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 207
... feet , give a ver- dure and luxuriance to the highway most grateful to the eye of a traveller . When the trees are in blossom they perfume the air with the sweetest odour , and vary the appearance of the foliage with fine effect . The ...
... feet , give a ver- dure and luxuriance to the highway most grateful to the eye of a traveller . When the trees are in blossom they perfume the air with the sweetest odour , and vary the appearance of the foliage with fine effect . The ...
Page 212
... feet long , and 165 broad . The mausoleum of Sultaun Mahmood Shah is 153 feet square , with a dome of 117 feet in diameter at its greatest concavity . The mosque and mau- soleum of Ibrahim Adil Shah , completed about the year 1620 ...
... feet long , and 165 broad . The mausoleum of Sultaun Mahmood Shah is 153 feet square , with a dome of 117 feet in diameter at its greatest concavity . The mosque and mau- soleum of Ibrahim Adil Shah , completed about the year 1620 ...
Page 213
... feet . A plain building , 115 feet by 76 , stands within , covered by an immense dome raised on arches . The mausoleum is a room 57 feet square , enclosed by two verandahs 13 feet in breadth and 22 feet in height . The buildings are ...
... feet . A plain building , 115 feet by 76 , stands within , covered by an immense dome raised on arches . The mausoleum is a room 57 feet square , enclosed by two verandahs 13 feet in breadth and 22 feet in height . The buildings are ...
Page 214
... feet bore the mark of chisel or of human skill and labour . You tread continually on steps , pavement , pillar , capital , or cornice of rude relief , displaced or fallen , and mingled in confusion . Here , large masses of such ...
... feet bore the mark of chisel or of human skill and labour . You tread continually on steps , pavement , pillar , capital , or cornice of rude relief , displaced or fallen , and mingled in confusion . Here , large masses of such ...
Page 220
... feet high and three feet wide , extending some eighty or ninety feet in length . A third passage goes off in the direction of other chambers , de- signed as storehouses or sanctuaries ; and a fourth passage , it is affirmed by the ...
... feet high and three feet wide , extending some eighty or ninety feet in length . A third passage goes off in the direction of other chambers , de- signed as storehouses or sanctuaries ; and a fourth passage , it is affirmed by the ...
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