Indian Railways as Connected with British Empire in the EastW.H. Allen & Company, 1884 - 296 páginas |
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... land - marks to travellers . Over thousands of square miles wheeled carriages were unknown , and had never been seen by the oldest inhabitant . Merchandise could for the most part only be carried on buffaloes , camels , and viii PREFACE .
... land - marks to travellers . Over thousands of square miles wheeled carriages were unknown , and had never been seen by the oldest inhabitant . Merchandise could for the most part only be carried on buffaloes , camels , and viii PREFACE .
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... miles off there might be scarcity ; whilst still further beyond , but yet not very remote , famine raged . Wandering gipsy - like tribes , called Brinjaras , followed armies with stores , or carried salt , coarse sugar and grain on ...
... miles off there might be scarcity ; whilst still further beyond , but yet not very remote , famine raged . Wandering gipsy - like tribes , called Brinjaras , followed armies with stores , or carried salt , coarse sugar and grain on ...
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... miles , at a cost of £ 1,500,000 ; it was finished when middle- aged men who saw it commenced , had grown old . In 1842 a road between Bombay and Calcutta , 1,170 miles , was begun , and completed at a cost of £ 600,000 ; and a third ...
... miles , at a cost of £ 1,500,000 ; it was finished when middle- aged men who saw it commenced , had grown old . In 1842 a road between Bombay and Calcutta , 1,170 miles , was begun , and completed at a cost of £ 600,000 ; and a third ...
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... miles of railroad , being an average rate of 265 miles per annum . England , indeed , by her admirable system of roads , her organized mail - coach and van traffic , was prepared for the introduction of rail- roads ; but in India ...
... miles of railroad , being an average rate of 265 miles per annum . England , indeed , by her admirable system of roads , her organized mail - coach and van traffic , was prepared for the introduction of rail- roads ; but in India ...
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... miles from the nearest railway and ten miles from the chief civil station of a district , had to collect labourers to make a track between two villages passable for two bullock - carts . It took him eight hours to travel some fourteen ...
... miles from the nearest railway and ten miles from the chief civil station of a district , had to collect labourers to make a track between two villages passable for two bullock - carts . It took him eight hours to travel some fourteen ...
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advantages Agra Allahabad amount Andrew Army Author Benares Bengal boats Bombay break of gauge bridge British broad gauge Burdwan canal capital carriage carried Cartage cent charge Chhattisgarh Civil Colonel commercial communication construction conveyance cost Crown 8vo Delhi Delhi Railway distance district Ditto East India Engineer England Euphrates expenditure export favour Fcap Ferozpur frontier Ganges Government of India grain guaranteed companies Honourable Hoogly Illustrations important improved Indian railways Indus interest Jumna Kurrachee labour land length line from Calcutta London Lord Lord Dalhousie Madras maunds ment merchants metre gauge miles military Mirzapore mode native navigation North-West officers passengers Patna port portion Post 8vo Provinces Punjab rail railroad Railway Company railway system railways in India Rajmahl line revenue river roads route rupees Scinde Sir Bartle Frere stations steamers Sunderbunds tion tons trade traffic transit travelling troops trunk line vols W. H. ALLEN Western India
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