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... persons of high rank . Chick , thin curtain made of thread and strips of bamboo . Chout , one - fourth of the revenue claimed by conquerors of the soil . Chunam , cement made of shells . Coolie , man of low caste . Dâk , travelling ...
... persons of high rank . Chick , thin curtain made of thread and strips of bamboo . Chout , one - fourth of the revenue claimed by conquerors of the soil . Chunam , cement made of shells . Coolie , man of low caste . Dâk , travelling ...
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... was splendidly attired in a tunic of green velvet , and girded with a costly shawl . He wore a diademed turban , and his person was profusely ornamented with necklaces , earrings , and armlets of 12 CHAP . I. LUCKNOW .
... was splendidly attired in a tunic of green velvet , and girded with a costly shawl . He wore a diademed turban , and his person was profusely ornamented with necklaces , earrings , and armlets of 12 CHAP . I. LUCKNOW .
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... persons sitting down to table . Dec. 12th . - The King came in state to breakfast with the Commander - in - Chief , at the Residence . On his retiring I went to lionize about Lucknow . I visited one of the royal palaces , and the tomb ...
... persons sitting down to table . Dec. 12th . - The King came in state to breakfast with the Commander - in - Chief , at the Residence . On his retiring I went to lionize about Lucknow . I visited one of the royal palaces , and the tomb ...
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... persons , there was no room in the palace large enough to contain us all . We were consequently divided into two parties . The smaller division , of which I was one , dined in a large veranda , look- ing into a capacious quadrangle ...
... persons , there was no room in the palace large enough to contain us all . We were consequently divided into two parties . The smaller division , of which I was one , dined in a large veranda , look- ing into a capacious quadrangle ...
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... persons and habits differ most dis- tinctly from those of the delicately - formed , languid , and apathetic Bengalee ; and nothing can be more becoming than their padded green frock and trouser , red cummer- bund , and rakishly - put ...
... persons and habits differ most dis- tinctly from those of the delicately - formed , languid , and apathetic Bengalee ; and nothing can be more becoming than their padded green frock and trouser , red cummer- bund , and rakishly - put ...
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