Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray, 1919 |
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Page cxiii
... Europe . The com- bined competition and prestige of Europe have created a tendency to imitate European methods . The best work used to be done , at leisure , to the order of the wealthy Princes and nobles of an ostentatious native court ...
... Europe . The com- bined competition and prestige of Europe have created a tendency to imitate European methods . The best work used to be done , at leisure , to the order of the wealthy Princes and nobles of an ostentatious native court ...
Page cxviii
... Europe and America ; and European chintz now takes the place of the palampore ( palangposh ) , a kind of bedcover of printed cotton produced at Masulipatam . Painted cottons have always been a famous Madras industry . Weavers generally ...
... Europe and America ; and European chintz now takes the place of the palampore ( palangposh ) , a kind of bedcover of printed cotton produced at Masulipatam . Painted cottons have always been a famous Madras industry . Weavers generally ...
Page 221
... European officers who had escaped when Lt. Burlton was shot . The party rejoined Captain Nixon at Hodal and prepared ... Europeans with them were forced to seek safety in flight . Captain Nixon and others decided to proceed to the army ...
... European officers who had escaped when Lt. Burlton was shot . The party rejoined Captain Nixon at Hodal and prepared ... Europeans with them were forced to seek safety in flight . Captain Nixon and others decided to proceed to the army ...
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