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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Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and Into Russia, by the Caspian Sea George Forster. 1 FORSTER'S TRAVELS . LETTER I. Benares , 31ft Auguft ,
Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and Into Russia, by the Caspian Sea George Forster. 1 FORSTER'S TRAVELS . LETTER I. Benares , 31ft Auguft ,
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... Benares , 31ft Auguft , 1782 .. HAVING refolved on visiting Benares , that I might , there , indulge , for a short time , an investigation into the mythology of the Hindoos , I procured permiffion to pro- ceed to that city ; and , as ...
... Benares , 31ft Auguft , 1782 .. HAVING refolved on visiting Benares , that I might , there , indulge , for a short time , an investigation into the mythology of the Hindoos , I procured permiffion to pro- ceed to that city ; and , as ...
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... terminates the province of Bahar , and divides it from Benares , Though the Caramnaffa river , from being of greater note than the Nullah , and and running contiguous to it , is generally denominated the 28 FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
... terminates the province of Bahar , and divides it from Benares , Though the Caramnaffa river , from being of greater note than the Nullah , and and running contiguous to it , is generally denominated the 28 FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
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... Benares province , presents a scene of infinite gratification to the sense . You see an extended plain skirted by a broad winding river , and chequered with exu- berant fields of corn , groves of lofty fpreading trees , and large ...
... Benares province , presents a scene of infinite gratification to the sense . You see an extended plain skirted by a broad winding river , and chequered with exu- berant fields of corn , groves of lofty fpreading trees , and large ...
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... Benares , 30th September , 1782 . HAVING given you a curfory detail of my journey from Calcutta to Benares , with the remarks that oc- cured ; I will now lay before you the refult of my enquiries and -obfervations at this place . Should ...
... Benares , 30th September , 1782 . HAVING given you a curfory detail of my journey from Calcutta to Benares , with the remarks that oc- cured ; I will now lay before you the refult of my enquiries and -obfervations at this place . Should ...
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