The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 13 |
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Page 5
... large banyan ( bar ) tree about eight feet from the ground , on the outskirts of the modern village of Katkauli ; and also of the filled - up well called ganj - i - shahidan or " heap of martyrs " , within a few yards of that tree .
... large banyan ( bar ) tree about eight feet from the ground , on the outskirts of the modern village of Katkauli ; and also of the filled - up well called ganj - i - shahidan or " heap of martyrs " , within a few yards of that tree .
Page 57
... Orãons of the villages what they were meant for , the only information they could give me was that they were scrapers with which the younger boys scrape the soles of the elder boys ' feet to remove dried up bits of scarf skin .
... Orãons of the villages what they were meant for , the only information they could give me was that they were scrapers with which the younger boys scrape the soles of the elder boys ' feet to remove dried up bits of scarf skin .
Page 122
... is being installed , in connection with which a network of trenches for sewers and one or two fair - sized tanks are being dug to depths extending in places as far down as twenty- four or twenty - five feet below the surface .
... is being installed , in connection with which a network of trenches for sewers and one or two fair - sized tanks are being dug to depths extending in places as far down as twenty- four or twenty - five feet below the surface .
Page 123
The uppermost limit of this stratum , which shows no signs of human settlement except in places where there have evidently been previous diggings for wells or cesspools and even tanks , is not more than fourteen or fifteen feet below ...
The uppermost limit of this stratum , which shows no signs of human settlement except in places where there have evidently been previous diggings for wells or cesspools and even tanks , is not more than fourteen or fifteen feet below ...
Page 124
... for Spooner in foundations at greater depth and the upper surface of the remarkable line of horizontal and massive sal timbers which is now being exposed is about twenty - five or twenty - six feet below the surface .
... for Spooner in foundations at greater depth and the upper surface of the remarkable line of horizontal and massive sal timbers which is now being exposed is about twenty - five or twenty - six feet below the surface .
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| Title | The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 13 |
| Author | Bihar and Orissa Research Society |
| Published | 1927 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2008 |
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