A Short Manual of the History of India: With an Account of India as it Is; the Soil, Climate, and Productions; the People, Their Races, Religions, Public Works, and Industries; the Civil Services, and System of Administration |
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... Western Maritime Fringe . § 11. The Eastern Maritime ringe . § 12. Ceylon . § 13. British Burma . § 14. Coast - line and arbours . hs of the avari A Y § 1. Extent . - India may be described roughly as the › untry which lies north and ...
... Western Maritime Fringe . § 11. The Eastern Maritime ringe . § 12. Ceylon . § 13. British Burma . § 14. Coast - line and arbours . hs of the avari A Y § 1. Extent . - India may be described roughly as the › untry which lies north and ...
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... western portion of this chain is also the boundary between two important sections of the Indian people , between the Hindi - speaking and the Maráthi - speaking races . For all these reasons , it is convenient to regard this chain of ...
... western portion of this chain is also the boundary between two important sections of the Indian people , between the Hindi - speaking and the Maráthi - speaking races . For all these reasons , it is convenient to regard this chain of ...
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... western and cen- tral divisions of this plain is the great plateau of Malwa and Bághalkhand , which is separated from the central mountain - axis ( the Sátpurá and other ranges ) by the valley of the Narbadá . § 4. The Himálaya and ...
... western and cen- tral divisions of this plain is the great plateau of Malwa and Bághalkhand , which is separated from the central mountain - axis ( the Sátpurá and other ranges ) by the valley of the Narbadá . § 4. The Himálaya and ...
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... western parts of the Himalayas , consequently the forests on the slopes in Sikkim and Bhotán are very dense , and the vegetation generally very luxuriant , whilst the slopes of the western Himálayas are more thinly clad with forest ...
... western parts of the Himalayas , consequently the forests on the slopes in Sikkim and Bhotán are very dense , and the vegetation generally very luxuriant , whilst the slopes of the western Himálayas are more thinly clad with forest ...
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... western mountain - zone is of the same character , though of some- what less general elevation . The Safed Koh is a lofty range running nearly east and west from the neighbour- hood of Peshawar to that of Kabul ; it is therefore nearly ...
... western mountain - zone is of the same character , though of some- what less general elevation . The Safed Koh is a lofty range running nearly east and west from the neighbour- hood of Peshawar to that of Kabul ; it is therefore nearly ...
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