The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page 86
... exist there , but this is an assertion made , we think , without proper and sufficient inquiries . Much uncertainty exists as to the origin of Gour . In the opinion of Rennel , ' Gour , called also Lucknouti , the ancient capital of ...
... exist there , but this is an assertion made , we think , without proper and sufficient inquiries . Much uncertainty exists as to the origin of Gour . In the opinion of Rennel , ' Gour , called also Lucknouti , the ancient capital of ...
Page 89
... exist than in the Hindoo Figures and Inscriptions found in the ruins of mosques built with the materials of Hindoo temples destroyed to assert the superiority of Islam . Forty years after it had fallen into the hands of the Mahome- dans ...
... exist than in the Hindoo Figures and Inscriptions found in the ruins of mosques built with the materials of Hindoo temples destroyed to assert the superiority of Islam . Forty years after it had fallen into the hands of the Mahome- dans ...
Page 98
... exist inscriptions , and local inquiries on the spot ought to settle the truth . Passing Terriagurry , one falls into the Anga of ancient Hindoo geography . The stupendous wall of rocks , the de- tached cliffs , the sloping dales , the ...
... exist inscriptions , and local inquiries on the spot ought to settle the truth . Passing Terriagurry , one falls into the Anga of ancient Hindoo geography . The stupendous wall of rocks , the de- tached cliffs , the sloping dales , the ...
Page 117
... exists surviving the ravages of time and war . There is no building in Patna now which is two hundred years old . Chanakya's house with ' old walls , from which a thatched roof projects , covered by a parcel of fuel stuck up to dry ...
... exists surviving the ravages of time and war . There is no building in Patna now which is two hundred years old . Chanakya's house with ' old walls , from which a thatched roof projects , covered by a parcel of fuel stuck up to dry ...
Page 119
... exist in Patna , unless a lofty mound of earth , with a Mahomedan Durgah on its top , near the Railway station , may be taken as a stupa of Asoca . The oldest ruins are those of the fort defended by Ramnarain against the Shazada , and ...
... exist in Patna , unless a lofty mound of earth , with a Mahomedan Durgah on its top , near the Railway station , may be taken as a stupa of Asoca . The oldest ruins are those of the fort defended by Ramnarain against the Shazada , and ...
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