Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray, 1959 |
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Page lxii
... carved pendants hang from the larger horizontal domes in the Mount Abu temples , some- times carved from two large blocks of marble made to fit . The two towers of Fame and of Victory at Chitorgarh ( p . 124 ) are examples of Jain work ...
... carved pendants hang from the larger horizontal domes in the Mount Abu temples , some- times carved from two large blocks of marble made to fit . The two towers of Fame and of Victory at Chitorgarh ( p . 124 ) are examples of Jain work ...
Page 118
... carved . On the hill are the ruins of a very fine Temple to Siddha Nath , which stood on a plinth 10 ft . high . Round the plinth was a frieze of elephants 5 ft . high , carved in relief on slabs of yellow sandstone ; all but two are ...
... carved . On the hill are the ruins of a very fine Temple to Siddha Nath , which stood on a plinth 10 ft . high . Round the plinth was a frieze of elephants 5 ft . high , carved in relief on slabs of yellow sandstone ; all but two are ...
Page 182
... carved , and just outside the door is a lovely square pavilion exquisitely carved with figures representing Krishna sporting with the Gopi milkmaids . Ambčr formerly contained many fine temples , but most are now in ruins . On a Temple ...
... carved , and just outside the door is a lovely square pavilion exquisitely carved with figures representing Krishna sporting with the Gopi milkmaids . Ambčr formerly contained many fine temples , but most are now in ruins . On a Temple ...
Contents
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION | xi |
2 AIR ROUTES TO THE EAST | xxii |
4 GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING INDIA AND PAKISTAN | xxxiv |
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