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
... villages ; the whole combines in it fome of the grandest objects in nature , and impreffes the mind with cheerfulness and content . LEFT Buxar on the 23d , and arrived on the 26th at Benares , to which city from Mongheer , the distance ...
... villages ; the whole combines in it fome of the grandest objects in nature , and impreffes the mind with cheerfulness and content . LEFT Buxar on the 23d , and arrived on the 26th at Benares , to which city from Mongheer , the distance ...
Page 65
... village of Mow , fituate at the bottom of the defcent , which before the capture of Bidgi - ghur was well peopled , and poffeffed a confiderable commerce , is now deferted and in ruins . This village , whose loss is severely felt in ...
... village of Mow , fituate at the bottom of the defcent , which before the capture of Bidgi - ghur was well peopled , and poffeffed a confiderable commerce , is now deferted and in ruins . This village , whose loss is severely felt in ...
Page 74
... village of note , to the use of travellers . The stationary tenants of the ferauce , ‡ many of them women , and some of them very pretty , approach the traveller on his entrance , and in al- luring language defcribe to him the various ...
... village of note , to the use of travellers . The stationary tenants of the ferauce , ‡ many of them women , and some of them very pretty , approach the traveller on his entrance , and in al- luring language defcribe to him the various ...
Page 77
... village so mean and small , had been distinguished by fo great a name , I was told , that in former times , fome fignal victory had been obtained there ; but my intelligencer knew nothing of the parties concerned . — In the evening ...
... village so mean and small , had been distinguished by fo great a name , I was told , that in former times , fome fignal victory had been obtained there ; but my intelligencer knew nothing of the parties concerned . — In the evening ...
Page 80
... village of Kurrah Manickpour , on a hill , are the remains of a confiderable fort . Amongst the ruins I obferved some mutilated fragments of Hindoo sculpture , of the same style as that seen on a curious monument of ancient date in the ...
... village of Kurrah Manickpour , on a hill , are the remains of a confiderable fort . Amongst the ruins I obferved some mutilated fragments of Hindoo sculpture , of the same style as that seen on a curious monument of ancient date in the ...
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affiftance Afghan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army battle of Buxar Bellafpour Benares Bengal caufe cauſe chief cloſe coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtricts dominion Engliſh eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feem feen fervant fervice fide firſt fituation flain fmall foldier fome foon ftate ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fupplied fupported Ganges Hafiz Rhamut himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India Jumbo Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian lacks of rupees Lahore laſt Lucknow Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas meaſure moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Shah Najeb Najeb-ud-Dowlah Nanock obferved occafion officer Oude Patan Patna perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince profeffion province Punjab purpoſe raiſed refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla rupees Saadut Khan ſeem ſeen ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques Sirhend ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtate ſtation ſtrong Sufdar Jung Sultan Shujah ſuppoſed territory theſe thoſe tion town troops uſe village Vizier whofe whoſe worſhip