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... called the North - West Provinces , where all the above described physical features pre- vail , increased from a ratio of 280 to the square mile till it reached a ratio of 350. In the subsequent six- teen years there was a further ...
... called the North - West Provinces , where all the above described physical features pre- vail , increased from a ratio of 280 to the square mile till it reached a ratio of 350. In the subsequent six- teen years there was a further ...
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... called Urdu or Rekhta , was , and still is , so far com- mon to the whole country , that it everywhere consists of a mixture of the same elements , though in vary- ing proportions ; and follows the same grammatical rules , though with ...
... called Urdu or Rekhta , was , and still is , so far com- mon to the whole country , that it everywhere consists of a mixture of the same elements , though in vary- ing proportions ; and follows the same grammatical rules , though with ...
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... called jaui- " little barley " ) . The peninsula of India is to Asia what Italy is to Europe , and Hindustan may be roughly likened to Italy without the two Sicilies , only on a far larger scale . In this comparison the Himalayas ...
... called jaui- " little barley " ) . The peninsula of India is to Asia what Italy is to Europe , and Hindustan may be roughly likened to Italy without the two Sicilies , only on a far larger scale . In this comparison the Himalayas ...
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... called Indraprastha was certainly there on the bank of the Jamna near the site of the present city before the Christian era , and various Mohamadan conquerors occupied sites in the neighbourhood , of which numerous remains are still ...
... called Indraprastha was certainly there on the bank of the Jamna near the site of the present city before the Christian era , and various Mohamadan conquerors occupied sites in the neighbourhood , of which numerous remains are still ...
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... called himself Vakil - i - Mutlak , or Regent . Shortly after , a fresh invader from the north ap- peared in the person of Ahmad Khán Abdáli , leader of the Dauráni Afgháns , who had obtained possession of the frontier provinces during ...
... called himself Vakil - i - Mutlak , or Regent . Shortly after , a fresh invader from the north ap- peared in the person of Ahmad Khán Abdáli , leader of the Dauráni Afgháns , who had obtained possession of the frontier provinces during ...
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