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 xxii
... Pillars of Hercules , the other being Abyla , now Apes ' Hill . Gibraltar was taken from the Spaniards in 711 A.D. by Tarik ibn Zayad , from whom it was called Jabal al Tarik Gibraltar ; and it was retaken 1309 ; and not finally wrested ...
... Pillars of Hercules , the other being Abyla , now Apes ' Hill . Gibraltar was taken from the Spaniards in 711 A.D. by Tarik ibn Zayad , from whom it was called Jabal al Tarik Gibraltar ; and it was retaken 1309 ; and not finally wrested ...
Page lv
... pillar ; " ancient Hindú pillars on which inscriptions were set up in an old and obsolete character ; also applied to that writing . MAHÁRS , M. a low caste in the Bombay Presidency . MÁLÁ , S. a garland . MAN ( Maund ) , H. a weight ...
... pillar ; " ancient Hindú pillars on which inscriptions were set up in an old and obsolete character ; also applied to that writing . MAHÁRS , M. a low caste in the Bombay Presidency . MÁLÁ , S. a garland . MAN ( Maund ) , H. a weight ...
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... pillars in front , and the external character of the edifice , are Doric ; the interior is Cor- inthian . On the ground floor are : the Medical Board offices , in which are four hand- some Ionic pillars , copied from those of a temple ...
... pillars in front , and the external character of the edifice , are Doric ; the interior is Cor- inthian . On the ground floor are : the Medical Board offices , in which are four hand- some Ionic pillars , copied from those of a temple ...
Page 19
... pillars with two pilasters , one on each side . The two wings of the temple have no covered passage to connect them ... pillars ( 8 of them now broken ) and 16 pilasters ; neither the floor nor the roof being in one plane , it varies in ...
... pillars with two pilasters , one on each side . The two wings of the temple have no covered passage to connect them ... pillars ( 8 of them now broken ) and 16 pilasters ; neither the floor nor the roof being in one plane , it varies in ...
Page 22
... pillars , may be of the 9th century . The cave on the E. is 57 ft . 8 in . x 18 ft . There is no carv- ing inside , but there are two pillars in the façade shaped somewhat like the Ionic . Adjoining this cave to the W. is a stone basin ...
... pillars , may be of the 9th century . The cave on the E. is 57 ft . 8 in . x 18 ft . There is no carv- ing inside , but there are two pillars in the façade shaped somewhat like the Ionic . Adjoining this cave to the W. is a stone basin ...
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