The British World in the East: A Guide... to India, 2. köideW. H. Allen and Company, 1847 |
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... Population , -Beloochees , Brahoes , Hindoos Industry and trade Geographical description of Affghanistan Productions and industry Character of the people • CHAPTER II . - CASHMERE AND THIBET . Picture of the celebrated Vale of Cashmere ...
... Population , -Beloochees , Brahoes , Hindoos Industry and trade Geographical description of Affghanistan Productions and industry Character of the people • CHAPTER II . - CASHMERE AND THIBET . Picture of the celebrated Vale of Cashmere ...
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... population of only thirty thousand persons on an area of twenty thousand square miles . On the east the province of Cutch Gundava , bordering on Sinde , is remarkable as possessing the openings of the Bolan and Moola Passes , the two ...
... population of only thirty thousand persons on an area of twenty thousand square miles . On the east the province of Cutch Gundava , bordering on Sinde , is remarkable as possessing the openings of the Bolan and Moola Passes , the two ...
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... population . The only remaining province , Mekran , is the most extensive of the whole , being bounded on the west by Persia , and extending northward from the sea to Affghanistan CHAP . I. ] BELOOCHISTAN AND AFFGHANISTAN . 5.
... population . The only remaining province , Mekran , is the most extensive of the whole , being bounded on the west by Persia , and extending northward from the sea to Affghanistan CHAP . I. ] BELOOCHISTAN AND AFFGHANISTAN . 5.
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... population is variously stated , but sup- posed by Mr. Thornton to amount to about fifty thousand . The valley of the Turnuk extends from Candahar to Ghizni , a distance of two hundred and twenty - five miles , during which it gradually ...
... population is variously stated , but sup- posed by Mr. Thornton to amount to about fifty thousand . The valley of the Turnuk extends from Candahar to Ghizni , a distance of two hundred and twenty - five miles , during which it gradually ...
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... population , including the gar- rison , has been estimated as high as ten thousand , but half that number may perhaps be nearer the truth . It is , however , an entrepôt of trade between the Indus and Cabool ; and the neighbourhood ...
... population , including the gar- rison , has been estimated as high as ten thousand , but half that number may perhaps be nearer the truth . It is , however , an entrepôt of trade between the Indus and Cabool ; and the neighbourhood ...
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