Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology, the Grand Code of Civil Laws, the Original Form of Government, the Widely-extended Commerce, and the Various Profound Literature, of Hindostan: Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the Whole Intended as Introductory to The History of Hindostan, Upon a Comprehensive Scale ...The Author, 1800 - India |
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Page 84
... eastern , nor the latter as the weftern termination of this country ; for fuch a mode of divifion would deprive Hindoftan of many extenfive and valuable tracts that lie on the weft- ern banks of the Indus , and along the eastern borders ...
... eastern , nor the latter as the weftern termination of this country ; for fuch a mode of divifion would deprive Hindoftan of many extenfive and valuable tracts that lie on the weft- ern banks of the Indus , and along the eastern borders ...
Page 86
... eastern re- gion of India by the Ganges . " The peninfula of India , understood in its greatest extent , is that tract of country fituated to the south of a line drawn nearly from Baroach on the western , to Balafore on the eastern ...
... eastern re- gion of India by the Ganges . " The peninfula of India , understood in its greatest extent , is that tract of country fituated to the south of a line drawn nearly from Baroach on the western , to Balafore on the eastern ...
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... eastern ocean . This is the only navigable branch of the Ganges for large -fhips ; the other numerous channels of this river being choaked up by bars of fand , and banks of mud , thrown up by the violence of the current , and the ftrong ...
... eastern ocean . This is the only navigable branch of the Ganges for large -fhips ; the other numerous channels of this river being choaked up by bars of fand , and banks of mud , thrown up by the violence of the current , and the ftrong ...
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