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Page 230
... granite . The Nigerians say that stones are their chief gods . The patriarch Jacob , in anointing with oil the stone set up as a memorial of his dream , was the prototype of the modern Dako- tahs and the people of Southern India who ...
... granite . The Nigerians say that stones are their chief gods . The patriarch Jacob , in anointing with oil the stone set up as a memorial of his dream , was the prototype of the modern Dako- tahs and the people of Southern India who ...
Page 322
... granite . In its state of decay it breaks into rhomboidal masses , with plain surfaces , generally covered with a white powder . At the river side it is evidently disposed in strata nearly vertical , and running north and south , and ...
... granite . In its state of decay it breaks into rhomboidal masses , with plain surfaces , generally covered with a white powder . At the river side it is evidently disposed in strata nearly vertical , and running north and south , and ...
Page 327
... granite with angular black small black small masses in place of mica . In decay it separates into strata disposed south - west and north - east nearly , and inclined at a great angle to the horizon , sinking towards the north - west ...
... granite with angular black small black small masses in place of mica . In decay it separates into strata disposed south - west and north - east nearly , and inclined at a great angle to the horizon , sinking towards the north - west ...
Page 328
... granite of yellow or reddish felspar , according to the degree of decay , white quartz , and black mica . I , of course , could only procure it from the surface . About 11⁄2 mile farther I crossed another ledge running in the same ...
... granite of yellow or reddish felspar , according to the degree of decay , white quartz , and black mica . I , of course , could only procure it from the surface . About 11⁄2 mile farther I crossed another ledge running in the same ...
Page 329
... granite of moderate - sized grains of reddish white felspar , glassy quartz and a little dark mica . It has no appearance of stratification , but decays in scales like an onion parallel to the surface in all directions , and from one to ...
... granite of moderate - sized grains of reddish white felspar , glassy quartz and a little dark mica . It has no appearance of stratification , but decays in scales like an onion parallel to the surface in all directions , and from one to ...
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amirs ancient appearance bank Baudh Bengal Bhagalpur Bhagalpur district Bhuiyas Bihar Bihar and Orissa Birhor Brahui brick Buchanan called century channel consists contains coses crossed cultivated decay district Dravidian east feet Firishta fissures folktales further Ganga Ganges goddessling granite Gupta half a mile hill Hindu India inscription Jayapura Journal K. P. Jayaswal Kalinga Kalinganagara Khán Kharakpur Khori king land latter Lepcha Magadha Malik Malwa masses Mewat mica mile farther Mithila Monghyr Moral Judgment Mukhalingam Mulk Nagara Nālandā Orissa Orissa Research Society Pahar pargana Parvan passed Patna Patna Museum plates present probably Purāņa quartz Rai Bahadur Raja Rajmahal Rennell's rice river road rock Rudradaman Sanskrit Santali Shah shistose side Sikhara Singh Siva Sonpur stone strata Sultan tank temple Thanah thence torrent tribe Vayu village white quartz worship प०