 | 1842 - 574 pages
...of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of loftly alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred...clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make nis way through the press of holy mendicants, and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights... | |
 | Michael Edwardes - 1976 - 228 pages
...million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. 20 The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants and not less holy... | |
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The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants, and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathingplaces along the Ganges, were worn every day by the... 
