Alas example sentences

The Panchalas or ishwakarma community, consisting of goldsmiths, bronzesmiths, blacksmiths, masons and carpenters, were essential to the building of temples.From the eighth century, Bengal became the centre of a regional kingdom under the Palas (Chapter 2).But alas, that wasn t to be! Tilloo had underestimated the security arrangements.Tibu helped them to identify sal, teak, semal, sheesham, neem, palash, figure, khair, amla, bamboo, kachnar.