The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most Curious and Remarkable in the World; Whether Relating to Its Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Or to the Manufactures, Buildings and Inventions of Its Inhabitants, Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of Established Celebrity, and Illustrated with the Discoveries of Modern Travellers, Volym 5J. Walker, 1803 |
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... temple , dedicated principally to Seeva , the Indian destroyer or changer . To deduce the era of the fabrication of this structure is not so easy a task ; but it was , no doubt , pos- * terior to the great schism in the Hindoo religion ...
... temple , dedicated principally to Seeva , the Indian destroyer or changer . To deduce the era of the fabrication of this structure is not so easy a task ; but it was , no doubt , pos- * terior to the great schism in the Hindoo religion ...
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... for the insertion of those lamps which , probably , were kept constantly burning in this sacred retreat . * See the Asiatic Researches , Vol . I. p . 254 . At the farther end of the temple stands a stupen 110 INDIA .
... for the insertion of those lamps which , probably , were kept constantly burning in this sacred retreat . * See the Asiatic Researches , Vol . I. p . 254 . At the farther end of the temple stands a stupen 110 INDIA .
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... temple stands a stupen dous altar , of a convex form , twenty - seven feet in height , and about twenty in diameter . Di- rectly over this high offertory expands an am- ple dome ; and round it , at certain distances , are recesses for ...
... temple stands a stupen dous altar , of a convex form , twenty - seven feet in height , and about twenty in diameter . Di- rectly over this high offertory expands an am- ple dome ; and round it , at certain distances , are recesses for ...
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... temple , occupied by the altar of Madhew , and enriched with a variety of hieroglyphic figures . The end opposite the entrance has a small area , descending by steps to a pool of water , supplied by a cascade that falls during the rainy ...
... temple , occupied by the altar of Madhew , and enriched with a variety of hieroglyphic figures . The end opposite the entrance has a small area , descending by steps to a pool of water , supplied by a cascade that falls during the rainy ...
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... two pillars and two pilasters , and the sides are adorned with female figures . Here also is a square temple , containing an ele- vated altar and the ling of Madhew . The Comar Warra is a fine excavation , com- posed 116 INDIA .
... two pillars and two pilasters , and the sides are adorned with female figures . Here also is a square temple , containing an ele- vated altar and the ling of Madhew . The Comar Warra is a fine excavation , com- posed 116 INDIA .
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is ..., Volym 5 Thomas Smith Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1803 |
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