Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan; Or, The Mogul Empire: With an Introduction, Illustrative of the Geography and Present Division of that Country: and a Map of the Countries Situated Between the Head of the Indus, and the Caspian SeaM. Brown, 1788 - 295 pages |
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Page vii
... fhould be collected during fo fhort a period ; efpecially where fo little has been contributed towards it by the natives themselves , as in the present cafe . Indeed , we must not go much far- ther back than thirty - five years , for ...
... fhould be collected during fo fhort a period ; efpecially where fo little has been contributed towards it by the natives themselves , as in the present cafe . Indeed , we must not go much far- ther back than thirty - five years , for ...
Page xxvi
... fhould be fo far from the truth : for he makes the coafts between the Indus and Ganges , to project only in a flight curve ; whereas , they are known to form the fides of a triangle , whofe perpendicular almost equals its bafe : Cape ...
... fhould be fo far from the truth : for he makes the coafts between the Indus and Ganges , to project only in a flight curve ; whereas , they are known to form the fides of a triangle , whofe perpendicular almost equals its bafe : Cape ...
Page xxvii
... of ŠINE that is , the countries bordering on the west and N W of CHINA ; the country of the ELUTHS ; and part of Tartary , to the latitude of 50 degrees north . : e there there fhould be 800 stades in a degree of a [ xxvii ]
... of ŠINE that is , the countries bordering on the west and N W of CHINA ; the country of the ELUTHS ; and part of Tartary , to the latitude of 50 degrees north . : e there there fhould be 800 stades in a degree of a [ xxvii ]
Page xxviii
... fhould be 800 stades in a degree of a great circle . M. D'An- ville has at different times reckoned 1050 , and 1100. I conceive it probable that Megafthenes gave the measures according to the road distance , from one extreme of the ...
... fhould be 800 stades in a degree of a great circle . M. D'An- ville has at different times reckoned 1050 , and 1100. I conceive it probable that Megafthenes gave the measures according to the road distance , from one extreme of the ...
Page xxxi
... of Alexander's conqueft , if we regard the notices afforded by He- rodotus and Arrian . Nor is it more extraordinary that one religion fhould fhould prevail over India , although composed of distinct govern- [ xxxi ]
... of Alexander's conqueft , if we regard the notices afforded by He- rodotus and Arrian . Nor is it more extraordinary that one religion fhould fhould prevail over India , although composed of distinct govern- [ xxxi ]
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Agimere Agra alfo alſo ancient appears Arrian Attock Aurungabad Ayin Ayin Acbaree bank Bengal Berar Britiſh miles Burhanpour Cabul Calpy Candahar Cape Comorin capital Capt Carnatic Caſhmere Cattack circars circumftance coaft coaſt coffes confiderable conftruction conqueft courfe courſe croffed D'Anville Deccan defcribed Delhi difference of longitude Dilla diſtance eaft eaſt eaſtern Emperor empire Engliſh eſtabliſhed faid fame fhould fide firſt fituated fome foubah fouth ftate ftream fubject fuch fuppofed furniſhed Ganges Gauts Golconda Guzerat himſelf Hindoo Hindooftan hiſtory Hydrabad Imaus India Indus iſlands itſelf Kiftna Lahore latitude leaſt longitude Madras Mahrattas Malwa meaſured Mogul Mogul empire moſt Moultan mountains muſt Nagpour Negapatam obfervations occafion Oude Panjab peninfula Perfian poffeffed poffeffion pofition Poonah poſition prefent provinces reckoned refpect river road route Sanore Shah ſmall ſtate Surat thefe theſe thofe thoſe tract uſe Vifiapour weft weſt weſtern whofe