The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 6Trübner & Company, 1886 |
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... live on and around these river plains in the Provinces known as the Lieutenant- Governorship of Bengal , Assam , the North - Western Pro- vinces , Oudh , the Punjab , Sind , Rájputána and other Native States . The vast level tract which ...
... live on and around these river plains in the Provinces known as the Lieutenant- Governorship of Bengal , Assam , the North - Western Pro- vinces , Oudh , the Punjab , Sind , Rájputána and other Native States . The vast level tract which ...
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... lives . the The Ganges has earned the reverence of the people by Work centuries of unfailing work done for them . She and her tribu- done by taries are the unwearied water - carriers for the densely - peopled Ganges ; provinces of ...
... lives . the The Ganges has earned the reverence of the people by Work centuries of unfailing work done for them . She and her tribu- done by taries are the unwearied water - carriers for the densely - peopled Ganges ; provinces of ...
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... live by commerce along her margin . Calcutta , with its suburbs on both sides of the river , contains a popula- tion of over of a million . It has a municipal revenue of £ 270,000 to £ 290,000 ; a sea - borne and coasting commerce of ...
... live by commerce along her margin . Calcutta , with its suburbs on both sides of the river , contains a popula- tion of over of a million . It has a municipal revenue of £ 270,000 to £ 290,000 ; a sea - borne and coasting commerce of ...
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... live , namely the rivers . Ten inches per mile is considered to be the fall which a navigable river should not exceed . The average fall of the Ganges from the point where it unites with the Jumna at Allahábád to Benares ( 139 miles ) ...
... live , namely the rivers . Ten inches per mile is considered to be the fall which a navigable river should not exceed . The average fall of the Ganges from the point where it unites with the Jumna at Allahábád to Benares ( 139 miles ) ...
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... live for the most part in huts built up against the ancient walls . A similar fate on a small scale has befallen Kushtiá , the river terminus of the Eastern Bengal Railway . The channel silted up ( 1860-70 ) , and the terminus had to be ...
... live for the most part in huts built up against the ancient walls . A similar fate on a small scale has befallen Kushtiá , the river terminus of the Eastern Bengal Railway . The channel silted up ( 1860-70 ) , and the terminus had to be ...
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Page 80 - Where there is eternal light, in the world where the sun is placed, in that immortal, imperishable world, place me, O Soma. " Where King Vaivasvata reigns, where the secret place of heaven is, where these mighty waters are : there make me immortal.
Page 368 - The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care, as much as our trade : — 'tis that must maintain our force, when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade: 'tis that must make us a nation in India...
Page 123 - Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed, Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakuntala,- and all at once is) said.
Page 368 - ... tis that must make us a nation in India. Without that we are but a great number of interlopers, united by His Majesty's royal charter, fit only to trade where nobody of power thinks it their interest to prevent us. And upon this account it is that the wise Dutch, in all their general advices that we have seen, write ten paragraphs concerning their government, their civil and military policy, warfare, and the increase of their revenue, for one paragraph they write concerning trade.
Page 80 - Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice ? " He who gives life. He who gives strength ; whose blessing all the bright gods desire ; whose shadow is immortality, whose shadow is death. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice ? " He who through his power is the only king of the breathing and awakening world.
Page 355 - Da Gama returned to Europe, bearing with him the following letter from the zamorin to the king of Portugal : " Vasco da Gama, a nobleman of your household, has visited my kingdom and has given me great pleasure. In my kingdom there is abundance of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, pepper, and precious stones. What I seek from thy country is gold, silver, coral, and scarlet.
Page 83 - May the water-shedding Spirits bear thee upwards, cooling thee with their swift motion through the air, and sprinkling thee with dew.' ' Bear him, carry him ; let him, with all his faculties complete, go to the world of the righteous. Crossing the dark valley which spreadeth boundless around him, let the unborn soul ascend to heaven. Wash the feet of him who is stained with sin ; let him go upwards with cleansed feet. Crossing the gloom, gazing with wonder in many directions, let the unborn soul...
Page 413 - the British Government would be guilty in the sight of God and man if it were any longer to aid in sustaining by its countenance an administration fraught with suffering to millions.
Page 80 - He who by His might looked even over the water-clouds, the clouds which gave strength and lit the sacrifice, He who is God above all gods. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice...
Page 82 - Let him depart to those for whom flow the rivers of nectar. Let him depart to those who, through meditation, have obtained the victory ; who, by fixing their thoughts on the unseen, have gone to heaven. Let him depart to the mighty in battle, to the heroes who have laid down their lives for others, to those who have bestowed their goods on the poor.