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... Jumna a colorful scene . Heading through Agra's streets on their way outward to the network of empire , royal foot couriers , light - headed from opium or bhang , ran along with whip in hand and small bells on their heads . Operating ...
... Jumna a colorful scene . Heading through Agra's streets on their way outward to the network of empire , royal foot couriers , light - headed from opium or bhang , ran along with whip in hand and small bells on their heads . Operating ...
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... Jumna River , in order to bypass Aurang- zeb's forces at Agra . Feverish imperial correspondence now went off in a dozen different directions to grandees and officers in an attempt to enlist additional aid . Momentarily , it even ...
... Jumna River , in order to bypass Aurang- zeb's forces at Agra . Feverish imperial correspondence now went off in a dozen different directions to grandees and officers in an attempt to enlist additional aid . Momentarily , it even ...
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... Jumna , his strength provoked a retreat of the rebel division which Aurangzeb had sent to besiege the fortress some time before . It was only beginner's luck . At the end of December , halfway between Allahabad and Agra , Shuja's hordes ...
... Jumna , his strength provoked a retreat of the rebel division which Aurangzeb had sent to besiege the fortress some time before . It was only beginner's luck . At the end of December , halfway between Allahabad and Agra , Shuja's hordes ...
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A Note on Dates and Names | 9 |
Cockcrow in Rajputana | 20 |
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