The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... famous robber - chief , known by the name of Bishonauth Baboo , lived here about sixty years ago . It was his practice to afford shelter to all wayworn and benighted travellers , and to treat them with every show of courtesy and ...
... famous robber - chief , known by the name of Bishonauth Baboo , lived here about sixty years ago . It was his practice to afford shelter to all wayworn and benighted travellers , and to treat them with every show of courtesy and ...
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... famous for its monkeys than its Pundits . The former swarm here in large numbers , and are mischievous enough to break women's water - pots . It has become a native proverb that to ask a man whether he comes from Goopteeparah , is as ...
... famous for its monkeys than its Pundits . The former swarm here in large numbers , and are mischievous enough to break women's water - pots . It has become a native proverb that to ask a man whether he comes from Goopteeparah , is as ...
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... famous shrine of learning . The Brahmins heard him with great wonder speak the Sanscrit language fluently . In the midst of his speech , he chanced to quote a pas- sage from the Vedas , on which the Brahmins closed their ears against ...
... famous shrine of learning . The Brahmins heard him with great wonder speak the Sanscrit language fluently . In the midst of his speech , he chanced to quote a pas- sage from the Vedas , on which the Brahmins closed their ears against ...
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... two wooden images of Choitunya and Nityanunda , executed in a dancing attitude , as in a procession of their Kirtuns , for which they are objects of great curiosity . VCL . I. 4 + Cutwa is famous in modern Bengal history , as the.
... two wooden images of Choitunya and Nityanunda , executed in a dancing attitude , as in a procession of their Kirtuns , for which they are objects of great curiosity . VCL . I. 4 + Cutwa is famous in modern Bengal history , as the.
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Bholanauth Chunder. Cutwa is famous in modern Bengal history , as the place where Clive halted on his route to Plassey in 1756. His cavalier heart lost its pluck for a moment , and he was dismayed at the prospect of the high game he was ...
Bholanauth Chunder. Cutwa is famous in modern Bengal history , as the place where Clive halted on his route to Plassey in 1756. His cavalier heart lost its pluck for a moment , and he was dismayed at the prospect of the high game he was ...
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