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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
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e gate is aninscription of Mandalika V., dated1450. About 150 yds. to the left,through a grove of siiaphal (custardapples) may be seen a huge lo-in.bore cannon of bell-metal, 17 ft. longand 4 ft. 8 in. round at the mouth.This gun was brought from Diu,where it was left by the Turks.There is an Arabic inscription at themuzzle, which may be translated:The order to make this cannon, tobe used in the service of the Almighty,was given by the Sultan of Arabiaand Persia, Sultan Sulaiman, son ofSalim Khan. May his triumph beglorified, to punish the enemies of theState and of the Faith, in the capital 154 ROUTE II. FROM AHMEDABAD THROUGH KATHIAWAR India of Egypt, 1531. At the breech isinscribed: The work of Muham-man, the son of Hamzah. Anotherlarge cannon called Chudanal, alsofrom Diu, in the southern portion ofthe fort, is 13 ft. long, and has a terraced roof is by a good staircaseoutside. The Tomb of Nuri Shah, close to the mosque, is ornamented with flutedcupolas, and a most peculiar carving
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Temple of Nemnath, Girnar. muzrle 4 ft. in diameter. Near this isthe Jajna Masjid, evidently con-structed from the materials of aHindu temple built by MahmudBigara. One plain slim minaretremains standing, but the mosque ismuch ruined. The ascent to the over the door. There are two Wellsin the Uparkot—the Adi Ckadi, saidto have been built in ancient times bythe slave girls of the Chudasamarulers, is descended by a long flightof steps (the sides of the descentshow the most remarkable overlap- GIRNAR.
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