The Countries of the World: Asia

abundant Afghan Afghanistan Amoor Assam banks Bengal Bombay British Buddhist Burmah Burmese Cabul Calcutta Cambodia capital Caspian Cassell's Central Asia Ceylon chief China Chinese civilisation climate cloth coast commercial cotton crops cultivated desert districts East Eastern Edition empire English Europe European exported feet fertile foreign forest French Ganges gold Government Herat hills Himalayas Hindoo Hindostan Illustrated important India Indus inhabitants islands Kashgar Khiva king kingdom Kirghiz Kuldja lake land Mantchuria Mantchus merchants Mohammedan mountains native neighbouring northern officials owing Oxus Pamir Pekin Persian plains plateau population present prosperity province Punjab race railways Rajah region residents rice rich river Royal Geographical Society rule rulers Russian season shores Siam Siamese Siberia silk Sindh soil southern square miles territory Tibet Tibetan town trade traveller trees tribes tributaries Turkestan valley vegetation villages walls Western wild Yarkand