A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, Volume 1 |
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Page 29
... Benares province , presents a scene of infinite gratification to the fenfe . You see an extended plain skirted by a broad winding river , and chequered with exu- berant fields of corn , groves of lofty spreading trees , and large ...
... Benares province , presents a scene of infinite gratification to the fenfe . You see an extended plain skirted by a broad winding river , and chequered with exu- berant fields of corn , groves of lofty spreading trees , and large ...
Page 30
... Benares , 30th September , 1782 . HAVING given you a cursory detail of my journey from Calcutta to Benares , with the remarks that oc- cured ; I will now lay before you the refult of my enquiries and obfervations at this place . Should ...
... Benares , 30th September , 1782 . HAVING given you a cursory detail of my journey from Calcutta to Benares , with the remarks that oc- cured ; I will now lay before you the refult of my enquiries and obfervations at this place . Should ...
Page 31
... Benares , as it is approached on the river , from the eastward , the eye is attracted by the view of two lofty minarets , which were erected by Au- rungzebe , on the foundation of an ancient Hindoo temple , dedi- cated to the Mhah Deve ...
... Benares , as it is approached on the river , from the eastward , the eye is attracted by the view of two lofty minarets , which were erected by Au- rungzebe , on the foundation of an ancient Hindoo temple , dedi- cated to the Mhah Deve ...
Page 32
... Benares , which occupies a space of about two miles and an half along the northern bank of the Ganges , and ... Benares , has destroyed the effects which fymmetry and arrange- * The Benares or Chunar - Ghur ftone , is clofer grained and ...
... Benares , which occupies a space of about two miles and an half along the northern bank of the Ganges , and ... Benares , has destroyed the effects which fymmetry and arrange- * The Benares or Chunar - Ghur ftone , is clofer grained and ...
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... Benares , is feen a ftone figure , well executed , of the god of the fun fitting in a chariot , and driving a horfe with twelve heads , an , evident allufion to the divifions of the ecliptic . * It is also said to represent Kishin , an ...
... Benares , is feen a ftone figure , well executed , of the god of the fun fitting in a chariot , and driving a horfe with twelve heads , an , evident allufion to the divifions of the ecliptic . * It is also said to represent Kishin , an ...
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