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Imperial Gazetteer of India

1886

98° 32' E.) following the direction of the watershed between the rivers of the British territory oil the west and of Siam on the east. [...] Of the three great rivers of Northern India the two longest namely the Indus with its feeder the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra take their rise in the trough on the north of the great Himalayan wall. [...] The long and lofty spur of the outer Himalayas on which stands Simla the summer residence of the Government of India forms the wateshed between the river systems of the Indus and Ganges. [...] the Sutlej and the Brahmputra convey to India the drainage from the northern or Tibetan slopes of the Himalayas 'So' the GANGES with its tributary the Jumna collects the rainfall from the southern or Indian slopes of the mountain wall and pours it down upon the plains of Bengal. [...] 21 in on the other side by the MEGHNA the most easterly of the mouths of the Ganges ; or rather the vast estuary by which the combined waters of the Brahmaputra and Gangetic river systems find their way into the Bay of Bengal.
government politics public policy
Pages
732
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Chapter I.—Physical Aspects
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Chapter II. The People
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Chapter III. The Non-Aryan Races
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Chapter IV. The Aryans in Ancient India
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Chapter V. Buddhism in India (543 B.C. to 1000 A.D.)
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Chapter VI. The Greeks in India (327 to 161 B.C.)
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Chapter VII. Scythic Inroads into India (126 ? B.C. to 544 A.D.)
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Chapter VIII. Rise of Hinduism (750 tO 1520 A.D.)
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Chapter IX. Christianity in India (Circa 100 to 1881 A.D.)
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Chapter X. Early Muhammadan Rulers (711 to 1526 A.D.)
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Chapter XI. The Mughal Empire (1526 to 1761 A.D.)
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Chapter XII. The Maratha Power 1634 to 1818 A.D.)
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Chapter XIII. The Indian Vernaculars and Their Literature
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Chapter XIV. Early European Settlements (1498 to 18th Century A.D.)
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Chapter XV. History of British Rule (1757 to 1885 A.D.)
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Chapter XVI. British Administration of India
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Chapter XVII. Agriculture and Products
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Chapter XVIII. Means of Communication
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Chapter XIX. Commerce and Trade
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Chapter XX. Arts and Manufactures
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Chapter XXI. Mines and Minerals
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Chapter XXII. Geology of India
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Chapter XXIII. Meteorology of India
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Chapter XXIV. Zoology and Botany of India
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Chapter XXV. Vital Statistics of India
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Appendices
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Index
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