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... miles away , though only its top is visible , peeping out through two other peaks . Peggy paid the Gurkha and told him we would not need his services for the return to Ghoom . By now the morning was fully awake , though the sun was not ...
... miles away , though only its top is visible , peeping out through two other peaks . Peggy paid the Gurkha and told him we would not need his services for the return to Ghoom . By now the morning was fully awake , though the sun was not ...
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... miles west of Agra , Akbar had constructed Fatehpur Sikri , the greatest Mogul city ever built . It is still sorrounded on three sides by a great wall five miles in extent . Walls of repetitive echo and fountain courts for the enjoyment ...
... miles west of Agra , Akbar had constructed Fatehpur Sikri , the greatest Mogul city ever built . It is still sorrounded on three sides by a great wall five miles in extent . Walls of repetitive echo and fountain courts for the enjoyment ...
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... miles out of town can be seen for quite a distance in any direction . " The loftiest and noblest form in which the Moslem call to prayer has ever gone forth " . We were told the height of the pillar is 238 feet and one inch . Now , that ...
... miles out of town can be seen for quite a distance in any direction . " The loftiest and noblest form in which the Moslem call to prayer has ever gone forth " . We were told the height of the pillar is 238 feet and one inch . Now , that ...
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Farewell to Youth | 1 |
Has War a Moral | 13 |
A Free India | 31 |
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