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 xxxviii
... says , " The most 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 ...
... says , " The most 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 ...
Page 27
... says , " Tana is a great kingdom lying towards the west . There is much traffic here , and many ships and mer- chants frequent the place . ' " Behind the bush the bowmen hide , The horse beneath the tree , Where shall I find a knight ...
... says , " Tana is a great kingdom lying towards the west . There is much traffic here , and many ships and mer- chants frequent the place . ' " Behind the bush the bowmen hide , The horse beneath the tree , Where shall I find a knight ...
Page 38
... says , stood a Brahmanical temple , to which the presentation of a single piece of money procured as much merit as ... say leads to Benares . There are some idols ranged along the passage . In the centre of the place is a lingam of Shiva ...
... says , stood a Brahmanical temple , to which the presentation of a single piece of money procured as much merit as ... say leads to Benares . There are some idols ranged along the passage . In the centre of the place is a lingam of Shiva ...
Page 47
... says : At 10 li ( 2 m . ) to the N.W. of Benares is the temple , situated in the Deer Park of the Im- mortal . " Hiouen Thsang states that to the N.E. of Benares was a stupa , built by Asoka , 100 ft . high , and opposite to it a stone ...
... says : At 10 li ( 2 m . ) to the N.W. of Benares is the temple , situated in the Deer Park of the Im- mortal . " Hiouen Thsang states that to the N.E. of Benares was a stupa , built by Asoka , 100 ft . high , and opposite to it a stone ...
Page 49
... says : " If it were rt .; after 5 m . turn 1. , and go for 2 possible to ascertain by any means what m . along a country road . The Temple particular spot on earth is the most of Buddh Gaya is of very great anti- sacred in the opinion ...
... says : " If it were rt .; after 5 m . turn 1. , and go for 2 possible to ascertain by any means what m . along a country road . The Temple particular spot on earth is the most of Buddh Gaya is of very great anti- sacred in the opinion ...
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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