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Example sentences for: oriental

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The sights are endless: the Hindu gopuram tower-gates of the south, the temples of Varanasi (Benares), the cave monasteries of Ajanta and Ellora, the beautiful and erotic sculptures of Khajuraho, the splendid marble palaces, fortresses, and mausoleums of the emperors and maharajas in Delhi, Agra, and Rajasthan, the colonial government buildings in New Delhi, or the unusual style of the Gothic-Oriental railway station in Mumbai (known until 1995 as Bombay).
On his way back to India, Oxford awarded Hall an honorary doctorate in recognition of his contribution to oriental learning.
Henn's Chin ) and the Yueh . As explained by Professor Paul W. Kroll, Chairman of the Department of Oriental Languages and Literature, University of Colorado (Boulder), this new people called themselves by a name that was very similar to the Chinese word for `extreme.
Commissioned by the Oriental Tea Company in 1873, it is an appropriate landmark for a city so closely linked to tea.
Luxurious and colorful, oriental rugs of wool or silk are a tempting buy.