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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... King . In this case the whole of the Shore Temple must have been built by the Pallava King Raja- simha , who constructed the Kaila- sanatha Temple at Kanchipuram about the beginning of the 8th century A.D. Besides these there are a ...
... King . In this case the whole of the Shore Temple must have been built by the Pallava King Raja- simha , who constructed the Kaila- sanatha Temple at Kanchipuram about the beginning of the 8th century A.D. Besides these there are a ...
Page 628
... King used to view the city . The richly - carved Pongyi Kyaung to the E. of the Palace , where King Thibaw passed the period of priesthood , is worthy of notice . Hard by is King Mindon's mauso- leum , a brick and plaster struc- ture ...
... King used to view the city . The richly - carved Pongyi Kyaung to the E. of the Palace , where King Thibaw passed the period of priesthood , is worthy of notice . Hard by is King Mindon's mauso- leum , a brick and plaster struc- ture ...
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... king ( 1164 or 1153 A.D. ) for 33 years . The Portuguese and other Euro- peans appeared on the scene from the 16th century , and from 1592 the native kings ruled from Kandy . Ceylon has been con- tinuously , but not entirely , ruled by ...
... king ( 1164 or 1153 A.D. ) for 33 years . The Portuguese and other Euro- peans appeared on the scene from the 16th century , and from 1592 the native kings ruled from Kandy . Ceylon has been con- tinuously , but not entirely , ruled by ...
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Agra Ahmadabad Akbar ancient arches architecture Asoka Aurangzeb bank beautiful Benares Bengal Bombay Brahman British Buddh Gaya Buddha Buddhist building built Burma Calcutta called capital carved cave Cawnpore centre century Ceylon chaitya chief Church College columns court Delhi District dome Emperor erected European famous figures front garden Gate gateway Ghat Government Gujarat Gwalior hall hill Hindu Hooghly House India irrigation Jain Jhansi junction station Kashmir Khan King lake lakhs Lord Lucknow Madras Mahal Maharaja Mahrattas marble Masjid ment mosque Mughal Muhammadan Mutiny Muttra Nagpur Narbada native officers ornament Oudh palace Panjab Parsi Peshwa picturesque pillars population Port Prince principal Provinces railway station Raja religion river road round route ruins sacred Sarnath sculptures Shah Jahan shrine side Sikhs Singh Siva steamers stone storeys stupa style Surat tank temple tion tomb tower town troops veranda vihara Vishnu wall