Identifier: handbooktravelle00john Title: A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: John Murray (Firm) Subjects: India -- Guidebooks Burma -- Guidebooks Sri Lanka -- Guidebooks Publisher: London : J. Murray Calcutta : Thacker, Spink, & Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: er Shah in 1540 A.D.] The thriving town of Hathras(population 43,000) is 6 m. from thestation. 127 m. Tundla junction (R.). Aline from here runs W. into Agra,distant 15 m. (see p. 170). Visitorsto Agra book to the Fort Station.Some of the E.I.R. trains run to this,and some diverging at the JumnaBridge junction to Agra City, reachedby the new Strachey Bridge of 9spans of 154 ft., clear. As the bridgeover the Jumna is approached, asplendid view of the Taj and the Forton the opposite bank is obtained. 150 m. Shekohabad junction forline to 66 m. Farukhabad. 184 m. Etawah station * (r.)^D.B., properly, Itawah, from Jut,a brick (42,000 inhabitants),headquarters of the district of thesame name, is said to have beenfounded about five centuries ago bySangram Singh, a Chauhan chief,descer.ded from the famous PrithviRaja, King of Delhi (p. 20S). The City stands picturesquelyamongst a network of ravines on theN. bank of the Jumna, at a pointwhere it bends sharply backwards on CAWNPUR AND ENVIRONS

Text Appearing After Image: HiHlUA^ik c,J.iaf London. Jolin Mnrrfty^ Albcmarip Street, ROUTE 22. ETAWAH—CAWNPORE 301 its own course. It is divided intotwo parts, a ravine from N.W. toS.E. separating the old city on theS. from the new. In the centre ofthe city is Hume Ganj Square; andadjoining it is a Sarai with a finegateway. \ m. to the N. lies theCivil Station. In a grove to the W.is the Asthala, an important Hindutemple of the i8th centur). The Jama Masjid, on high groundgoing toward the Jumna, is an oldBuddhist temple, altered by theMohammedans about 1430 A.D.The screen, 47 ft. high, before thedome is similar to that of the AtalaMasjid of Jaunpur (p. 277). Thefacade is 130 ft. long, but only 20 ft.deep. The Bathing Ghats on the Jumnaare picturesque and worth a visit.From them is seen the white spire ofa modern Jain temple. 271 m. CAWNPORE junction station.♦ The junction of four railways—East Indian ; Cawnpore - Achnera ;Indian Midland ; N.W. Bengal.Comfortable and convenient waiting-rooms. The City (po

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