Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming

The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 15, June 30, 1832

One of the earliest monuments of India that attracted the notice of Europeans was the excavation of Elephanta, situated in a beautiful island of the same name, called by the natives Goripura, or _Mountain City_. This island is in the bay of Bombay, seven miles from Bombay cast...