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The Imperial Gazetteer of India Abazai to Arcot

1908

INTRODUCTORY NOTES NOTES ON TRANSLITERATION Vowel-Sounds a has the sound of a in woman.' a has the sound of a in father.' e has the vowel-sound in grey.' i has the sound of i in pin.' has the sound of i in police.' o has the sound of o in bone.' u has the sound of u in bull.' has the sound of u in flute.' ai has the vowel-sound in mine.' au has the vowel-sound in house.' It should be state [...] The civil portion consists of the Residency of the Agent to the Governo-General eighty or ninety scattered houses the bazar and the lines of the detachment of the 43rd (Erinpura) regiment. [...] Civil and criminal juridiction in the civil station including the road thence to the Abu Road railway station the bazar at the latter place and the village of AnAdra at the foot of the western slope of the hill has been granted to the British Government by the Darbär except in cases in which both parties are subjects of the Sirohi State ; and since 1866 with the Mahärao's consent numerous [...] The site of the old offices is now occupied by a schoolhouse and the people are fast carting away the earth of the ruined fort in the centre of the town. [...] The steepness of the hills the hardness of the rocks and the scantiness of the soil upon them combine to prevent absorption ; and thus a very moderate fall of rain suffices to send down the valley a stupendous torrent of water which before reaching the sea not unfrequently attains the proportions of a river.
government politics public policy
Pages
448
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
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cover
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Preface
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Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume V
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Backmatter
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