 | William Henry Knight - 1863 - 456 pàgines
...to say that they are the Cyclopes of the East. Every old building, of whose origin the poorer class of Hindus in general have no information, is believed...of the kind in Kashmir, but as one of the noblest among the architectural relics of antiquity that are to be seen in any country. Its noble and exposed... | |
 | William Henry Knight - 1863 - 456 pàgines
...grandeur, to be ranked not only as the first ruin of the kind in Kashmir, but as one of the noblest among the architectural relics of antiquity that are to...at the foot of the hills reminded me of that of the Escuriak It has no forest of cork-trees and evergreen-oaks before it, nor is it to be compared, in... | |
 | 1874 - 418 pàgines
...classes of Hindoos, in general, have no information, is believed to have been the work of the Pandoos. As an isolated ruin, this deserves, on account of...ranked, not only as the first ruin of the kind in Cashmere, but as one of the noblest among the architectural relics of antiquity which are to be seen... | |
 | Syria - 1875 - 632 pàgines
...ruin which has the reputation of being the most noteworthy in Kashmir. Mr Vigue says of it : — " As an isolated ruin, this deserves, on account of...of antiquity that are to be seen in any country." ' Well, it is certainly in a better state of preservation than the temple at Avantipore, but not at... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - 1875 - 552 pàgines
...found the wonderful ruin of the great temple of Martand. Vigne was quite justified in saying that, "as an isolated ruin, this deserves, on account of...of antiquity that are to be seen in any country." According to tradition, a large city once stood round it — and there are indications that such may... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - 1875 - 518 pàgines
...found the wonderful ruin of the great temple of Martand. Vigne was quite justified in saying that, "as an isolated ruin, this deserves, on account of...of antiquity that are to be seen in any country." According to tradition, a large city once stood round it — and there are indications that such may... | |
 | 1875 - 832 pàgines
...found the wonderful ruin of the great temple of Mártand. Vigne was quite justified in saying that, " as an isolated ruin, this deserves, on account of...of antiquity that are to be seen in any country." According to tradition, a large city once stood round it — and there are indications that such may... | |
 | Philip Van Ness Myers - 1875 - 574 pàgines
...pre-eminent Cashmerian shrine. Respecting the solitariness and grandeur of the ruin, Vigne writes: "As an isolated ruin this deserves, on account of...be ranked not only as the first ruin of the kind in Cashmere, but as one of the noblest among the architectural relics of antiquity that are to be seen... | |
 | 1875 - 850 pàgines
...found the wonderful ruin of the great temple of Martand. Vigne was quite justified in saying that, " as an isolated ruin, this deserves, on account of...massive grandeur, to be ranked, not only as the first rnin of the kind in Kashmir, but as one of the noblest amongst the ari-hitectural relies of antiquity... | |
 | 1875 - 1026 pàgines
...found the wonderful ruin of the great temple of Mártand. Vigne was quite justified in saying that, " as an isolated ruin, this deserves, on account of its solitary and massive grandeur, to bo ranked, not only as the first ruin of the kind in Kashmir, but as one of the nohlest amongst the... | |
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As an isolated ruin, this deserves, on account of its solitary and massive grandeur, to be ranked, not only as the first ruin of the kind in Kashmir, but as one of the noblest amongst the architectural relics of antiquity that are to be seen in any country. 
