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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... wall 12 ft . high and is a mean place , but the harbour is one of the best on the coast . JIDDAH , in latitude 211 ° N. , is an important place ; the seaport of Mecca , which is 60 m . E. The population , including surrounding villages ...
... wall 12 ft . high and is a mean place , but the harbour is one of the best on the coast . JIDDAH , in latitude 211 ° N. , is an important place ; the seaport of Mecca , which is 60 m . E. The population , including surrounding villages ...
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... wall which incloses this well there are 2 other circular walls between it and the outside , with footpaths running upon them ; the spaces between them are divided into compartments by radiating walls from an imaginary centre . The ...
... wall which incloses this well there are 2 other circular walls between it and the outside , with footpaths running upon them ; the spaces between them are divided into compartments by radiating walls from an imaginary centre . The ...
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... wall is a group of figures very much mutilated . The principal figure has four arms , and is said to be Bhim , but is probably Shiva , with 25 Ganas . In the corner of the outside wall is half a door of the church , of teak , with two ...
... wall is a group of figures very much mutilated . The principal figure has four arms , and is said to be Bhim , but is probably Shiva , with 25 Ganas . In the corner of the outside wall is half a door of the church , of teak , with two ...
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... wall 3 ft . high his left hand . On either side of him in front of the recess , which is so dark is a female figure . That on the right that nothing can be seen without a is represented dancing , and is fairly torch . The figures are ...
... wall 3 ft . high his left hand . On either side of him in front of the recess , which is so dark is a female figure . That on the right that nothing can be seen without a is represented dancing , and is fairly torch . The figures are ...
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paintings in oil on the walls of this cave . | the little finger of his left hand with the Remark on the right - hand side of the thumb and forefinger of the right . The back wall a very Chinese - looking figure Mohammedans seem not to ...
paintings in oil on the walls of this cave . | the little finger of his left hand with the Remark on the right - hand side of the thumb and forefinger of the right . The back wall a very Chinese - looking figure Mohammedans seem not to ...
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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