From Calcutta to the Snowy Range: Being the Narrative of a Trip Through the Upper Provinces of India to the Himalayas ...Tinsley Bros., 1866 - 355 pages |
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adjoining Agra Akbar Allahabad Alumbagh appearance approach ascended bank beauty Benares Bengal bridge of boats bucksheesh building built Burdwan Calcutta carriage carved Cawnpore centre Chowk commenced coolies court covered crowd curious dâk bungalow Delhi described distance dome effect erected European feet high Futtehpore Sikree Ganges garden garrison gate gateway gharry Grand Trunk Road ground height hill Himalayas Hindoo horse Imambarra India inlaid jhampan journey Jumna Kaiser Bagh Kalka Kootub lofty looking Lucknow magnificent marble ment miles Minar minarets Moguls Monghyr mosque mountain Musjid Mussulman Mutiny native occupied ornamented Oude palace plain present rail railway Rajah Residency river road roof ruins rupees sandstone scene season seen Shah Jehan side siege Simla Sir Colin Sir Henry Lawrence Snowy Range spot stands Station stone structure surrounded temple terrace tion tomb tower town traveller troops Umballa vast village wall whilst