Four Reports Made During the Years, 1862-63-64-65, Volume 2Government Central Press, 1871 |
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Pagina 194 - The base of the hill is from 1700 to 1800 feet on each side, or just 1 mile in circuit. On the east and south sides the approach to the hill is covered by a large swamp, half a mile in length, and nearly a quarter of a mile in breadth, which dries up annually in the summer, but during the seasonal rains has a general depth of about 3 feet. In the...
Pagina 2 - Buddha upwards of 1,000 years before Christ, so that according to them the date of this inscription would be about AD 800, a period much too early for the style of character used in the inscription. But as the day of the week is here fortunately added, the date can be verified by calculation. According to my calculation, the date of the inscription corresponds with Wednesday, the i?th of September, AD 1342.
Pagina 180 - Pliny give the same number, we must accept it as the actual measurement of the route that was followed by Alexander from Taxila to his camp on the Hydaspes. In comparing this distance with those already given from Shah-dheri to Jhelam and Jalalpur, we must unhesitatingly reject Jhelam, which is no less than 16 miles short of the recorded distance, while Jalalpur differs from it by less than 2 miles. But there is another objection which is equally fatal to the claims of Jhelam. According to Strabo,*...
Pagina 5 - The tree must have been renewed frequently, as the present Pipal is standing on a terrace at least 30 feet above the level of the surrounding country.
Pagina 413 - During the last 25 years I have traversed this tract of country repeatedly in all directions, and I have found the Jajhotiya Brahmans distributed over the whole province, but not a single family to the north of the Jumna or to the west of the Betwa. I have found them at Barwa Sagar near Urcha on the Betwa, at Mohda near...
Pagina 200 - Lahor and Pindi Bhatiyan, being 45 miles from the former, and 24 from the latter place.* It is 19 miles distant from Sangala by the road, but not more than 16 miles in a direct line across the country. Nothing whatever is known of its ancient history, but the people say that it was originally called Udamnagar, or UdaNagari, and that it was deserted for many centuries, until Akbar's time, when Ugar Shah, a Dogar. built Ihe Masjid, which still exists, on the top of the mound.
Pagina 335 - Khan completed As a charitable gift. It was the idol temple of the vile Gwali. He made it a mosque Like a mansion of Paradise. The Khan of enlightened heart, Nay, light itself from head to foot, Displayed the divine light like that of mid-day.
Pagina 95 - In the sands at the foot of the cliff, which are mixed with the debris of the ruined houses, the gold-washers find numerous coins and trinkets, which offer the best evidence of the former prosperity of the city. In a few hours' washing I obtained a bronze buckle, apparently belonging to a bridle, a female neck ornament, several flat needles for applying antimony to the eyes, and a considerable number of coins of the Indo-Scythian and Brahman princes of Kabul. The continual discovery of Indo-Scythian...
Pagina 293 - The still existing remains of the old city extend for a quarter of mile in length from east to west, and about the same distance from north to south.
Pagina 137 - En. medan saint, indignant at the presumption of an unbeliever, replied to his application by throwing a stone at him of several tons weight. Nanak caught the missile in his hand, and then placed it on the ground, leaving the impression of his fingers upon its hard substance : at the same time he commanded water to flow from it, and this constituted the rill here observable, along which were a number of Sikh fanatics who had come in pilgrimage.