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 233
... corner is a minaret of white marble picked out by black lines , 137 ft . high . The tomb itself measures 186 ft . on each side , the corners being bevelled off and recessed into a bay . On either side of each angle corner is another ...
... corner is a minaret of white marble picked out by black lines , 137 ft . high . The tomb itself measures 186 ft . on each side , the corners being bevelled off and recessed into a bay . On either side of each angle corner is another ...
Page 282
... corner . On this side the rock is scarped , and above it the main walls rise to a mean height of 40 ft . , with a parapet of 7 ft . , behind which rises another wall of 15 ft . , the whole height above the low ground being up- wards of ...
... corner . On this side the rock is scarped , and above it the main walls rise to a mean height of 40 ft . , with a parapet of 7 ft . , behind which rises another wall of 15 ft . , the whole height above the low ground being up- wards of ...
Page 586
... corner of this tank are a square corner - house , and adjoining it a house with a porch . In one of these Clive lived , but it is not certain in which . The house used as a hostel by the Jesuit Mission bears a medallion with an inscrip ...
... corner of this tank are a square corner - house , and adjoining it a house with a porch . In one of these Clive lived , but it is not certain in which . The house used as a hostel by the Jesuit Mission bears a medallion with an inscrip ...
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