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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I History Literature &c. 1872

1872

The body of the building is in the form of a Greek cross the.nave being a hundred feet in length and the breadth across the transepts the same. [...] The temple of Jugal Kishor the last of the old series stands at the lower end of the town near the Kesi Gltit.. [...] The river front of the town has a succession of ghats reaching for a distance of about a mile and half ; the one highest up the stream being the Kili-mardan Ghat with the kadamb tree from which Krishna plunged into the water to encounter the great serpent Kfiliya ; and at the other end Kesi Ghat where he slew the equine demon of that name. [...] The buildings are disposed in the form of a quadrangle with an enriched gateway in the centre of one front and opposite it the chapel of more imposing elevation than the ordinary domestic apartments which constitute the two flanks of the square. [...] 4 After the return of the Sultan the Prince pacified and guarde4 the conquered country ; but when the rains set in and the roads were closed the R. ijah -issued with his men from the hills surrounded the Prince and cut off his supplies.
history
Pages
43
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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331-340 The Honorary Secretaries view
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340-353 The Honorary Secretaries view

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