Our Indian empire and the adjacent countries, Volume 3London Print. and Publishing Company, 1879 |
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Agra Akber Alee Khan Allahabad appearance architectural army attended Aurungzebe Bahadoor bank beautiful became begum Bejapoor Benares Bengal Bombay Brahmins British building Bukht Calcutta capital Captain Hodson cavalry cave cavern chief command commenced court deity Delhi distance edifices Ellora emperor English engraving entrance erected European ex-king feet female figure fire formed fortress gate gateway ghaut Gwalior height hills Himalaya Hindoo Hindoostan India infantry inhabitants Jehan Jumma Jumna killed king of Delhi king's Kursalee Landour Madras magnificent Mahomed Mahratta majesty Malwa marble mausoleum Meerut miles Mohammedan mosque mountain murdered mutineers Nadir Shah native Nawab occupied officers ordered ornaments palace picturesque plundered portion possession present princes prisoner prisoner's province rajah rebel regiment remains residence river rock royal ruins rupees sculptured sepoys Shah Shah Jehan side Simla sowars stone subahdar surmounted surrounded Suttee temple throne tion tomb towers town troops village walls whole witness Zeenat Mahal
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Page 68 - By a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in, years, nothing must be done even in her own dwelling place, according to her mere pleasure.
Page 128 - It is well known to all, that in this age the people of Hindostan, both Hindoos and Mohammedans, are being ruined under the tyranny and oppression of the infidel and treacherous English.
Page 63 - ... It may be presumed to have been nature, under the male and female forms, personified; as Siva, the sun (which he is, equally •with Surya) or fire, the genial heat which pervades, generates, and vivifies all; and Bhavani, who as the goddess of nature is also the earth, the universal mother.
Page 105 - H. rode on a few paces, and ordered the gate to be opened. The officer on duty asked simply, as he passed, what he had got in his palkees. ' Only the king of Delhi,' was the answer ; on which the officer's enthusiastic exclamation was more emphatic than becomes ears polite. The guard were for turning out to greet him with a cheer, and could only be repressed on being told that the kin;; would take the honour to himself.
Page 28 - European community, boasts sufficient architectural magnificence to have obtained from the Anglo-Indians the imposing appellation of the City of Palaces. ' The approach from the river is exceedingly fine ; the Hooghly, at all periods of the year, presents a broad surface of sparkling water, and as it winds through a richly-wooded country, clothed with eternal verdure, and interspersed with stately buildings, the stranger feels that banishment may be endured amid scenes of so much picturesque beauty,...
Page 83 - If there is a Paradise on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here" (the inscription on the Diwani-am at the fort in Delhi).
Page 105 - Bahadoor,' and if he would repeat the -promise made by the herald ? Captain Hodson answered that he would, and repeated that the government had been graciously pleased to promise him his life, and that of Zeenat Mahal's son, on condition of his yielding himself prisoner quietly; adding very emphatically, that if any attempt was made at a rescue, he would shoot the king down on the spot like a dog. The old man then gave up his arms, which Captain Hodson handed to his orderly, still keeping his own...
Page 1 - Mussooree, the site of a station which is now one of the chief resorts of the visitors from the plains, stands at an elevation of seven thousand five hundred feet above the level of the sea, and is situated on the southern face of the ridge, called the Landour range, and overlooking the village of that name, which has been chosen for the establishment of a military...
Page 105 - Hodson then went out into the middle of the road in front of the gateway, and said that he was ready to receive his captives and renew the promise. " You may picture to yourself the scene before that magnificent gateway, with the milk-white domes of the tomb towering up from within, one white man among a host of natives, yet determined to secure his prisoner or, perish in the attempt.