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 xxv
... rock down to the sea . There are three peaks - N . is the Rock Gun , or Wolf's Crag , 1337 ft .; in the centre the Upper Signal Station , or El Hacho , 1255 ft . high ; and S. is O'Hara's Tower , 1408 ft . Here the rock descends to ...
... rock down to the sea . There are three peaks - N . is the Rock Gun , or Wolf's Crag , 1337 ft .; in the centre the Upper Signal Station , or El Hacho , 1255 ft . high ; and S. is O'Hara's Tower , 1408 ft . Here the rock descends to ...
Page 421
... rock , from which St Thomas is said to have preached . To the W. of the Church there is a cleft in the rock , which , it is said , was miraculously made by St Thomas to provide himself with water . The small Greek cross and foundation ...
... rock , from which St Thomas is said to have preached . To the W. of the Church there is a cleft in the rock , which , it is said , was miraculously made by St Thomas to provide himself with water . The small Greek cross and foundation ...
Page 455
... rock on the left side of the steps , are worth visiting . The pillars in these temples bear archaic inscriptions in Pallava char- acters . Half - way up , the stairs emerge into the open at a small shrine dedi- cated to Ganesh ( here ...
... rock on the left side of the steps , are worth visiting . The pillars in these temples bear archaic inscriptions in Pallava char- acters . Half - way up , the stairs emerge into the open at a small shrine dedi- cated to Ganesh ( here ...
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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