Historical and Descriptive Account of British India from the Most Remote Period to the Present Time ...Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1855 - Great Britain |
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... capital of which , situ- ated at the junction of the Ganges and the Jumna , is one of the largest and most venerated cities of the empire . Akbar made it a favourite residence , and erected at the angle of the currents the Chalees ...
... capital of which , situ- ated at the junction of the Ganges and the Jumna , is one of the largest and most venerated cities of the empire . Akbar made it a favourite residence , and erected at the angle of the currents the Chalees ...
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... capital . It is believed , had this enterprise been as promptly executed as it was ably planned , that the object might have been accomplished ; but the chiefs indulged in the usual dilatory habits of an Indian army , and Calliaud had ...
... capital . It is believed , had this enterprise been as promptly executed as it was ably planned , that the object might have been accomplished ; but the chiefs indulged in the usual dilatory habits of an Indian army , and Calliaud had ...
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... capital , and carefully fortified . After nine days of open trenches the place capitulated , which threw the Indian chief into the most dreadful paroxysm of rage . He sent notice that the moment the English force should advance upon ...
... capital , and carefully fortified . After nine days of open trenches the place capitulated , which threw the Indian chief into the most dreadful paroxysm of rage . He sent notice that the moment the English force should advance upon ...
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... capital , he recruited his forces with the ut- most diligence . A demand was hereupon made , that he should discharge his troops , remove to a greater distance , and be content with a fixed allowance for his private ex- penses . He ...
... capital , he recruited his forces with the ut- most diligence . A demand was hereupon made , that he should discharge his troops , remove to a greater distance , and be content with a fixed allowance for his private ex- penses . He ...
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... capital , after setting fire to the palace , fled into the adjoining woods , leaving a splendid city eight miles in cir- cumference entirely open to plunder . Wilks estimates the booty , we suspect with much exaggeration , at twelve mil ...
... capital , after setting fire to the palace , fled into the adjoining woods , leaving a splendid city eight miles in cir- cumference entirely open to plunder . Wilks estimates the booty , we suspect with much exaggeration , at twelve mil ...
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