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The nearest of these wonderful examples of stone cutting is on an island in the harbor of Bombay, called Elephanta, because at one time a colossal stone elephant stood on the slope near the landing place, but it was destroyed by the Portuguese several centuries ago.
Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880
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The discovery of a medium size stone elephant of obscure origins gave rise to the name "Elephanta".
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The discovery of a medium size stone elephant of obscure origins gave rise to the name "Elephanta".
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The discovery of a medium size stone elephant of obscure origins gave rise to the name "Elephanta".
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The discovery of a medium size stone elephant of obscure origins gave rise to the name "Elephanta".
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Our Stroke points ashore and grins, and says, "Elephanta," and we say, "Are you sure, is it not an island on
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Randy Boyagoda on The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux: This is very much a book written in mind of Forster's humane and hard-eyed sense of what happens when white people caught between good intentions and self-involvement try to play out their internal crises in an intensely foreign country.
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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Our abiding memories are of being stranded for eight days in Mumbai by the Icelandic ash cloud which gave us time to go to the caves of Elephanta, eat at some of our favourite Mumbai restaurants like the Copper Kettle, watch the IPL on TV and take an even closer look at the Mumbai Indians who were staying in our hotel.
The Mind Behind The Empire of Moghul: An Interview with Alex Rutherford Cindy 2010
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At the Taj, we stayed in a lovely suite called Elephanta.
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Read what real people think about The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux, and write your own review.
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