Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 229William Blackwood, 1931 - England |
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Page 781
... dakhmas has at all times been considered a meritorious act of piety , we are told that the man who gladdens the earth with the greatest joy is he who pulls down most of those dakhmas on which corpses of men are deposited . " 1 Of course ...
... dakhmas has at all times been considered a meritorious act of piety , we are told that the man who gladdens the earth with the greatest joy is he who pulls down most of those dakhmas on which corpses of men are deposited . " 1 Of course ...
Page 782
... dakhmas here are simple in design , and evidently were the first buildings of this nature erected ; perhaps they took each other's place in turn for centuries . Perhaps in the ancient period of Mazdaism the pulling down of dakhmas was ...
... dakhmas here are simple in design , and evidently were the first buildings of this nature erected ; perhaps they took each other's place in turn for centuries . Perhaps in the ancient period of Mazdaism the pulling down of dakhmas was ...
Page 784
... dakhmas sur- vive at different parts of Persia , such as the well - known one near Teheran , at Yezd and else- where . A Portuguese traveller of the sixteenth century , de Conto , after describing the ruins of Zimbabwe and attributing ...
... dakhmas sur- vive at different parts of Persia , such as the well - known one near Teheran , at Yezd and else- where . A Portuguese traveller of the sixteenth century , de Conto , after describing the ruins of Zimbabwe and attributing ...
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JANUARY | 1 |
A SMALL SHIP BY SHALIMAR | 31 |
WHITE RATS AND MOONSHINE BY D CARUS WILSON | 62 |
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