A Handbook for Travellers in India, Pakistan, Burma and CeylonJ. Murray, 1955 - 634 pages |
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Page 109
... town was for a time the abode of Mr Gandhi , and has a considerable cotton mart . There are a D.B. , a Sarai , a Town Hall , Church , Circuit House ; also a Medical Mission of the Church of Scotland . The Wardha Vidyamandir is an ...
... town was for a time the abode of Mr Gandhi , and has a considerable cotton mart . There are a D.B. , a Sarai , a Town Hall , Church , Circuit House ; also a Medical Mission of the Church of Scotland . The Wardha Vidyamandir is an ...
Page 141
... town contain a large number of ruins , notably a tomb of the Lodi period called the 84 Domes , and twelve other handsome mausolea . In the heart of the town is a curious monu- ment , a big cylindrical tower on which is sculptured a huge ...
... town contain a large number of ruins , notably a tomb of the Lodi period called the 84 Domes , and twelve other handsome mausolea . In the heart of the town is a curious monu- ment , a big cylindrical tower on which is sculptured a huge ...
Page 159
... town of Petlad , and 33 m . to Cambay , capital of a former Muslim State . This port of Ahmedabad is of great antiquity , described by the Arab traveller Masudi in A.D. 913 as stand- ing on the shores of a deep bay sur- rounded by towns ...
... town of Petlad , and 33 m . to Cambay , capital of a former Muslim State . This port of Ahmedabad is of great antiquity , described by the Arab traveller Masudi in A.D. 913 as stand- ing on the shores of a deep bay sur- rounded by towns ...
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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