Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, المجلد 16 |
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which Elian mentions as having horns large enough to contain thre amphora , * is evidently the Arnee or wild buffalo of India , which is remarkable for the immense size of its horns . It is the animal described by modern Naturalists ...
which Elian mentions as having horns large enough to contain thre amphora , * is evidently the Arnee or wild buffalo of India , which is remarkable for the immense size of its horns . It is the animal described by modern Naturalists ...
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Altars of gigantic proportion . were the most remarkable objects , " one of which he describes as making a square of forty - six feet and eighteen inches thick . He states : " i is certain from the prodigious number of ruinous and ...
Altars of gigantic proportion . were the most remarkable objects , " one of which he describes as making a square of forty - six feet and eighteen inches thick . He states : " i is certain from the prodigious number of ruinous and ...
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Dr. Vincent remarks in speaking of Arrian's account of Socotra : " it is remarkable that aloes are not mentioned by the author of the Periplus but he notices particularly the drug called Indian cinnabar which exudes from a certain ...
Dr. Vincent remarks in speaking of Arrian's account of Socotra : " it is remarkable that aloes are not mentioned by the author of the Periplus but he notices particularly the drug called Indian cinnabar which exudes from a certain ...
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There are also winged lions , oxen and horses , and a centaur . The simple bull is oft repeated , and a cow and calf— but this last appears to be of a later date . It is remarkable that these pillars are of the same stone as that of the ...
There are also winged lions , oxen and horses , and a centaur . The simple bull is oft repeated , and a cow and calf— but this last appears to be of a later date . It is remarkable that these pillars are of the same stone as that of the ...
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Read the following letter from the Secretary to Government , N. W. Provinces , forwarding drawings of some remarkable cave temples lately discovered in the Mirzapore district . No. 1182 . From J. THORNTON , Esq . Secretary to Government ...
Read the following letter from the Secretary to Government , N. W. Provinces , forwarding drawings of some remarkable cave temples lately discovered in the Mirzapore district . No. 1182 . From J. THORNTON , Esq . Secretary to Government ...
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