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 vii
... Remarkable Events to end of 18th Century xlviii Some Native Terms A few Hindi Words Indian Coinage ROUTES THROUGH INDIA ROUTES THROUGH CEYLON liii Abbreviations used in this book lvii lvii lix 1 403 2 JAN 17 LIST OF SOVEREIGNS WHO ...
... Remarkable Events to end of 18th Century xlviii Some Native Terms A few Hindi Words Indian Coinage ROUTES THROUGH INDIA ROUTES THROUGH CEYLON liii Abbreviations used in this book lvii lvii lix 1 403 2 JAN 17 LIST OF SOVEREIGNS WHO ...
Page xxii
... remarkable place properly , it would be requisite to leave the steamer and wait for the next . As the steamers never stop for more than 4 hours , passengers rarely find time for any- thing beyond a walk in the town and lower ...
... remarkable place properly , it would be requisite to leave the steamer and wait for the next . As the steamers never stop for more than 4 hours , passengers rarely find time for any- thing beyond a walk in the town and lower ...
Page xxv
... remarkable church , both historically and architecturally , designed by Cassar . The floor is paved with slabs bearing the arms of scores of knights who have been interred in this church . In the first chapel on the right , the altar ...
... remarkable church , both historically and architecturally , designed by Cassar . The floor is paved with slabs bearing the arms of scores of knights who have been interred in this church . In the first chapel on the right , the altar ...
Page xxxii
... remarkable land viewed to the E. , but Sinai itself , 37 geographical m . distant , is hid by intervening moun- tains of nearly equal height . The Red Sea extends from the head of the Gulf of Suez to the Strait of Bab - el - Mandeb ...
... remarkable land viewed to the E. , but Sinai itself , 37 geographical m . distant , is hid by intervening moun- tains of nearly equal height . The Red Sea extends from the head of the Gulf of Suez to the Strait of Bab - el - Mandeb ...
Page xxxviii
... remarkable of these reservoirs consists of a line of cisterns situated on the N.W. side of the town , three of which are fully 80 ft . wide and proportionally deep , all excavated out of the solid rock , and lined with a thick coat of ...
... remarkable of these reservoirs consists of a line of cisterns situated on the N.W. side of the town , three of which are fully 80 ft . wide and proportionally deep , all excavated out of the solid rock , and lined with a thick coat of ...
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Agra Akbar ancient arches ascend Aurangzib Bagh bank beautiful Benares Bengal Bijapur Bombay Brahmans bridge British Buddhist building built Calcutta called Canal cantonment capital carved cave Cawnpore centre chief Church close court dagoba Delhi district dome elephants enclosure English entrance erected European Fergusson figures front garden garrison Gate gateway Ghat gopura Government guns Gwalior Haidarabad hall handsome height hill Hindu Hiouen Thsang India inscription Jain Jumma junc Khan king lake Madras Mahal Marathas ment Mohammedan mosque Muhammad Musjid native Nawab officers ornamented palace Parsis pass pavilion Peshwa picturesque pillars plain Portuguese railway Rajah residence river road rock roof round ruins Shah Jehan Shiva shrine side Sikhs Sing square stands station stone surrounded tank temple tion Tipu tomb tower town traveller trees troops Umballa village Vishnu wall white marble