The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 186
... India . Bhārhut is famous for the ru- ins of a Buddhist stupa discovered there by Maj . Gen. Alexander Cunningham in 1873 ; the stupa's sculptural remains are now mainly preserved in the Indian Museum , Calcutta , and in the Municipal ...
... India . Bhārhut is famous for the ru- ins of a Buddhist stupa discovered there by Maj . Gen. Alexander Cunningham in 1873 ; the stupa's sculptural remains are now mainly preserved in the Indian Museum , Calcutta , and in the Municipal ...
Page 189
... India . The city is located on a tributary of the Ganges River , northeast of the Great Indian ( Thar ) Desert . Selected by the British in 1817 as a free- market site , it was incorporated as a munici- pality in 1867. A road and rail ...
... India . The city is located on a tributary of the Ganges River , northeast of the Great Indian ( Thar ) Desert . Selected by the British in 1817 as a free- market site , it was incorporated as a munici- pality in 1867. A road and rail ...
Page 400
... Indian Struggle , 1920-1934 and pleaded India's cause with European leaders . He re- turned from Europe in 1936 , was again taken into custody , and released after a year . In 1938 he was elected president of the Indian Na- tional ...
... Indian Struggle , 1920-1934 and pleaded India's cause with European leaders . He re- turned from Europe in 1936 , was again taken into custody , and released after a year . In 1938 he was elected president of the Indian Na- tional ...
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Beckford detail from an oil painting | 107 |
John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
To make the best use of the Britannica | 260 |
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