Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 31Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1863 - Asia |
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Page 18
... ancient tope of Sarnath near Benares , where you may see the rich ornamentation of the surface in parts left unfinished , and in parts just etched out to guide the carver . But still I think undoubtedly these relievos must have been ...
... ancient tope of Sarnath near Benares , where you may see the rich ornamentation of the surface in parts left unfinished , and in parts just etched out to guide the carver . But still I think undoubtedly these relievos must have been ...
Page 18
... ancient temple of the same character , which has been caught in the embrace of a large cotton - tree , and is being gradually upheaved by its roots and buttress- es , we came in sight of Boro Bodor rising like a half - finished pyramid ...
... ancient temple of the same character , which has been caught in the embrace of a large cotton - tree , and is being gradually upheaved by its roots and buttress- es , we came in sight of Boro Bodor rising like a half - finished pyramid ...
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... feet and is probably more correct . The whole height according to Crawfurd is 116 feet . According to Raffles's plan , there must have been 436 of these . the work generally , appeared to me to fall off 1862.7 21 Ancient Javanese Remains .
... feet and is probably more correct . The whole height according to Crawfurd is 116 feet . According to Raffles's plan , there must have been 436 of these . the work generally , appeared to me to fall off 1862.7 21 Ancient Javanese Remains .
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... ancient Indian buildings from Assam and Benares to Ceylon , and which is also so common in the ancient Burmese temples at Pagan , probably nearly coeval with Boro Bodor . Mr. Crawfurd on the authority of an ambassador of the king of ...
... ancient Indian buildings from Assam and Benares to Ceylon , and which is also so common in the ancient Burmese temples at Pagan , probably nearly coeval with Boro Bodor . Mr. Crawfurd on the authority of an ambassador of the king of ...
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... ancient pyramidal temple in Java called Boro Bodor , as described by Raffles and Crawfurd ; but this Mengoon structure was not , I think , very old , and I doubt if the resemblance was more than accidental . At the foot of the hills ...
... ancient pyramidal temple in Java called Boro Bodor , as described by Raffles and Crawfurd ; but this Mengoon structure was not , I think , very old , and I doubt if the resemblance was more than accidental . At the foot of the hills ...
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