Tanjore
Britishnoun
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Fine china and traditional Indian art was layered over them: Tanjore paintings of gods encrusted with gold, Ravi Varma prints that their owners had embellished with silks a century earlier.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022
From Tanjore in south India came two emissaries of Sri Amblavana Desigar, head of a sannyasi order of Hindu ascetics.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Tanjore, the densely populated, highly irrigated "garden of southern India," they scorched the fertile earth into a desert.
From Time Magazine Archive
He sprinkled Nehru with holy water from Tanjore and drew a streak in sacred ash across Nehru's forehead.
From Time Magazine Archive
COPE, Captain, mentioned in the account of the assault against Clive by Mr. Fordyce, 14: commander of Force sent to help ex-R�j� of Tanjore, 42: sent to Trichinopoli, 48.
From Rulers of India: Lord Clive by Malleson, George Bruce
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