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" It occupies a front of 70 feet; and the niche in which it is excavated, extends about that depth into the hill. This idol is mutilated ; both legs having been fractured by cannon ; and the countenance above the mouth is destroyed. The lips are very large... "
Journal - Page 560
1833
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Travels Into Bokhara: Travels into Bokhara

Sir Alexander Burnes - 1834 - 402 pages
...in alto relievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a...pendent; and there appears to have been a tiara on the head. The figure is covered by a mantle, which hangs over it in all parts, and has been formed of a...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1834 - 566 pages
...in alto relievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a...pendent ; and there appears to have been a tiara on the head. The figure is covered by a mantle, which hangs over it in all parts, and has been formed of a...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 24

1834 - 508 pages
...in alto rilievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 1-20 feet high. It occupies...fractured by cannon, and the countenance above the mouth destroyed. The lips are very large ; the ears long and pendent ; and there appears to have been a tiara...
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The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India ...

1834 - 624 pages
...images. The male is the largest of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a front of seventy feet, and the niche in which it is excavated extends...countenance above the mouth is destroyed. The lips arc very large, the ears long and pendent, and there appears to have been a tiara on the head. The...
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Travels Into Bokhara: Being the Account of a Journey from India to ..., Volume 1

Sir Alexander Burnes - 1834 - 392 pages
...in alto relievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a front of 70 feet; an d the niche in which it is excavated, extends about that depth into the hill. This idol is mutilated;...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 52

1834 - 864 pages
...other Shahmama. The figures are cut in alto relievo on the face of the hill. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a front of seventy feet ; and the niche in which it is excavated extends about that depth into the hill. The female...
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The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural ..., Volume 2

Edward Mammatt - 1835 - 472 pages
...in alto relievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a...destroyed. The lips are very large ; the ears long and pendant ; and there appears to have been a tiara on the head The figure is covered by a mantle, which...
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The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural ..., Volume 2

Edward Mammatt - 1835 - 470 pages
...in alto relievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a...destroyed. The lips are very large ; the ears long and pendant ; and there appears to have been a tiara on the head- The figure is covered by a mantle, which...
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Museum of Foreign Literature and Science, Volume 26

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 744 pages
...other Shahmama. The figures are cut in alto relievo on the face of the hill. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a front of seventy feet ; and the niche in which it is excavated extends about that depth into the hill. The female...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 52

1834 - 602 pages
...the hill. The male is the larger of the two, and about 1 20 feet high. It occupies a front of seventy feet ; and the niche in which it is excavated extends about that depth into the hill. The female figure is cut in the same hill, at a distance of 200 yards, and is about half the size.'...
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