 I think that it is probably not less than 1,200 feet. The sides of the hill are covered with massive blocks of stone, which make it exceedingly rugged and inaccessible. There is only one road, cut in the rock, leading to the top, although there are two,...  Report of a Tour Through Behar, Central India, Peshawar, and Yusufzai, 1881-82 - Page 129by H. B. W. Garrick - 1885 - 140 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1848 - 764 pages
...agreement between the two places are the following : — Rani-gat is an isolated inaccessible hill, with only one road cut in the rock leading to the top, although there are certainly two, if not more, rather difficult pathways, which indeed was the case with Aornus. It has... | |
 | Sir Alexander Cunningham - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1871 - 570 pages
...by about half a mile in width, but the top of the hill is not more than 1,200 feet in length by 800 feet in breadth. In 1848 I estimated its height at...by one regular path which was cut out by the hand. Rdnigat may be described as consisting of a castle, 500 feet long by 400 feet broad, surrounded on... | |
 | Sir Alexander Cunningham - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1871 - 626 pages
...by about half a mile in width, but the top of the hill is not more than 1,200 feet in length by 800 feet in breadth. In 1848 I estimated its height at...by one regular path which was cut out by the hand. Rdnigat may be described as consisting of a castle, 500 feet long by 400 feet broad, surrounded on... | |
 | Sir Alexander Cunningham - India - 1871 - 732 pages
...assertions of the people that it is higher than Panjpir, I think that it is probably not less than 1200 feet. The sides of the hill are covered with massive...place by one regular path which was cut out by the hand.f Rdnigal may be described as consisting of a castle, 500 feet long by 400 feet broad, surrounded... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Edward Backhouse Eastwick - Jammu and Kashmir (India) - 1883 - 430 pages
...S. by about Jam. in width, but the top of the hill is not more than 1,200ft. long and 800 ft. broad. The sides of the hill are covered with massive blocks...leading to the top, although there are two, if not more, difficult pathways. It will certainly take a good climber an hour to ascend the very steep path, which... | |
 | Archaeological Survey of India - India - 1885 - 238 pages
...already been much discussed, and a comprehensive synopsis of it will be found in pages 95 — 111, Vol. II of the Archaeological Reports. In the meantime,...by one regular path, which was cut out by the hand. Rinigat may be described as consisting of a castle, 500 feet long by 400 feet broad, surrounded on... | |
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