IndiaTravels In India Around The Year 1900. Translated From The French By George A.F. Inman, Edited By Robert Harborough Sherard. The Burried City, The Rock Temple (Ceylon) The Home Of The Maharaja Of Travancore The Land Of The Great Palms Towards Benares. |
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amidst amongst ancient Anuradhapura arches arms bagpipes banyan beautiful Benares birds boat Brahma Brahmin bronze carriage centuries charming colour columns covered crowd crows dark dead door dust dwellings elephants eyes face fakirs famine feet filled flowers forest garden garlands goddess gods gods and monsters Golconda gold golden granite green Gulf of Bengal Gwalior hands heads heaps hour houses huge inclosure India Indian jungles kingdom of Cochin kings kiosk land light look Maharajah marble monkeys monsters morning muslins naked night Nizam once painted palaces palms pass plain Pondicherry prayer princes pyramids ramparts resemble rise road robes rock roofs rose rosy round ruins sacred sanctuary sculptured seated seems seen shelter shining shore side silence Siva stand stone strange streets surrounded temple terraces tom-toms towers town Travancore trees Trivandrum turbans veils Vishnu walls wander whilst woods yellow zebus