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... Ganges : but , unlike that , it has no trees on it , the dry parts being covered with brushwood ; and the remainder , by much the greatest part , being noisome swamps , or muddy lakes . A minaret , at the mouth of Ritchel river , serves ...
... Ganges : but , unlike that , it has no trees on it , the dry parts being covered with brushwood ; and the remainder , by much the greatest part , being noisome swamps , or muddy lakes . A minaret , at the mouth of Ritchel river , serves ...
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... Ganges , from west to east , and from the mountains of Emodus on the north , down to the sea at Cape Comorin , and including the island of Taprobane or Ceylon . It is possible that the continental part of this space , may have obtained ...
... Ganges , from west to east , and from the mountains of Emodus on the north , down to the sea at Cape Comorin , and including the island of Taprobane or Ceylon . It is possible that the continental part of this space , may have obtained ...
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... Ganges , Thibet , Nepal , Boutan , Assam , Aracan , Ava , Siam , the islands of Java , Sumatra , and various other eastern islands . The Imaus , called by the Indians Himodhi , * meaning the receptacle of Snow , separated it on the ...
... Ganges , Thibet , Nepal , Boutan , Assam , Aracan , Ava , Siam , the islands of Java , Sumatra , and various other eastern islands . The Imaus , called by the Indians Himodhi , * meaning the receptacle of Snow , separated it on the ...
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... Ganges , about twenty - five miles below Rajemahal ; no part of the site of ancient Gour , however , is now nearer to the present bank of the Ganges than four miles ; and some parts of it , which are said to have been originally washed ...
... Ganges , about twenty - five miles below Rajemahal ; no part of the site of ancient Gour , however , is now nearer to the present bank of the Ganges than four miles ; and some parts of it , which are said to have been originally washed ...
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... Ganges , and from two to three in * " However , a small stream that communicates with the Ganges now runs by its west side , and is navigable during the rainy season . On the east side it has the Mahanada river , which is always ...
... Ganges , and from two to three in * " However , a small stream that communicates with the Ganges now runs by its west side , and is navigable during the rainy season . On the east side it has the Mahanada river , which is always ...
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| Title | Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India |
| Author | Quintin Craufurd |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2016 |
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