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... BURMA PAST AND PRESENT . · • By Mrs. ERNEST HART ( Author of “ Diet in Sickness and Health , " " " Picturesque Burma " ) . · 228 · 250 PAGE THE NATIVE STATES OF INDIA By WILLIAM LEE - vii.
... BURMA PAST AND PRESENT . · • By Mrs. ERNEST HART ( Author of “ Diet in Sickness and Health , " " " Picturesque Burma " ) . · 228 · 250 PAGE THE NATIVE STATES OF INDIA By WILLIAM LEE - vii.
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... tion left outside the general designation is not con- fined to certain localities , except in the case of the Buddhists , who affect Burma and the Himalayas , and the Sikhs , who remain in the Punjaub , their OUR GREAT DEPENDENCY 3.
... tion left outside the general designation is not con- fined to certain localities , except in the case of the Buddhists , who affect Burma and the Himalayas , and the Sikhs , who remain in the Punjaub , their OUR GREAT DEPENDENCY 3.
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... Burma , where stone is rare or has to be imported from a distance , timber takes its place ; or in the midst of the highly cultivated tracts , where trees have had to make way for the plough , the useful bamboo with the palm thatching ...
... Burma , where stone is rare or has to be imported from a distance , timber takes its place ; or in the midst of the highly cultivated tracts , where trees have had to make way for the plough , the useful bamboo with the palm thatching ...
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... Burma , and within striking distance of the mouths of the Hooghly , which , as the reader will be aware , constitute the sea approach to Calcutta , the capital city of the Indian Empire . It would be tedious to survey in detail all the ...
... Burma , and within striking distance of the mouths of the Hooghly , which , as the reader will be aware , constitute the sea approach to Calcutta , the capital city of the Indian Empire . It would be tedious to survey in detail all the ...
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... Burma ; on the west by the North - Western and Central Provinces of India ; and on the south by the sea . It is divided into four well- marked divisions , viz . , Bengal Proper , Behar , Orissa , and Chota - Nagpur . BENGAL PROPER ...
... Burma ; on the west by the North - Western and Central Provinces of India ; and on the south by the sea . It is divided into four well- marked divisions , viz . , Bengal Proper , Behar , Orissa , and Chota - Nagpur . BENGAL PROPER ...
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