Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray, 1955 |
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Page lxii
... covered area , and horizontal domes , thus avoiding the thrust of the radiating arch . Hardly any two ceilings to the small squares between the pillars have the same design , while elaborate carved pendants hang from the larger ...
... covered area , and horizontal domes , thus avoiding the thrust of the radiating arch . Hardly any two ceilings to the small squares between the pillars have the same design , while elaborate carved pendants hang from the larger ...
Page 207
... covered court , re - erected by Muslims in the time of Aurangzeb as a mosque , and is divided into 4 aisles by 5 rows of 16 pillars , 80 in all , from which it takes its popular name of Assi Khamba , or the " Eighty Pillars . " Many of ...
... covered court , re - erected by Muslims in the time of Aurangzeb as a mosque , and is divided into 4 aisles by 5 rows of 16 pillars , 80 in all , from which it takes its popular name of Assi Khamba , or the " Eighty Pillars . " Many of ...
Page 249
... covered with beautiful Saracenic surface decoration , and is inscribed with finely written passages of the Koran ; in the centre of the W. side is a Kibla of white marble discoloured with age . The tomb is in the centre , and stands on ...
... covered with beautiful Saracenic surface decoration , and is inscribed with finely written passages of the Koran ; in the centre of the W. side is a Kibla of white marble discoloured with age . The tomb is in the centre , and stands on ...
Contents
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION | xi |
3 VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND to Gibraltar Marseilles Malta | xxiii |
4 GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING INDIA AND PAKISTAN | xxxiv |
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Agra Akbar ancient arches Aurangzeb Bagh bank Bazar beautiful Benares Bengal Bombay branch line bridge British Buddha Buddhist building built Bungalow Burma Calcutta called Canal Cantonment capital carved cave Central centre century Ceylon Church College corner court crossed Delhi District dome elephants Emperor enclosure entrance erected famous farther front garden Gate gateway Ghat Government Guntakal Gwalior hall headquarters hill Hindu Hotel House India inscription Jain Jami Masjid Junction Karachi Kashmir Khan King lake leads Madras Mahal Maharaja Mahratta main line marble ment Moghul mosque motor Muhammad Museum Muslim Mysore Nawab Pagoda Palace passes Peshwa pillars Portuguese Punjab railway station Raja Rajput residence river road rock round Route ruins runs sculptures Shah Jahan shrine side Sikh Singh Siva square stands steamer stone storeys stupa tank temple tion Tipu Sultan tomb tower town Valley village Vishnu wall