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If the entire site of its ruins was ever peopled simultaneously, its habitancy may at
one time have competed with that of London ; and yet our knowledge of its
political vicissitudes, and even of its rulers and of its men of letters, is scarcely
more ...
If the entire site of its ruins was ever peopled simultaneously, its habitancy may at
one time have competed with that of London ; and yet our knowledge of its
political vicissitudes, and even of its rulers and of its men of letters, is scarcely
more ...
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The ruins of Karnasuvarna have been discovered, by Captain F. P. Layard, about
twelve miles to the south of Murshidabad. See this Journal, for 1853, pp. 281,282.
, I have taken the last paragraph from my preface to the Va'.s'avadatia, p.
The ruins of Karnasuvarna have been discovered, by Captain F. P. Layard, about
twelve miles to the south of Murshidabad. See this Journal, for 1853, pp. 281,282.
, I have taken the last paragraph from my preface to the Va'.s'avadatia, p.
Page 14
... which we may add the Ka'uya-prakli-s"a, a work probably anterior to the
foundation of the modern Udayupur. Mahodaya may be the origin of the name of
Mahoba, a city of which extensive ruins remain, and of which the history is little
known.
... which we may add the Ka'uya-prakli-s"a, a work probably anterior to the
foundation of the modern Udayupur. Mahodaya may be the origin of the name of
Mahoba, a city of which extensive ruins remain, and of which the history is little
known.
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The accounts of these ruins by Raflies and Crawford had long ago excited my
curiosity, and the opportunity I enjoyed some years ago of exploring analogous
remains in Burma had converted this into a deeper and more intelligent interest.
The accounts of these ruins by Raflies and Crawford had long ago excited my
curiosity, and the opportunity I enjoyed some years ago of exploring analogous
remains in Burma had converted this into a deeper and more intelligent interest.
Page 17
As there is no soil but highly cultivated mould in the neighbourhood, the ruins
must have been buried by volcanic ashes. Indeed, there can be little doubt that it
had been covered by an eruption from the nearest of the still active volcanoes,
Mir ...
As there is no soil but highly cultivated mould in the neighbourhood, the ruins
must have been buried by volcanic ashes. Indeed, there can be little doubt that it
had been covered by an eruption from the nearest of the still active volcanoes,
Mir ...
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