A Gazetteer of the Territories Under the Government of the East-India Company, and of the Native States on the Continent of India, 4권Wm. H. Allen & Company, 1854 - 2페이지 |
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... Nagpur . long as the hill itself . " East , south , and west , the view is extensive over the plain of Nagpoor , varied with villages , tanks , and mango - groves ; and to the north the view is over a valley of similar character , about ...
... Nagpur . long as the hill itself . " East , south , and west , the view is extensive over the plain of Nagpoor , varied with villages , tanks , and mango - groves ; and to the north the view is over a valley of similar character , about ...
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... Nagpur , E.I.C. Ms. Doc . E.I.C. Ms. Doc . 1E.I.C. Ms. Doc . of Journey from Madras , through WOODUNTA RIVER rises in Orissa , and flowing easterly , falls into the Tell river , in lat . 20 ° 11 ' , long . 83 ° 12 ' . WOONY , 1 in ...
... Nagpur , E.I.C. Ms. Doc . E.I.C. Ms. Doc . 1E.I.C. Ms. Doc . of Journey from Madras , through WOODUNTA RIVER rises in Orissa , and flowing easterly , falls into the Tell river , in lat . 20 ° 11 ' , long . 83 ° 12 ' . WOONY , 1 in ...
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Agra Ahmednuggur Allahabad ameers Bareilly bazar Beng Bokh Bombay breadth British district British government Buchanan Bussahir Calcutta cantonment Cawnpore chief confluence considerable course Delhi Disp distance Distant N.W. E.I.C. Trigon east eastern elevation feet flowing former frontier Ganges Garden Gerard Goruckpore governorship Guicowar Guzerat Gwalior hills Himalaya Hindoo Hist Hyderabad India Indus inhabitants Jacquemont Jeypore Jodhpoor Journ Jumna Khan latter left bank lies between lat lieutenant lieutenant-governorship Lucknow Mahrattas Malwa miles N.N.W. miles N.W. miles S.S.E. miles2 mountains Mussulmans N.W. from Calcutta Nagpoor native Nizam north-east North-West Provinces partially cultivated Peishwa pergunnah Poona population presidency of Bengal presidency of Bombay presidency of Madras principal place Punjab rajah Rajpoot revenue right bank river road rupees Saugor season Shah Sinde Singh south-east south-west square miles stream supra Surv Sutlej Tables of Routes tenant-governorship town situated tract treaty village
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208 페이지 - In the short period which has elapsed since the Punjab became a part of the British dominions, results have been achieved such as could scarcely have been hoped for as the reward of many years of well-directed exertions. The formidable army which it had required so many battles to subdue has been . quietly disbanded, and the turbulent soldiery have settled to industrious pursuits. Peace and security reign throughout the country, and the amount of crime is as small as in our best administered territories....
532 페이지 - The general character of the city of Kashmir is that of a confused mass of ill-favoured buildings, forming a complicated labyrinth of narrow and dirty lanes, scarcely broad enough for a single cart to pass, badly paved, and having a small gutter in the centre full of filth, banked up on each side by a border of mire.
696 페이지 - In the instance, it consisted of six posts driven horizontally into clefts of the rocks, about twenty feet distant from each other, and secured by wedges. Upon this giddy frame a staircase of fir spars was erected, of the rudest nature; twigs and slabs of stone connected them together.
462 페이지 - ... miles, the ground being covered with a very prickly plant which greatly resembled furze in its withered state. This shrub was almost black, seeming as if burnt, and the leaves were so much parched from the arid wind of Tartary, that they might be ground to powder by rubbing them between...
41 페이지 - His Excellency engages that he will establish in his reserved dominions such a system of administration (to be carried into effect by his own officers) as shall be conducive to the prosperity of his subjects, and be calculated to secure the lives and property of the inhabitants...
362 페이지 - As we passed beneath, we perceived windows and balconies at a great height, crowded with women and children. The road beyond was cut out of solid salt, at the foot of cliffs of that mineral, in some places more than one hundred feet high above the river. The salt is hard, clear, and almost pure.
525 페이지 - The rules of succession to landed property in the Sikh States are arbitrary, and are variously modified in accordance to the usages, the interests and prejudices of different families, nor is it practicable to reduce the anomalous system to a fixed and leading principle.
209 페이지 - ... Cultivation has been largely increased. Notwithstanding the great sacrifices of revenue, there was a surplus, after defraying the civil and military expenses, of fifty-two lacs on the first, and sixty-four and a-half lacs on the second year after annexation. . . . Results like these reflect the greatest honour on the administration of your Lordship in Council, and on the system of Indian government generally. It is a source of just pride to us that our services, civil and military, should have...
99 페이지 - ... doorways are coarsely executed in comparison with the artistic finish of the purely architectural details, and are much defaced, but apparently represent Brahma, Vishnu, Siva and the goddess Durga. The building is said to be dedicated to Vishnu as Surya or the sun-god. 'Inside the cupola is radiated so as to represent the sun, and at each corner of the square the space intervening between the angle and the line . of the circle is filled up with a gin or attendant. who seems to be sporting at...
533 페이지 - The houses are in general two or three stories high ; they are built of unburnt bricks and timber, the former serving for little else than to fill up the interstices of the latter; they are not plastered, are badly constructed, and are mostly in a neglected and ruinous condition, with broken doors, or no doors at all, with shattered lattices, windows stopped up with boards, paper, or rags, walls out of the perpendicular, and pitched roofs threatening to fall.