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
... round towers at the corners and 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 ...
... round towers at the corners and 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 ...
Page xlix
... round their factories Ostend East India Company formed • • 1693 1698 1700 1708 1715 1717 The Emperor of Germany grants a charter to the Ostend Company , under which they carry on a successful trade . 1723 Charter renewed till Lady - day ...
... round their factories Ostend East India Company formed • • 1693 1698 1700 1708 1715 1717 The Emperor of Germany grants a charter to the Ostend Company , under which they carry on a successful trade . 1723 Charter renewed till Lady - day ...
Page liii
... round - bottomed boat , without a keel . BAMAN , S. the 5th incarnation of Vishnu , in the shape of a dwarf . BUNGALOW , H. a thatched house ; the name usually applied to the houses of the English in India , and to the rest - houses for ...
... round - bottomed boat , without a keel . BAMAN , S. the 5th incarnation of Vishnu , in the shape of a dwarf . BUNGALOW , H. a thatched house ; the name usually applied to the houses of the English in India , and to the rest - houses for ...
Page 2
... round three sides . The painted glass windows have an excellent effect , and are also most use- ful in tempering the fierceness of the Indian sun . The Hall , designed by Sir Gilbert Scott , R.A. , is called after Sir Cowasjee Jehangir ...
... round three sides . The painted glass windows have an excellent effect , and are also most use- ful in tempering the fierceness of the Indian sun . The Hall , designed by Sir Gilbert Scott , R.A. , is called after Sir Cowasjee Jehangir ...
Page 11
... Round the well are perfora- of the Dead , " with 2 bearded men tions which allow the rain - water or following them closely , and perhaps other moisture to escape into 4 deep 100 Parsis in white robes walking 2 and drains at the bottom ...
... Round the well are perfora- of the Dead , " with 2 bearded men tions which allow the rain - water or following them closely , and perhaps other moisture to escape into 4 deep 100 Parsis in white robes walking 2 and drains at the bottom ...
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