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(Encyclopedia) PennerPennerpĕnˈər [key], river, 350 mi (563 km) long, rising in the Eastern Ghats, Karnataka state, S India, and flowing N into Andhra Pradesh state, then E to the Bay of Bengal, near…Rourkela
(Encyclopedia) RourkelaRourkelarôrkāˈlə [key], city (1991 pop. 398,864), Odisha (Orissa) state, E central India, at the confluence of the Koel and Lankh rivers. The city is built around a large iron…Baranagar
(Encyclopedia) Baranagar Baranagar bŭrˈənəgər [key], city, West Bengal state, NE India, on the Hugli River. A suburb…Ballari
(Encyclopedia) Ballari, formerly Bellary Bellary bəlärˈē [key], city, Karnataka state, SE…Harsha, Indian emperor
(Encyclopedia) HarshaHarshahûrˈshə [key], b. c.590, Indian emperor (606–47). He became (606) king of a small state in the upper Ganges Valley, and by 612 he had built up a vast army with which he…Humayun
(Encyclopedia) Humayun or HomayunHumayunh&oobreve;mäˈy&oomacr;n [key], 1507–56, second Mughal emperor of India (1530–56), son and successor of Babur. In 1535, pressed by enemy incursions into…Hindi
(Encyclopedia) HindiHindihĭnˈdē [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. The official language of India, Hindi is the…Jalalabad
(Encyclopedia) JalalabadJalalabadjəläˌläbädˈ, jəlălˈəbăd [key], city (1979 pop. 53,915), capital of Nangarhar prov., E Afghanistan, near the Khyber Pass. The city dominates the entrances to the…Markham, Sir Clements Robert
(Encyclopedia) Markham, Sir Clements RobertMarkham, Sir Clements Robertmärˈkəm [key], 1830–1916, English geographer and writer. While in the navy he served on a British expedition (1850–51) to the…Arunachal Pradesh
(Encyclopedia) Arunachal PradeshArunachal Pradeshärˌənächəl prədĕshˈ [key], state (2001 provisional pop. 1,091,117), 31,438 sq mi (81,424 sq km), NE India, bordered on the north by the Tibet region…Trending
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