Continental India: Travelling Sketches and Historical Recollections [1822-1835] Illustrating the Antiquity, Religion and Manners of the Hindoos, the Extent of British Conquests, and the Progress of Missionary Operations, 2. köideT. Ward & Company, 1840 |
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... stone in the bed of the stream , and then spreading them on the pebbly banks , where not a spot of verdure is visible , under the vertical and scorching rays of the sun . This process , repeated , without the aid of soap or the friction ...
... stone in the bed of the stream , and then spreading them on the pebbly banks , where not a spot of verdure is visible , under the vertical and scorching rays of the sun . This process , repeated , without the aid of soap or the friction ...
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... stone steps and a supply of water , has been constructed near to this building ; and beyond it is placed the choultrie usually occupied by European travellers . It con- sists of a central hall , two rooms on each wing , and a cool and ...
... stone steps and a supply of water , has been constructed near to this building ; and beyond it is placed the choultrie usually occupied by European travellers . It con- sists of a central hall , two rooms on each wing , and a cool and ...
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... stone , with a few huts on both sides of the road , which , added to the two or three small shops , opposite the choultrie , compose the native village . Before the setting of the sun , if we take an evening walk about half a mile to ...
... stone , with a few huts on both sides of the road , which , added to the two or three small shops , opposite the choultrie , compose the native village . Before the setting of the sun , if we take an evening walk about half a mile to ...
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... stone choultrie , designed only for religious ceremonies , and containing a large wooden ele- phant , painted white and ornamentally gilded . Several pillars have been raised in front of the A building , which support a matted ceiling ...
... stone choultrie , designed only for religious ceremonies , and containing a large wooden ele- phant , painted white and ornamentally gilded . Several pillars have been raised in front of the A building , which support a matted ceiling ...
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... stones , or ancient trees , are visible , for daily pooja , or devotion , having been consecrated by the craft of the Brahmin , daubed with ochre , or decked with flowers , to excite the veneration of the duped and credulous votaries ...
... stones , or ancient trees , are visible , for daily pooja , or devotion , having been consecrated by the craft of the Brahmin , daubed with ochre , or decked with flowers , to excite the veneration of the duped and credulous votaries ...
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