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... major in intelli- gendis labor , et insuperabilis , præcipue in hominum locorum- que nominibus , errandi necessitas . sine lectoris dispendio penitus à Tabulis removimus ; quam , si tanti sit , poterit ex Latinis Propriis Nominibus , in ...
... major in intelli- gendis labor , et insuperabilis , præcipue in hominum locorum- que nominibus , errandi necessitas . sine lectoris dispendio penitus à Tabulis removimus ; quam , si tanti sit , poterit ex Latinis Propriis Nominibus , in ...
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... Major Rennell , is a small soubah , or province , adjoining Malwa on the south , and containing the fine city of Burhanpour . ( “ Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan , " p . cxxvi . ) KHÁVERÁN , ' a district of Khurásán , between Sarakhs 22 ...
... Major Rennell , is a small soubah , or province , adjoining Malwa on the south , and containing the fine city of Burhanpour . ( “ Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan , " p . cxxvi . ) KHÁVERÁN , ' a district of Khurásán , between Sarakhs 22 ...
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... Major Rennell in his " Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan , " p . 57. He adds , that it is situated on a branch of the river Burrampooter , about thirteen miles south - east from Dacca ; and was famous for a manufactory of fine cotton cloths ...
... Major Rennell in his " Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan , " p . 57. He adds , that it is situated on a branch of the river Burrampooter , about thirteen miles south - east from Dacca ; and was famous for a manufactory of fine cotton cloths ...
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... Major Rennell , seems inclined to think that Ptolemy has placed this tribe too low , and that the Jax- artes may have been its original seat . " It is worthy of re- " mark , " adds he , " that two tribes of the names of Taochari " and ...
... Major Rennell , seems inclined to think that Ptolemy has placed this tribe too low , and that the Jax- artes may have been its original seat . " It is worthy of re- " mark , " adds he , " that two tribes of the names of Taochari " and ...
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... Major Rennell , " a city also called ' Gour , ' the ancient capital of Bengál , and supposed to be the Gangia Regia of Ptolemy , stood on the left bank of the Ganges about twenty - five miles below Rájemál . It was the capital of Bengál ...
... Major Rennell , " a city also called ' Gour , ' the ancient capital of Bengál , and supposed to be the Gangia Regia of Ptolemy , stood on the left bank of the Ganges about twenty - five miles below Rájemál . It was the capital of Bengál ...
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Page 44 - Lucknouti," says Major Rennell, "a city also called ' Gour,' the ancient capital of Bengal, and supposed to be the Gangia Regia of Ptolemy, stood on the left bank of the Ganges about twenty-five miles below Rajemal. It was the capital of Bengal 730 years before Christ.
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