The Three Presidencies of India: A History of the Rise and Progress of the British Indian Possessions, from the Earliest Records to the Present TimeIngram, Cooke, and Company, 1853 - 492 pages |
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... Presidency of Bengal contains 306,012 square miles ; Madras , 141,920 ; Bombay , 64,908 ; and Scinde and the Punjab about 160,000 square miles ; the remainder being the extent of the allied states . The coast - line of British India ...
... Presidency of Bengal contains 306,012 square miles ; Madras , 141,920 ; Bombay , 64,908 ; and Scinde and the Punjab about 160,000 square miles ; the remainder being the extent of the allied states . The coast - line of British India ...
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... Presidency . The Aligherry Mountains are an offshoot of the southern ghauts . In that portion of the Deccan known as Southern India are several independent states . The King of Travancore and the Rajah of Cochin are both allies of the ...
... Presidency . The Aligherry Mountains are an offshoot of the southern ghauts . In that portion of the Deccan known as Southern India are several independent states . The King of Travancore and the Rajah of Cochin are both allies of the ...
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... Presidency of Bombay , and a portion to that of Madras . A considerable part of this table - land is highly fertile , and rich in natural productions ; the ghauts , however , are for the most part bar- ren , and it is only where their ...
... Presidency of Bombay , and a portion to that of Madras . A considerable part of this table - land is highly fertile , and rich in natural productions ; the ghauts , however , are for the most part bar- ren , and it is only where their ...
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... Presidency . On the eastern side we find adjoining the ter- ritories of the Rajpoot princes ; and lying between the rivers Sone and Ganges , a region which has been annexed to the residency of Allahabad . The next natural division is ...
... Presidency . On the eastern side we find adjoining the ter- ritories of the Rajpoot princes ; and lying between the rivers Sone and Ganges , a region which has been annexed to the residency of Allahabad . The next natural division is ...
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... Presidency . It is bounded on the north by Affghanistan and Mooltan , on the east by the state of Rajpootna , on the west by Beloochistan , and on the south by Cutch and the sea . By far the greater portion of Scinde consists of sandy ...
... Presidency . It is bounded on the north by Affghanistan and Mooltan , on the east by the state of Rajpootna , on the west by Beloochistan , and on the south by Cutch and the sea . By far the greater portion of Scinde consists of sandy ...
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