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... banks of the river Khábúr is a city bearing the same name , founded by KobádR the father of Núshírván.9 " the KHANDÍS , 10 a country in Hind , " situated between Málwah 12 and Dekkan : the name signifies Khan's territory ; " and it was ...
... banks of the river Khábúr is a city bearing the same name , founded by KobádR the father of Núshírván.9 " the KHANDÍS , 10 a country in Hind , " situated between Málwah 12 and Dekkan : the name signifies Khan's territory ; " and it was ...
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Oriental Translation Fund. 3 2 TOKHARESTÁN , 1 * a province situated on the banks of the river Jaihún , and extending from Balkh to Kábul , and from the Kúhistán 5 ( or mountainous region ) of Badakhshan to Ghar- jestán . " 6 TURTUS , a ...
Oriental Translation Fund. 3 2 TOKHARESTÁN , 1 * a province situated on the banks of the river Jaihún , and extending from Balkh to Kábul , and from the Kúhistán 5 ( or mountainous region ) of Badakhshan to Ghar- jestán . " 6 TURTUS , a ...
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... bank of the Ganges about twenty - five miles below Rájemál . It was the capital of Bengál 730 years before Christ . No part of the ancient Gour is nearer to the present bank of the Ganges than four miles and a half ; and some parts ...
... bank of the Ganges about twenty - five miles below Rájemál . It was the capital of Bengál 730 years before Christ . No part of the ancient Gour is nearer to the present bank of the Ganges than four miles and a half ; and some parts ...
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... banks of the river Dijleh ( or Tigris ) ; and from this place the Kizilbásh tribe of Mausellú 1o derives its name ... bank of the river Dijleh ( or Tigris ) : and on the eastern side is a certain bridge called the Pul - i - Túbah , or ...
... banks of the river Dijleh ( or Tigris ) ; and from this place the Kizilbásh tribe of Mausellú 1o derives its name ... bank of the river Dijleh ( or Tigris ) : and on the eastern side is a certain bridge called the Pul - i - Túbah , or ...
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... bank of the Indus , which is here deep and rapid , and its bed so contracted as to be only a stone's - throw across . " . Hamilton's " East India Gazetteer . " The name Niláb ... banks of this river against the OF SADIK ISFAHANI . 51.
... bank of the Indus , which is here deep and rapid , and its bed so contracted as to be only a stone's - throw across . " . Hamilton's " East India Gazetteer . " The name Niláb ... banks of this river against the OF SADIK ISFAHANI . 51.
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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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