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 69
... stone screen , and covered by a stone canopy , and the wor- shippers , an eager and excited crowd , by whom the quadrangle is always thronged , are no longer permitted to cast offerings of flowers , etc. , into it . The roof and ...
... stone screen , and covered by a stone canopy , and the wor- shippers , an eager and excited crowd , by whom the quadrangle is always thronged , are no longer permitted to cast offerings of flowers , etc. , into it . The roof and ...
Page 245
... stone piers . Upon the paving- stones of the open space in front ( E. ) is the Pachisi ( " chess " ) board , with the Emperor's stone seat in the centre , in the form of a cross laid out in coloured pave- ment , and it is said the game ...
... stone piers . Upon the paving- stones of the open space in front ( E. ) is the Pachisi ( " chess " ) board , with the Emperor's stone seat in the centre , in the form of a cross laid out in coloured pave- ment , and it is said the game ...
Page 246
... stone pavement of the garden , was brought to light by Mr E. W. Smith . - To the N.W. a road leads to the Hathi Pol ( Elephant Gate ) on the N. of the city . Over the W. arch- way , 20 ft . from the ground , are two life sized elephants ...
... stone pavement of the garden , was brought to light by Mr E. W. Smith . - To the N.W. a road leads to the Hathi Pol ( Elephant Gate ) on the N. of the city . Over the W. arch- way , 20 ft . from the ground , are two life sized elephants ...
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