The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 第 9 卷Trübner & Company, 1881 |
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acres Alí Arakan Division Arcot average bank Baroda Bengal Bombay Bráhmans British Burma British Government cent Central Provinces Chicacole chief consists cotton crops cultivated east European exports feet forest formed Gháts Godávari grain gross revenue headquarters Henzada Henzada District hills Hindus houses important India inhabitants Irawadi irrigation jail Káthiáwár Khán land revenue Madras Madras.-See Mahárájá Marhattás mountains Muhammadans municipal revenue Musalmáns Mysore Nára native Nawab north-east parganá Párkar Pegu Division Pegu Yoma plain police population portion principal Punjab Railway Rájá Rájput Ráná range Revenue circle rice rises river road Salem District schools Sindhia Sinh situated in lat South Arcot square miles station stream Subdivision tahsil táluk Tavoy temple Tenasserim Division Thayet Tinnevelli Tipperah Tístá Toung-ngú town township tract trade Travancore tribes Trichinopoli Tsit-toung Tuticorin Udaipur Umarkot Umballa Unao valley village Vizagapatam Vizianagram Wardhá Wún Yoma
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第 171 頁 - The terrace, which is at the east end and chief front of the palace, extends throughout its length, and is supported by a triple row of arches from the declivity of the ridge. The height of this arcaded wall is full...
第 215 頁 - ... once, charging any number, however superior, without the smallest hesitation. Against such sudden attacks the robber horsemen never attempted a stand ; they always fled at once, frequently sustaining heavy loss in men, and never succeeding in obtaining any plunder. These proceedings, and particularly the tracks, daily renewed, of our parties all over the desert, and at all the watering-places near the hills, far beyond the British border, alarmed the robbers, and prevented their ever feeling...
第 215 頁 - Jek ranee plunderers from a foray ; the robbers were all secured, with their horses, arms, and a large quantity of stolen cattle. Concealment was no longer possible, and Major Jacob now obtained permission to disarm every man in the country, not being a Government servant, which was at once done. At the same time, Major Jacob set five hundred of the Jekranees to work to clear the Noorwah canal (a main feeder cleared by Government, then belonging to All Moorad).
第 260 頁 - The reefs are very numerous, and they are more than of the average thickness of those found in other countries ; they are of great longitudinal extent, some being traceable by their outcrops for several miles ; they are strong and persistent and highly auriferous at an elevation of...
第 112 頁 - The whole surface is undulating, and presents a series of hills and valleys, traversed from east to west by many rivers, the floods of which, arrested by the peculiar action of the Arabian Sea on the coast, spread themselves out into numerous lakes or lagoons, connected here and there by artificial canals, and forming an inland line of smooth water communication which extends nearly the whole length of the coast, and is of the utmost value when the sea itself is closed for navigation during the monsoon.
第 252 頁 - It lies on a small bay, the south extremity of which is bounded by a promontory known as the Dolphin's Nose, and its northern extremity by the suburb of Waltair. The town or fort, as it is called, is separated from the Dolphin's Nose...
第 118 頁 - ... spontaneously, in the deep shade of the forest ; it resembles somewhat the turmeric or ginger plant, but grows to a height of 6 to 10 feet, and throws out at the roots the long shoots which bear the cardamom pods.
第 176 頁 - Sindia of Gwalior in Malwa, of which it was once the capital. It stands in N. lat. 23° 11' 10 , and is the spot which marked the first meridian of Hindu geographers. It is said to have been the seat of the viceroyalty of Asoka, during the reign of his father at Pataliputra, the capital of Magadha, supposed to be the modern...
第 171 頁 - ... feet from the ground, and flanked with octagonal towers, crowned with cupolas. Although built at various periods, uniformity of design has been very well preserved ; nor is there in the east a more striking or more majestic spectacle.
第 251 頁 - ... valleys of not more than 1200 feet from the neighbouring ranges of Ghats. The plain along the Bay of Bengal is exceedingly rich and fertile. It is described as a vast sheet of cultivation, green with rice fields and gardens of sugar-cane and tobacco. There are great varieties of climate in the district Along the coast the air is soft and relaxing, the prevailing winds being south-easterly. The average annual rainfall at Vizagapatam exceeds 40 inches. The census of 18S1 returned the population...