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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The native princes, and chiefs of a various description, the retainers of numerous
dependants, afforded a constant employment to a vast number of ingenious
manufacturers, who supplied their masters with gold and silver stuffs, curiously ...
The native princes, and chiefs of a various description, the retainers of numerous
dependants, afforded a constant employment to a vast number of ingenious
manufacturers, who supplied their masters with gold and silver stuffs, curiously ...
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When it is confidered, that the Moghul court, whether in it's splendour or wealth,
exceeded that of all other nations; that the numerous governors, interspersed
throughout the provinces, adopted the manners of sovereign princes and that all
...
When it is confidered, that the Moghul court, whether in it's splendour or wealth,
exceeded that of all other nations; that the numerous governors, interspersed
throughout the provinces, adopted the manners of sovereign princes and that all
...
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But, I am led to hazard an opinion, that this amount falls much short of that
applied by the preceding princes to the construction of mosques, baths, Hindoo
temples, grand reservoirs of water, spacious gardens, together with a variety of
costly ...
But, I am led to hazard an opinion, that this amount falls much short of that
applied by the preceding princes to the construction of mosques, baths, Hindoo
temples, grand reservoirs of water, spacious gardens, together with a variety of
costly ...
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The advantageous traffic that subr sisted formerly between this port and Pegue,
Siam, and the. * This Prince died, A. D. 1707. + A crore of rupees, or million
sterling, has been sent in the course of one year from Bengal to Delhi. sisted * He
had ...
The advantageous traffic that subr sisted formerly between this port and Pegue,
Siam, and the. * This Prince died, A. D. 1707. + A crore of rupees, or million
sterling, has been sent in the course of one year from Bengal to Delhi. sisted * He
had ...
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| Title | 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 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, George Forster |
| Author | George Forster |
| Publisher | Faulder, 1798 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 315 pages |
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