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Travancore
(Encyclopedia) TravancoreTravancoretrăvənkôrˈ [key], former princely state, 7,622 sq mi (19,741 sq km), SW India, on the Arabian Sea. It is now in Kerala state. The region of Travancore has coastal…Rajputana
(Encyclopedia) RajputanaRajputanaräjˌp&oobreve;täˈnə [key], historic region, NW India; roughly coextensive with the modern Indian state of Rajasthan. The name means “land of the Rajputs.” Rajput…Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley
(Encyclopedia) Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley, 1781–1826, British East Indian administrator. He was one of the founders of Britain's empire in East Asia. Beginning his career (1795) as a clerk…Cossimbazar
(Encyclopedia) CossimbazarCossimbazarkəsĭmˈbəzärˌ [key], town, West Bengal state, E central India, part of the Kolkata (Calcutta) metropolitan area. Cossimbazar was a chief overseas port of Bengal (…Guntur
(Encyclopedia) Guntur Guntur g&oomacr;nt&oomacr;rˈ [key], city, Andhra Pradesh state, SE India. Located in the…Hunza
(Encyclopedia) HunzaHunzah&oobreve;nˈsä [key], former princely state, 3,900 sq mi (10,101 sq km), NW Kashmir, administered by Pakistan. Declared a British protectorate in 1893, Hunza acceded to…cobaltite
(Encyclopedia) cobaltitecobaltitekōˈbôltīt, kōbôlˈtīt [key], opaque, silver-white, sometimes reddish or grayish mineral of the pyrite group, a compound of cobalt, arsenic, and sulfur, CoAsS. It…Eden, Emily
(Encyclopedia) Eden, Emily, 1797–1869, English novelist. She went with her brother George, Lord Auckland, to India when he was governor-general (1836–42). Her two novels, The Semi-detached House (…Kanarese
(Encyclopedia) KanareseKanaresekänərēzˈ [key] or KannadaKannadakäˈnədə [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages.Kannada
(Encyclopedia) KannadaKannadakäˈnədə [key] or KanareseKanaresekänərēzˈ [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages.Trending
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