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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... reached , in which is a band of sandstone , with layers of limestone and conglomerate , in which fossil remains of the shark , hippopotamus , tortoise , and whale have been found . From this to the Suez mouth of the canal is 12 m . Some ...
... reached , in which is a band of sandstone , with layers of limestone and conglomerate , in which fossil remains of the shark , hippopotamus , tortoise , and whale have been found . From this to the Suez mouth of the canal is 12 m . Some ...
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... reached . Then follows the light on Ashrafi , just inside the mouth of the Gulf of Suez , and that on Shadwar , just south of it . The light on The Brothers is nearly due E. of Kosseir . The Daedalus Reef , small and dangerous , lies in ...
... reached . Then follows the light on Ashrafi , just inside the mouth of the Gulf of Suez , and that on Shadwar , just south of it . The light on The Brothers is nearly due E. of Kosseir . The Daedalus Reef , small and dangerous , lies in ...
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... reached by the B. B. and C. I. line . Those who are living in the northern suburbs will go of course from the Byculla Station , or from the Grant Road Station , according to their destination . SIGHTS IN THE VICINITY OF BOMBAY . ( 1 ) ...
... reached by the B. B. and C. I. line . Those who are living in the northern suburbs will go of course from the Byculla Station , or from the Grant Road Station , according to their destination . SIGHTS IN THE VICINITY OF BOMBAY . ( 1 ) ...
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... reached by two narrow miniature passes 400 ft . high to the left of the Caves as in the hill , one on each side of the grand you approach them . entrance , at some distance from it . The side fronts are exactly like the principal one ...
... reached by two narrow miniature passes 400 ft . high to the left of the Caves as in the hill , one on each side of the grand you approach them . entrance , at some distance from it . The side fronts are exactly like the principal one ...
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... reaching the riverside , is the oldest temple in the place , Kapáleshwar , " God of the Skull , ” a name of Shiva . The ascent to it is by 50 stone steps . It is said to be 600 years old , but is quite plain and unattractive . Opposite ...
... reaching the riverside , is the oldest temple in the place , Kapáleshwar , " God of the Skull , ” a name of Shiva . The ascent to it is by 50 stone steps . It is said to be 600 years old , but is quite plain and unattractive . Opposite ...
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