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ANCIENT India appears to have comprehended not only the countries lying to the east of the Indus , but also those to the west of that river , which are bounded by the Hindu - Khow * and other mountains , as far south as the parallel of ...
ANCIENT India appears to have comprehended not only the countries lying to the east of the Indus , but also those to the west of that river , which are bounded by the Hindu - Khow * and other mountains , as far south as the parallel of ...
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territories , extending along the western side of the river from Moultan down to the place where it discharges itself by various branches into the sea , are separated from Persia by a long ridge of lofty rocky mountains ; which , at the ...
territories , extending along the western side of the river from Moultan down to the place where it discharges itself by various branches into the sea , are separated from Persia by a long ridge of lofty rocky mountains ; which , at the ...
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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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those two great rivers , both of which have their sources in the mountains above mentioned . India extra Gangem comprehends the countries situated to the east of the Ganges , Thibet , Nepal , Boutan , Assam , Aracan , Ava , Siam , the ...
those two great rivers , both of which have their sources in the mountains above mentioned . India extra Gangem comprehends the countries situated to the east of the Ganges , Thibet , Nepal , Boutan , Assam , Aracan , Ava , Siam , the ...
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in which the ancients appear to have understood it , comprises an area of nearly forty degrees on each side , including a space almost as large as all Europe ; being divided on the west from Persia , by the Arachosian mountains ...
in which the ancients appear to have understood it , comprises an area of nearly forty degrees on each side , including a space almost as large as all Europe ; being divided on the west from Persia , by the Arachosian mountains ...
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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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