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The waterfall at Courtallum in the Tinnevelly district.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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The waterfall at Courtallum in the Tinnevelly district. No. III. WATERFALL AT COURTALLUM, IN THE TINNEVELLY DISTRICT. The Waterfall at Courtallum, called Tancanche, about twenty miles northward from the Cataract of Puppanassum, is also accounted by the Hindoos a place of peculiar sanctity. O...
Shevagurry.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Shevagurry. No. IV. SHEVAGURRY. Shevagurry is a small village, the residence of a Poligar Rajah, tributary to the British government. It is situated at the foot of a range of hills that extend in a southern direction towards Cape Comorin, from which it is distant about one hundred miles. Th...
Chevalpettore.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Chevalpettore. No. V. CHEVAL-PETTORE. In this view, taken in the district of Tinnevelly, the Fort of Cheval-Pettore is a conspicuous object; the town of that name, to which it is attached, is not introduced, being about a mile distant on the left. The hills contiguous to this fort are in a g...
Near Attoor, in the Dindigul District.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Near Attoor, in the Dindigul District. No. VI. NEAR ATTOOR, IN THE DINDIGUL DISTRICT. Attoor is a village in the small district of Dindigul, situated to the south of the kingdom of Mysore. This part of the country, though not entirely uncultivated, has a wild and most romantic character; bro...
Sankry Droog.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Sankry Droog. No. VII. SANKRY DROOG. This view is taken from the north west side of Sankry Droog, one of the largest of those fortified hills that occur so frequently in the Carnatic. It is situated near the eastern limits of the Coimbatoor district; was formerly in the possession of Tippoo ...
Near Bandell on the River Hoogly.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Near Bandell on the River Hoogly. No. VIII. NEAR BANDELL, ON THE RIVER HOOGLEY. The village of Bandell, near to which this view was taken, is situated on the western bank of the river Hoogley, one of the most considerable branches that serve to convey the mighty flood of the Ganges into the o...
Siccra Gulley on the Ganges.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Siccra Gulley on the Ganges. No. IX. SICCRA GULLEY, ON THE GANGES. The point of land here projecting into the river Ganges is called Siccra Gulley, from a military pass of that name in the adjoining hills. At this place is commonly an assemblage of small vessels, which, together with the cra...
Ramgur.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Ramgur. No. X. RAMGUR. Ramgur, or Rampoor, in the district of Benares, is an Hindoo village, delightfully situated in a valley sheltered by hills, richly clothed with woods. From the numerous fragments of ancient buildings that lay scattered about this village and its neighbourhood, it is ev...
Dhuah Koonde.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Dhuah Koonde. No. XI. DHUAH KOONDE. Dhuah Koonde presents another of those magnificent circumstances in nature which in so great a degree excite the pious fervor of the Hindoos. It is curious to remark in the history of mankind, what strange objects superstition has sometimes fixed upon to l...
Cannoge on the River Ganges.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Cannoge on the River Ganges. No. XII. CANNOGE, ON THE RIVER GANGES. It is impossible to look at these miserable remnants of the great city of Cannoge without the most melancholy sensations, and the strongest conviction of the instability of man's proudest works. Cannoge was built, it is said...