Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters Written During Seventeen Years Residence in India ... Observations ... Africa and South America ...Bensley, 1813 |
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... provinces .. British humanity on that occasion .. town of Jamboseer .. Gurry .. Hindoo houses . . Coolies , a tribe of robbers .. poetical description of a Hindoo village . manner of travelling .. brahminic kites and vultures .. Pariar ...
... provinces .. British humanity on that occasion .. town of Jamboseer .. Gurry .. Hindoo houses . . Coolies , a tribe of robbers .. poetical description of a Hindoo village . manner of travelling .. brahminic kites and vultures .. Pariar ...
Side xii
... of extracting the opium .. aul tree .. province of Malwa proverbially fertile and well watered .. singular mud villages .. arrival at Oojen .. 459 CHAPTER XXVIII . A DESCRIPTION OF CHANDODE ; THE PECULIAR xii CONTENTS .
... of extracting the opium .. aul tree .. province of Malwa proverbially fertile and well watered .. singular mud villages .. arrival at Oojen .. 459 CHAPTER XXVIII . A DESCRIPTION OF CHANDODE ; THE PECULIAR xii CONTENTS .
Side 5
... " Are these the confines of some fairy world , " A land of Genii ? " ARMSTRONG . No place in the western provinces of Hindostan is reputed beautiful extract from the writings of Bishop Horne conclusion of the solemn subject.
... " Are these the confines of some fairy world , " A land of Genii ? " ARMSTRONG . No place in the western provinces of Hindostan is reputed beautiful extract from the writings of Bishop Horne conclusion of the solemn subject.
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James Forbes. No place in the western provinces of Hindostan is reputed so holy as Chandode ; none at least exceed it : its temples and seminaries al- most vie with the fanes of Jaggernaut , and colleges of Benares . Two thirds of the ...
James Forbes. No place in the western provinces of Hindostan is reputed so holy as Chandode ; none at least exceed it : its temples and seminaries al- most vie with the fanes of Jaggernaut , and colleges of Benares . Two thirds of the ...
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... province . These are now happily prevented by the interference of the British govern- ment . Under the groves of Chandode are many funeral monu- ments in memory of those pilgrims who died on their journey to these sacred shrines , and ...
... province . These are now happily prevented by the interference of the British govern- ment . Under the groves of Chandode are many funeral monu- ments in memory of those pilgrims who died on their journey to these sacred shrines , and ...
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Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters ... James Forbes Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1813 |
Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters ... James Forbes Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1813 |
Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters ... James Forbes Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1813 |
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