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Page 83
... Mewar and the other mountainous dis- tricts of eastern Ajmere , from Marwar and the sandy deserts of the west . The Aravulli mountains , which , for scenes of savage grandeur , rival or sur- pass the western Ghauts , repose upon a basis ...
... Mewar and the other mountainous dis- tricts of eastern Ajmere , from Marwar and the sandy deserts of the west . The Aravulli mountains , which , for scenes of savage grandeur , rival or sur- pass the western Ghauts , repose upon a basis ...
Page 137
... Mewar , in the capacities of butler , keeper of the wardrobe , or seneschal , besides the Guru , or domestic chaplain , who , to the duty of ghostly comforter , sometimes joins that of astrologer and physician , in which case " God help ...
... Mewar , in the capacities of butler , keeper of the wardrobe , or seneschal , besides the Guru , or domestic chaplain , who , to the duty of ghostly comforter , sometimes joins that of astrologer and physician , in which case " God help ...
Page 182
... Mewar , and the wilds of Parassur in Rajasthan , the traveller discovers , as he journeys along , numerous examples of the beautiful sacred architecture of India . The genius of both Jain and Brahmin has here been exerted in ornamenting ...
... Mewar , and the wilds of Parassur in Rajasthan , the traveller discovers , as he journeys along , numerous examples of the beautiful sacred architecture of India . The genius of both Jain and Brahmin has here been exerted in ornamenting ...
Page 183
... Mewar , erecting a temple on Mount Aboo , whose pinnacles overtop all the secondary mountains of India . The same prince contributed eighty thousand pounds towards the erection of another temple , one of the largest edifices in the ...
... Mewar , erecting a temple on Mount Aboo , whose pinnacles overtop all the secondary mountains of India . The same prince contributed eighty thousand pounds towards the erection of another temple , one of the largest edifices in the ...
Page 184
blishments of Mewar , describes as follows the wild scenery by which the ancient temple of Siva , above delineated , is surrounded . " The hills towering around it on all sides are of the primitive formation , and their scarped summits ...
blishments of Mewar , describes as follows the wild scenery by which the ancient temple of Siva , above delineated , is surrounded . " The hills towering around it on all sides are of the primitive formation , and their scarped summits ...
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