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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... interesting and instructive : Asiatic Studies , by Sir Alfred Lyall , 1 vol .; Industrial Arts of India , by Sir George Birdwood ( Chapman ) ; Archeol . Surv . of West of India , by James Burgess ( Trübner ) ; A Short History of India ...
... interesting and instructive : Asiatic Studies , by Sir Alfred Lyall , 1 vol .; Industrial Arts of India , by Sir George Birdwood ( Chapman ) ; Archeol . Surv . of West of India , by James Burgess ( Trübner ) ; A Short History of India ...
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... interesting chiefly to the savant . A few years ago a change in this respect was attempted , and a careful survey of the monumental remains at Jaunpur , Badaun , Fatehpur - Sikri , etc. , was begun ; but the surveys were again reduced ...
... interesting chiefly to the savant . A few years ago a change in this respect was attempted , and a careful survey of the monumental remains at Jaunpur , Badaun , Fatehpur - Sikri , etc. , was begun ; but the surveys were again reduced ...
Page xxvi
... interesting relics , including the original deed granted to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem by Pope Pascal II . in 1126 , and the deed when they left Rhodes in 1522. The Library , close to the Palace , contains 40,000 volumes , and ...
... interesting relics , including the original deed granted to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem by Pope Pascal II . in 1126 , and the deed when they left Rhodes in 1522. The Library , close to the Palace , contains 40,000 volumes , and ...
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... interesting article in Yule's Glossary of Anglo - Indian terms . ) Bombay Harbour . — On approaching Bombay from the W. there is little to strike the eye . The coast of the island is low , the highest point , Malabar The port is crowded ...
... interesting article in Yule's Glossary of Anglo - Indian terms . ) Bombay Harbour . — On approaching Bombay from the W. there is little to strike the eye . The coast of the island is low , the highest point , Malabar The port is crowded ...
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... interesting , than through the hot and crowded bazaars . At about 3 m . from the Fort the road begins to ascend a spur of Malabar Hill . Near the top on the 1. are the entrance gates to the drive , which in less thanm . through a shady ...
... interesting , than through the hot and crowded bazaars . At about 3 m . from the Fort the road begins to ascend a spur of Malabar Hill . Near the top on the 1. are the entrance gates to the drive , which in less thanm . through a shady ...
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