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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Page 30
... feet from the ground . The walls , inside and out , are painted or washed with a white and red daub , which has been laid on in alternate longitudinal stripes . It is a Brahmin village , or an Agraharan ; except , therefore , a very few ...
... feet from the ground . The walls , inside and out , are painted or washed with a white and red daub , which has been laid on in alternate longitudinal stripes . It is a Brahmin village , or an Agraharan ; except , therefore , a very few ...
Page 40
... feet ; a deep verandah runs round the whole court , supported by columns of stone , which serves as a receptacle or choultrie , for pilgrims and devotees . The form of these pillars is shaped to suit the appearance of animals sacred to ...
... feet ; a deep verandah runs round the whole court , supported by columns of stone , which serves as a receptacle or choultrie , for pilgrims and devotees . The form of these pillars is shaped to suit the appearance of animals sacred to ...
Page 44
... feet from the ground , and a tapestried canopy , with its decorations and pillars , stands thirty - five feet higher . The whole is solid and strong . It is strangely carved , and heavy ; thirty brahmins may stand under the canopy ...
... feet from the ground , and a tapestried canopy , with its decorations and pillars , stands thirty - five feet higher . The whole is solid and strong . It is strangely carved , and heavy ; thirty brahmins may stand under the canopy ...
Page 63
... feet of her beloved Lord , who hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her . Many loud plaudits have been sounded to the names of some as good or great , many vivid pictures have been delineated to exhibit departed ...
... feet of her beloved Lord , who hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her . Many loud plaudits have been sounded to the names of some as good or great , many vivid pictures have been delineated to exhibit departed ...
Page 77
... feet by seven , and was five feet and a half in height . There is a hole in the upright slab at one end , large enough to admit the body of one man ; and two feet distant , in front of this orifice , a semicircular slab is placed ...
... feet by seven , and was five feet and a half in height . There is a hole in the upright slab at one end , large enough to admit the body of one man ; and two feet distant , in front of this orifice , a semicircular slab is placed ...
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