A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, Volume 1 |
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... amount of gold and filver , con- tinued for upwards of a century and an half . But , after the En- glish Government was established in Bengal , the neceffity of this commercial system no longer exifted ; the amount of the revenues ...
... amount of gold and filver , con- tinued for upwards of a century and an half . But , after the En- glish Government was established in Bengal , the neceffity of this commercial system no longer exifted ; the amount of the revenues ...
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... amount falls much fhort of that applied by the preceding princes to the conftruction of mofques , baths , Hindoo temples , grand refervoirs of water , fpacious gardens , together with a variety of costly private edifices . These modes ...
... amount falls much fhort of that applied by the preceding princes to the conftruction of mofques , baths , Hindoo temples , grand refervoirs of water , fpacious gardens , together with a variety of costly private edifices . These modes ...
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... amount has been known to cause fo great a scarcity of money , that many persons , poffeffed of even large property , have incurred difficulties , in de- fraying their domeftic expences . Though the maritime commerce of Bengal does not ...
... amount has been known to cause fo great a scarcity of money , that many persons , poffeffed of even large property , have incurred difficulties , in de- fraying their domeftic expences . Though the maritime commerce of Bengal does not ...
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... amount never produced at any former period . It is painful , per- haps not just , to expatiate on the defects , or the misfortunes of a country , and hold them out to public view ; without propofing remedies for the ills that are ...
... amount never produced at any former period . It is painful , per- haps not just , to expatiate on the defects , or the misfortunes of a country , and hold them out to public view ; without propofing remedies for the ills that are ...
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... amount of plunder acquired there by the Eng- lish troops . On the first day , I arrived at Lutteef - ghur , about 18 miles to the southwest of Bernares . The fort was entirely deferted , and the paffage approaching to it is almost ...
... amount of plunder acquired there by the Eng- lish troops . On the first day , I arrived at Lutteef - ghur , about 18 miles to the southwest of Bernares . The fort was entirely deferted , and the paffage approaching to it is almost ...
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affiftance Afghan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army battle of Buxar Bellafpour Benares Bengal caufe cauſe chief cloſe coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtricts dominion Engliſh eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feem feen fervant fervice fide firſt fituation flain fmall foldier fome foon ftate ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fupplied fupported Ganges Hafiz Rhamut himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India Jumbo Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian lacks of rupees Lahore laſt Lucknow Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas meaſure moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Shah Najeb Najeb-ud-Dowlah Nanock obferved occafion officer Oude Patan Patna perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince profeffion province Punjab purpoſe raiſed refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla rupees Saadut Khan ſeem ſeen ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques Sirhend ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtate ſtation ſtrong Sufdar Jung Sultan Shujah ſuppoſed territory theſe thoſe tion town troops uſe village Vizier whofe whoſe worſhip