The Splendour that was ʾInd: A Survey of Indian Culture and Civilisation (from the Earliest Times to the Death of Emperor Aurangzeb)D. B. Taraporevala, 1930 - 236 pages |
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... river - system has to be drawn upon for the benefit of more than one province . But the rail - road is above these jealousies , and flings out one arm through the Bolan Pass forking out in two branches over the Mushkaf Valley , and over ...
... river - system has to be drawn upon for the benefit of more than one province . But the rail - road is above these jealousies , and flings out one arm through the Bolan Pass forking out in two branches over the Mushkaf Valley , and over ...
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... river rises in the western spurs of the Himalayas east of the vale of Kashmir , and flows past the city of Srinagar , washing its temple steps and lapping the piles of its wooden bridges , till it reaches the narrow outlet of Baramula ...
... river rises in the western spurs of the Himalayas east of the vale of Kashmir , and flows past the city of Srinagar , washing its temple steps and lapping the piles of its wooden bridges , till it reaches the narrow outlet of Baramula ...
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... river flows in a rapid stream over a rocky bottom , not permitting any irrigation works on a large scale , till it breaks through the Eastern Ghats at Bezwada on to the Madras Plains . Here an ancient anicut arrests the flow of the river ...
... river flows in a rapid stream over a rocky bottom , not permitting any irrigation works on a large scale , till it breaks through the Eastern Ghats at Bezwada on to the Madras Plains . Here an ancient anicut arrests the flow of the river ...
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