This space, containing three square miles, seems in general to have been occupied by gardens, and indeed is now mostly covered with mango trees, which have, it is true, run quite wild into a forest ; but the mud banks by which the gardens have been separated... Puraniya, Ronggopoor and Assam - Página 73por Robert Montgomery Martin - 1838Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| William Wilson Hunter - 1875 - 596 páginas
...the large Sagar Dighf, the most celebrated artificial piece of water in Bengal. Its dimensions are almost 1600 yards from north to south, and more than 800 from east to west. The banks are built of brick, and the water remains pure and sweet to the present day. This was no doubt a Hindu... | |
| United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1882 - 1184 páginas
...bounds of this Synod It includes the State of Minnesota and the Territory of Dakota, measuring 300 miles from north to south, and more than 800 from east to west — an area of 240,000 square miles, or more than five times that of the State of New York. The resources... | |
| William Wilson Hunter - 1885 - 552 páginas
...extensively for a long time for brickmaking before it was converted into a tank. Its dimensions are almost 1600 yards from north to south, and more than 800 from east to west. The banks are built of brick, and the water remains pure and sweet to the present day. This was a Hindu structure... | |
| Sir James Austin Bourdillon - 1902 - 62 páginas
...Bengal, which is said to have been commenced by Raja Lachman Sen in 1126. Its dimensions are almost 1,600 yards from north to south, and more than 800 from east to west. The banks are built of brick, and the water remains pure and sweet to the present day. This was no doubt a Hindu... | |
| Francis Hamilton - 1928 - 696 páginas
...readily traced. Several mounds, apparently roads, lead from this inner suburb towards the out- work, and its northern face has two gates of brick, still...distance from its north-west corner, is the principal place of Hindu worship in the division. It is called Dwarvasini, and though there is no temple, 5000... | |
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