos Hormos to the ...
Page lv
... gateway , where a band is stationed . NAWAB , A. this word means lit. " deputies , " being the plural of na'ib , " a deputy . " It is now a title of governors and other high officials . NIADIS , Mah . an outcast tribe of Malabar . NIZÁM ...
... gateway , where a band is stationed . NAWAB , A. this word means lit. " deputies , " being the plural of na'ib , " a deputy . " It is now a title of governors and other high officials . NIADIS , Mah . an outcast tribe of Malabar . NIZÁM ...
Page 10
... gateway of an outer enclosure a flight of 80 steps mounts up to a gateway in an inner wall . From this point the visitor is accom- panied by an official of the Panchayat , and turning to the rt . comes to a stone building , where ...
... gateway of an outer enclosure a flight of 80 steps mounts up to a gateway in an inner wall . From this point the visitor is accom- panied by an official of the Panchayat , and turning to the rt . comes to a stone building , where ...
Page 22
... gateway or Darwazah of Pawe it is 2 m . to the lake ; the jungle is very thick part of the way . The lake covers 1400 acres , and measures 2 × 1 m .; it was made by Mr. Conybeare , C. E. , by damming up the Garpur river . It cost ...
... gateway or Darwazah of Pawe it is 2 m . to the lake ; the jungle is very thick part of the way . The lake covers 1400 acres , and measures 2 × 1 m .; it was made by Mr. Conybeare , C. E. , by damming up the Garpur river . It cost ...
Page 33
... gateway , one black , one white , and one red . Flags and umbrellas are borne before them , and men with spears and swords make up the train . On the back wall is a hunting scene , in which a maned lion , now not found in India , is a ...
... gateway , one black , one white , and one red . Flags and umbrellas are borne before them , and men with spears and swords make up the train . On the back wall is a hunting scene , in which a maned lion , now not found in India , is a ...
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