A Journey from Bengal to England: Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and Into Russia, by the Caspian Sea, Volume 1R. Faulder, 1798 - India |
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... stands a seminary of Hindoo mendicants , and on one of the sides are seen some figures of very ancient sculpture . A long line of hills , running from the south - eaft to the north - weft , forms here a beautiful termination of a broad ...
... stands a seminary of Hindoo mendicants , and on one of the sides are seen some figures of very ancient sculpture . A long line of hills , running from the south - eaft to the north - weft , forms here a beautiful termination of a broad ...
Page 16
... stand against the arms of the Em- peror . Bernier fays , " There remained , now , no other thorn in " the fide of Aurungzebe , than Sultan Shujah , who ftill main- “ tained himself in Bengal ; but he was at length forced to yield " to ...
... stand against the arms of the Em- peror . Bernier fays , " There remained , now , no other thorn in " the fide of Aurungzebe , than Sultan Shujah , who ftill main- “ tained himself in Bengal ; but he was at length forced to yield " to ...
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... stand , are so narrow as not to admit of two common carriages . abreaft . In addition to the pernicious effect which must proceed from a confined atmosphere , there is in the hot season , an intoler- able stench arifing from the many ...
... stand , are so narrow as not to admit of two common carriages . abreaft . In addition to the pernicious effect which must proceed from a confined atmosphere , there is in the hot season , an intoler- able stench arifing from the many ...
Page 150
... stand ; but after a short action were wholly dispersed . The Vizier had invited the Mahrat- tas into Oude , without making any provifion for the payment of their subsidy ; and , fearful that this failure might prompt them to commit an ...
... stand ; but after a short action were wholly dispersed . The Vizier had invited the Mahrat- tas into Oude , without making any provifion for the payment of their subsidy ; and , fearful that this failure might prompt them to commit an ...
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... stands accompanied with fuch a variety of corroborating proofs , that I am induced firmly to believe its authenticity . Shujah - ud - Dowlah who felt the force of the English power both in its open and con- cealed directions , acted ...
... stands accompanied with fuch a variety of corroborating proofs , that I am induced firmly to believe its authenticity . Shujah - ud - Dowlah who felt the force of the English power both in its open and con- cealed directions , acted ...
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affiftance affociates Afghan Aftracan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army Baku Benares Bengal Cafpian cauſe chief coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtance diſtricts eaſtern empire Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feemed feen fervant fervice fide filk firſt fituation fmall foldier fome foon fubject fuch fupplied fupported furfungs hadji Herat himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India inhabitants journey Jumbo Kabul kafilah Kandahar Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian Khan Lahore laſt Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas maſter Mazanderan meaſure miles moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Nadir Shah neceffary obferved occafionally officer paffed Perfia perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince province Punjab purpoſe quarter refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla Ruffian rupees ſaid ſeem ſeen ſhort ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtands ſtate ſtation ſtrong Tartars territory thefe theſe thoſe thouſand Timur Timur Shah tion town uſe uſually village Vizier weſtern whofe whoſe