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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1863

1864

In speaking of the Broughs or -eaceltt's Houses in Orkney he says: 'These Broughs' are to all outward appearance more noun& of earth-like the tumuli scattered over the plains of the Panjab and throughout the valley of Peshawur excepting that in tile valley of Peahawur they appear always to be D"2 On the Antiquities of the Feshawur District. [...] The Khan of the piece told me that he had frequently placed men to count the stones but the stones kept increasing and decreasing in number the whole time that they were being counted and the same number would not come out twice4 There is a single atone of the Sallie nature with a broken one at a little distance from it some miles to the south of Shewa in the midst ot the Mora (or desert) near [...] The idea of the natives is that the extent of"1863.] On the Antiquities of the Peshawur District. [...] To judge from the smooth turf and the vegetation in the middle of the plateau it6 On the Antiyuities of the Peshawur District. [...] The figures are either standing or sitting cross-legged with the bare soles of the feet turned upwards ; the bands are frequently crossed over the breast so however that the tips -of the fingers of the left haaid.onter the hollow of the right ; sometimes the hands rest in the lap ; 'sometimes the right hand is lifted up as if in the act of blessing.
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Pages
131
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ix The Secretaries view
On the Antiquities of the Peshawur District.—By the Rev. I. Loewnthal
1-18 The Secretary view
Literary Intelligence Correspondence &c
18-20 The Secretaries view
Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
21-90 The Secretaries view
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meleorological Observations taken at the Surveyor General’s Office Calcutta in the month of July 1862
i-xxiv The Secretaries view

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