The Modern Traveller. A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical of the Various Countries of the Globe: Greece. Parts 27-30, Том 1J. Duncan, 1828 |
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... remarks , " has the advantage of being singularly well defined on three sides by strong natural barriers . According to this arrangement , Hindostan is separated , on the north , from the table - land of Tibet , by the lofty chain of ...
... remarks , " has the advantage of being singularly well defined on three sides by strong natural barriers . According to this arrangement , Hindostan is separated , on the north , from the table - land of Tibet , by the lofty chain of ...
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... remarks Mr. Rennell , " there would have been a continued inland navigation from Tatta to Bengal and Assam . " + Elphinstone's Caubul , 8vo . vol . i . pp . 174-186 ; vol . ii . pp . 469-472 . Malte Brun , vol . iii . pp . 13-16 ...
... remarks Mr. Rennell , " there would have been a continued inland navigation from Tatta to Bengal and Assam . " + Elphinstone's Caubul , 8vo . vol . i . pp . 174-186 ; vol . ii . pp . 469-472 . Malte Brun , vol . iii . pp . 13-16 ...
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... remarks , that the people of Hindostan consider the north - eastern branch as the true Sinde . - RENNELL , pp . 94—6 . * The greatest breadth of the doab between the Jelum and the Indus , is from Attok to Jellalpore Ghaut on the Jelum ...
... remarks , that the people of Hindostan consider the north - eastern branch as the true Sinde . - RENNELL , pp . 94—6 . * The greatest breadth of the doab between the Jelum and the Indus , is from Attok to Jellalpore Ghaut on the Jelum ...
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... remarks may throw some light on the perplexed hydrography of the Punjaub . The quantity of land that has been destroyed by the Ganges in the course of a few years , between Col- gong and Sooty , is estimated at 25,000 acres , or forty ...
... remarks may throw some light on the perplexed hydrography of the Punjaub . The quantity of land that has been destroyed by the Ganges in the course of a few years , between Col- gong and Sooty , is estimated at 25,000 acres , or forty ...
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... remarks , this river opens a com- munication between the different posts , which super- sedes the necessity of forming magazines ; thus an- swering the purpose of a military way through the country , better than the roads of the Romans ...
... remarks , this river opens a com- munication between the different posts , which super- sedes the necessity of forming magazines ; thus an- swering the purpose of a military way through the country , better than the roads of the Romans ...
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