'Outram & Havelock's Persian Campaign. By Capt. G. H. Hunt, 78th Highlanders. To Which Is Prefixed, a Summary of Persian History, an Account of Various Differences between England and Persia, and an Inquiry into the Origin of the Late War. By George Townsend, Author of "Russell's Modern Europe Epitomised"' [49] (70/390)
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MODERN TIMES. 49
Line of that which was demolished. A symbol of
:e( *> Mahadeo has been placed in this temple, which
lity is deemed peculiarly propitious to those who
ioly desire offspring; and Somnauth, though it has
lost its former splendour, still retains its repu-
)0S ) tation, and is visited by pilgrims from every
a n ' quarter, who pay a trifling duty to the Maho-
• or " medan ruler for the liberty they enjoy of paying
me their devotions at this favourite shrine,
ect " Xot only the spot upon which the temple
md of Somnauth stands, but its vicinity, is cele-
ied brated in the tales of Hindoo mythology. It
the was on the plains near it on which the most
nst celebrated battle of the Jadoos was fought,
ud, TV e are informed, that in this action, which
lan took place about five thousand years ago, there
pot were six
crore
Equivalent to ten million, or one hundred lakhs. Used especially in connection with money (rupees).
, or sixty millions, of combatants,
^th and that all were slain. About a mile from
r a Somnauth, at a place called Bhalka, the Hin-
doo pilgrim is shown a solitary peepul-tree,
try on the bank of the Sersutty river, which he is
ito assured stands on the exact spot where the
god Shree Krishen received the mortal wound
ias from an arrow that terminated his incarna-
itc tion."
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Outram & Havelock's Persian Campaign. By Capt. G. H. Hunt, 78th Highlanders. To Which Is Prefixed, a Summary of Persian History, an Account of Various Differences between England and Persia, and an Inquiry into the Origin of the Late War. By George Townsend, Author of "Russell's Modern Europe Epitomised"
Author: Captain G H Hunt.
Contributor: Sir Henry Havelock, KCB; Sir James Outram.
Publication Details: London: G. Routledge & Co. Farringdon Street.
Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-viii); with illustrations; octavo.
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- 'Outram & Havelock's Persian Campaign. By Capt. G. H. Hunt, 78th Highlanders. To Which Is Prefixed, a Summary of Persian History, an Account of Various Differences between England and Persia, and an Inquiry into the Origin of the Late War. By George Townsend, Author of "Russell's Modern Europe Epitomised"'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:8, 1:198, 198a:198b, 199:206, 206a:206b, 207:214, 214a:214b, 215:228, 228a:228b, 229:282, 282a:282b, 283:312, 312a:312b, 313:320, 320a:320b, 321:352, iv-r:iv-v, back-i
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