A History of India: From the Earliest Times to the Present DayWhittaker, 1847 - 198 pages |
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... river Indus , on the east by the high lands eastwards of the Brahmaputra river , while its whole southern coast is washed by the waters of the Indian ocean . This region consists of two distinct parts , sepa- rated by a mountain range ...
... river Indus , on the east by the high lands eastwards of the Brahmaputra river , while its whole southern coast is washed by the waters of the Indian ocean . This region consists of two distinct parts , sepa- rated by a mountain range ...
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... river Godâveri . The rivers of India are numerous and copious . Those of Hindûstân have their sources in the Himalaya and Vindhya mountains . From the former descend the Indus and its five tributaries , namely , the Jelûm , the Chenâb ...
... river Godâveri . The rivers of India are numerous and copious . Those of Hindûstân have their sources in the Himalaya and Vindhya mountains . From the former descend the Indus and its five tributaries , namely , the Jelûm , the Chenâb ...
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... river is said to have been possessed by Indians , it is doubtful if the dominion of the Persian monarch extended into the Punjab . When Alexander the Great had overthrown the Persian empire , his lust of conquest led him to India . He ...
... river is said to have been possessed by Indians , it is doubtful if the dominion of the Persian monarch extended into the Punjab . When Alexander the Great had overthrown the Persian empire , his lust of conquest led him to India . He ...
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... river . An event of this nature , as we shall frequently see in our subsequent narrative , is decisive of a battle in India ; and though Dâhir mounted a horse , and made every effort to rally his troops , the fortune of the day was not ...
... river . An event of this nature , as we shall frequently see in our subsequent narrative , is decisive of a battle in India ; and though Dâhir mounted a horse , and made every effort to rally his troops , the fortune of the day was not ...
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... river and following up his success . Being now at leisure , he resolved to take ven- geance on Anung - pâl for his former unprovoked hostility , and he assembled troops for a fourth descent into India ( 1008 ) . Anung - pâl , aware of ...
... river and following up his success . Being now at leisure , he resolved to take ven- geance on Anung - pâl for his former unprovoked hostility , and he assembled troops for a fourth descent into India ( 1008 ) . Anung - pâl , aware of ...
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Afghân Agra Akber Ally army attack Aurungzîb Bâber Bala Hissar Bengal Bramin British brother Câbul Calcutta camp Capt cavalry chief Clive coast command Company council court Dârâ death Deckan defeated defence Delhi dominions Dupleix East emperor empire enemy engaged English Europeans favour fled force French garrison gave Ghuzni Golconda governor Governor-general guns Gûzerât Hastings Hindoo Holkar honour horse Humâyun Hyder India Indus jagheer joined Khân king lacs of rupees Lahore Lord Lord Cornwallis Madras Mahmûd Malwa Marattas Meer Jaffier miles Mogul Mohammed Mohammedan Mysore Nabob named native Nizâm Nûr obliged officers Omichund Oude party Patna Peishwa Persian plunder Pondicherry Portuguese prince prisoner Punjab rajah Rajpût reached reduced reign resident resolved retired returned river Rohillas rupees sent Sepoys Sevajee Shâh Shah Jehân siege Sikh Sing soon Sûbahdâr surrender territory throne Timûr tion Tippoo took town trade treaty Trichinopoly troops vizîr whole