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... Indus , in about the 35th degree of north lati- tude , and extend from Cashmere without interruption beyond the eastern extremity of Hindostan ; this limit on the north includes the hilly districts of Nepaul , and the country belonging ...
... Indus , in about the 35th degree of north lati- tude , and extend from Cashmere without interruption beyond the eastern extremity of Hindostan ; this limit on the north includes the hilly districts of Nepaul , and the country belonging ...
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... Indus , and south as Guzerat : it was called Sareswata from its principal river . The dominions of the Canyacubjas , a warlike nation , comprehended part of the province of Delhi , Oude , Agra , Serinagur , and probably Allahabad and ...
... Indus , and south as Guzerat : it was called Sareswata from its principal river . The dominions of the Canyacubjas , a warlike nation , comprehended part of the province of Delhi , Oude , Agra , Serinagur , and probably Allahabad and ...
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... Indus , passed the different rivers of the Punjab , attacked Po- rus , the sovereign of that district , who had collected a numerous army to oppose his march , and obtained a decisive victory , in spite of the gallant defence of that ...
... Indus , passed the different rivers of the Punjab , attacked Po- rus , the sovereign of that district , who had collected a numerous army to oppose his march , and obtained a decisive victory , in spite of the gallant defence of that ...
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... Indus , and ravaged the Punjab ; but he made no establish- ments there ; for at the period of his son Mahmoud's in- vasion , a prince of the Brahmin race possessed the whole country along the east side of the Indus as far as Cashmere ...
... Indus , and ravaged the Punjab ; but he made no establish- ments there ; for at the period of his son Mahmoud's in- vasion , a prince of the Brahmin race possessed the whole country along the east side of the Indus as far as Cashmere ...
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... Indus to the mountains of Ajmeer . The Punjab , however , which was in the immediate vicinity of the empire of Ghazna , was the only part that was subject to regular government , under the Mahomedans . Mah- moud appears to have been a ...
... Indus to the mountains of Ajmeer . The Punjab , however , which was in the immediate vicinity of the empire of Ghazna , was the only part that was subject to regular government , under the Mahomedans . Mah- moud appears to have been a ...
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