The Wonders of Elora: Or, The Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and Dwellings Excavated ... at Elora, in the East Indies ... |
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... afford a pro- spect of luxuriance and beauty to be met with nowhere but in the Concan * . As we turn our * The population , under the government of Bombay , is esti- mated at 2,500,000 . Square miles 11,000 . The city of Bombay contains ...
... afford a pro- spect of luxuriance and beauty to be met with nowhere but in the Concan * . As we turn our * The population , under the government of Bombay , is esti- mated at 2,500,000 . Square miles 11,000 . The city of Bombay contains ...
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... afford an agreeable back - ground to the whole of this magnificent scenery . " Among the lofty hills , which formed a back - ground to the scene , Funnel Hill was most conspicuous , from the singularity of its shape ; the summit has all ...
... afford an agreeable back - ground to the whole of this magnificent scenery . " Among the lofty hills , which formed a back - ground to the scene , Funnel Hill was most conspicuous , from the singularity of its shape ; the summit has all ...
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... afford such scanty supplies , that a great deal of trouble is experienced : * This word is not in very general use . They are sometimes called Paleedars , Kissedars , and Bagdars , or holders of shares in the soil literally it is taken ...
... afford such scanty supplies , that a great deal of trouble is experienced : * This word is not in very general use . They are sometimes called Paleedars , Kissedars , and Bagdars , or holders of shares in the soil literally it is taken ...
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... who remained three days in the G'hat with his working party before the whole of the stores and baggage were passed over . These few brief observations will afford some idea of the difficulty of these passes , and show 78 A JOURNEY TO THE.
... who remained three days in the G'hat with his working party before the whole of the stores and baggage were passed over . These few brief observations will afford some idea of the difficulty of these passes , and show 78 A JOURNEY TO THE.
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... afford any security to the enormous weight of rock roof above ; but the imitation conveys a meaning of what the artificers thought when working here . In the centre of the ceiling are carved a male and two females ; the inner row of ...
... afford any security to the enormous weight of rock roof above ; but the imitation conveys a meaning of what the artificers thought when working here . In the centre of the ceiling are carved a male and two females ; the inner row of ...
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altar apartment appearance arrived Aurungabad Aurungzebe Avatar beautiful Bombay Brahman British Budha bull Nundi Calcutta caves ceiling centre Chandrah Christian court deity distance Dowlutabad Elora emblem England entrance excavation Fakeers feet six inches female figures floor former four friends front G'hat gallery Ganesa gods ground Guzerat hand Hanuman height Hindoo Holkar honour houses hundred India Indra Jagernaut journey Karli Keylas kind labour lotos Mahā Māhā Deo Mahomedans Mahratta ment miles mind mountain Mussulman natives of India nearly observed officers ornaments Pandoos Parvati pass Peishwa persons piazza pilasters pillars Poona Portuguese possessing prince Rama recess religious residing respect rock roof rupees Salsette sculptured seen servants Shah side singular Siphauees Siva speak square stands stone Suttees tank temple temples of Elora thing tion travellers Trimurti village viranda Vishnu visited Visvacarma wall whole wonders worship
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