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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... surmounted by a well - sculptured male and female figure , seated , with their arms encircling each other , on the back of elephants , crouching , as it were , under the weight they sustain . At the 80 A JOURNEY TO THE.
... surmounted by a well - sculptured male and female figure , seated , with their arms encircling each other , on the back of elephants , crouching , as it were , under the weight they sustain . At the 80 A JOURNEY TO THE.
Page 130
... sculptured figures and ornaments in high relief ; the goddess Bhavani on the right , and Ganesa * It appears more preferable than interrupting the narrative at its commencement , to give a general summary of the Hindoo gods and their ...
... sculptured figures and ornaments in high relief ; the goddess Bhavani on the right , and Ganesa * It appears more preferable than interrupting the narrative at its commencement , to give a general summary of the Hindoo gods and their ...
Page 132
... sculptured figures , in all the variety that the most super- stitious people on the face of the earth , with the most incomprehensible and absurd mythology , can be supposed to have given birth to for here are seen , in all forms and ...
... sculptured figures , in all the variety that the most super- stitious people on the face of the earth , with the most incomprehensible and absurd mythology , can be supposed to have given birth to for here are seen , in all forms and ...
Page 139
... sculptured pillars , placed in equi - distant ranges , supporting a well - cut and smooth roof of solid rock , " By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable ; ' having their bases in the primitive bed of rock , which forms the floor ...
... sculptured pillars , placed in equi - distant ranges , supporting a well - cut and smooth roof of solid rock , " By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable ; ' having their bases in the primitive bed of rock , which forms the floor ...
Page 140
... ( with the exception of the back one ) are sculptured , to which , in short , they are an upper story . It has been mentioned that the bridge has fallen to the ground , the natives say many years ago . The fallen mass 140 DESCRIPTION OF ...
... ( with the exception of the back one ) are sculptured , to which , in short , they are an upper story . It has been mentioned that the bridge has fallen to the ground , the natives say many years ago . The fallen mass 140 DESCRIPTION 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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