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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... stories , and is sur- mounted by an octagonal lantern spire , with figures in niches at the angles . There are 24 figures in all upon the tower representing the castes of W. India . The first floor forms part of the upper room of the ...
... stories , and is sur- mounted by an octagonal lantern spire , with figures in niches at the angles . There are 24 figures in all upon the tower representing the castes of W. India . The first floor forms part of the upper room of the ...
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... stories . The Railway , Irrigation , etc. De- partments are in this office . The Post Office has 3 floors , and is ... story is the Grand As- sembly Room , 100 ft . square , in which public meetings and balls are held ; the Assembly Room ...
... stories . The Railway , Irrigation , etc. De- partments are in this office . The Post Office has 3 floors , and is ... story is the Grand As- sembly Room , 100 ft . square , in which public meetings and balls are held ; the Assembly Room ...
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... story , and cost £ 60,000 . The revolving gear has to be wound up every 45 minutes , which employs 2 men . In storms the waves rise 50 ft . up the sides , and the tower vibrates . Before this lighthouse was built dreadful ship- wrecks ...
... story , and cost £ 60,000 . The revolving gear has to be wound up every 45 minutes , which employs 2 men . In storms the waves rise 50 ft . up the sides , and the tower vibrates . Before this lighthouse was built dreadful ship- wrecks ...
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... stories supported upon ela- borately sculptured corbels . Here and there are mosques and Hindu temples gaudily painted . The streets teem with life . Sir Edwin Arnold writes of them : " A tide of Asiatic humanity ebbs and flows up and ...
... stories supported upon ela- borately sculptured corbels . Here and there are mosques and Hindu temples gaudily painted . The streets teem with life . Sir Edwin Arnold writes of them : " A tide of Asiatic humanity ebbs and flows up and ...
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... stories , on the ledges of the mountains , connected with each other by footsteps cut in the rock . The ascent is gradual until within a few hundred yards of the southernmost , when the path becomes steep and rugged , and so closely ...
... stories , on the ledges of the mountains , connected with each other by footsteps cut in the rock . The ascent is gradual until within a few hundred yards of the southernmost , when the path becomes steep and rugged , and so closely ...
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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