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 2Faulder, 1798 - 297 pages |
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Page 7
... stands in the foremost rank of tyrants , and that the exactions of a Hindoo cuf- tom - house will be foon forgotten in the oppreffion of his govern- ment . The one , he faid , affects a trifling portion of property , the other involves ...
... stands in the foremost rank of tyrants , and that the exactions of a Hindoo cuf- tom - house will be foon forgotten in the oppreffion of his govern- ment . The one , he faid , affects a trifling portion of property , the other involves ...
Page 11
... stands a lower hill , which , in the Hinduee is called Hirney Purvet , or the green hill , a name probably adopted from its being covered with gardens and orchards . On the fummit of the Hirney Purvet , the Kashmirians have B 2 erected ...
... stands a lower hill , which , in the Hinduee is called Hirney Purvet , or the green hill , a name probably adopted from its being covered with gardens and orchards . On the fummit of the Hirney Purvet , the Kashmirians have B 2 erected ...
Page 47
... stand on the banks of this river , at the period of the Tartar , Afghan , and Persian invasions , their empire might have made a powerful resistance . Armies at all times have sustained difficulties and damage in croffing the Indus ...
... stand on the banks of this river , at the period of the Tartar , Afghan , and Persian invasions , their empire might have made a powerful resistance . Armies at all times have sustained difficulties and damage in croffing the Indus ...
Page 54
... stand- ing on the fouthern bank of the Kabul or Attock river , which here runs to the right , or eastward . At the diftance of about two miles from Timrood , we entered a narrow defile , which intersects the chain of mountains , lying ...
... stand- ing on the fouthern bank of the Kabul or Attock river , which here runs to the right , or eastward . At the diftance of about two miles from Timrood , we entered a narrow defile , which intersects the chain of mountains , lying ...
Page 61
... stands under the fhade of a few trees , and where it is faid , the wind con- tinues to blow with violence during the whole year . Its force did not abate during our stay , and if fuch is its usual rate , Eolus , had he lived in our day ...
... stands under the fhade of a few trees , and where it is faid , the wind con- tinues to blow with violence during the whole year . Its force did not abate during our stay , and if fuch is its usual rate , Eolus , had he lived in our day ...
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affiftance affociate Afghan Afghaniſtan Afiatic Aftracan Aga Mahomed againſt alfo alſo Armenian Attock Baku Cafpian fea cauſe Chriftian coffes confifts courſe defert Derbent diſtance diſtricts eaſt eaſtern empire eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenſive faid fect feemed feen feid fervice feven fhore fide filk firſt fituation fmall fociety fome foon fouthern fpecies ftream ftrong fubject fuch fupplied fupport furfungs furniſhed ghan Ghilan hadji Herat himſelf Hindoos horfe horſe houſe India inhabitants interfected journey Kabul kafilah Kandahar karavanfera Kaſhmire Kaſhmirians Khan Khorafan laſt leaſt Mahomet Mahometan Mazanderan miles moſt Mufchid muſt myſelf Nadir Shah neceffary obferved occafionally paffage paffed paffengers Pefhour Perfia perfon Peterſburgh pleaſure poffeffed prefent prince procured province purpoſe quarter refidence river road Ruffian ſaid ſeemed ſeen ſhould ſmall ſome ſpace ſtands ſtate ſtation Tartars theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Timur Shah tion town travellers Turcoman ufually uſe uſually veffel village weſtern whofe whoſe