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+ " The lower part of this Delta is intersected by rivers and creeks , in almost every direction , like the Delta of the Ganges : but , unlike that , it has no trees on it , the dry parts being covered with brushwood ; and the remainder ...
+ " The lower part of this Delta is intersected by rivers and creeks , in almost every direction , like the Delta of the Ganges : but , unlike that , it has no trees on it , the dry parts being covered with brushwood ; and the remainder ...
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... the former meaning the countries lying between the Indus and the Ganges , from west to east , and from the mountains of Emodus on the north , down to the sea at Cape Comorin , and including the island of Taprobane or Ceylon .
... the former meaning the countries lying between the Indus and the Ganges , from west to east , and from the mountains of Emodus on the north , down to the sea at Cape Comorin , and including the island of Taprobane or Ceylon .
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India extra Gangem comprehends the countries situated to the east of the Ganges , Thibet , Nepal , Boutan , Assam , Aracan , Ava , Siam , the islands of Java , Sumatra , and various other eastern islands .
India extra Gangem comprehends the countries situated to the east of the Ganges , Thibet , Nepal , Boutan , Assam , Aracan , Ava , Siam , the islands of Java , Sumatra , and various other eastern islands .
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linapaxa , or Calinipaxa of Pliny , —which is situated on the right bank of the Ganges , near the spot where the Calini or Calinuddy river joins it , and which was founded about 1000 years before our era , -is said by Ferishta to have ...
linapaxa , or Calinipaxa of Pliny , —which is situated on the right bank of the Ganges , near the spot where the Calini or Calinuddy river joins it , and which was founded about 1000 years before our era , -is said by Ferishta to have ...
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In taking the extent of these at the most moderate calculation , " says Rennell , " it is not less than fifteen miles in length along the old bank of the Ganges , and from two to three in * " However , a small stream that communicates ...
In taking the extent of these at the most moderate calculation , " says Rennell , " it is not less than fifteen miles in length along the old bank of the Ganges , and from two to three in * " However , a small stream that communicates ...
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| Title | Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India |
| Author | Quintin Craufurd |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2016 |
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