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Harijans

(Encyclopedia) HarijansHarijanshârˈĭjănzˌ [key] [children of God], in India, individuals who are at the bottom of or outside the Hindu caste system. They were traditionally sweepers, washers of…

Saint Vincent, Gulf

(Encyclopedia) Saint Vincent, Gulf, inlet of the Indian Ocean, 90 mi (145 km) long and 45 mi (72 km) wide, SE South Australia state, Australia. Port Adelaide is on the eastern shore.

Jammu

(Encyclopedia) JammuJammujŭˈm&oomacr; [key], city (1991 pop. 206,135), Jammu and Kashmir union territory, N India, on the Tawi River and in the Himalayan foothills. The winter capital of Jammu…

Sorabji, Cornelia

(Encyclopedia) Sorabji, CorneliaSorabji, Corneliasōräbˈjē [key], c.1870–1954, Indian lawyer and author. She took a law degree at Oxford in 1893. She served (1904–23) as a special legal adviser to the…

Sunda Islands

(Encyclopedia) Sunda IslandsSunda Islandssŭnˈdə [key], mainly in Indonesia, between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, comprising the western part of the Malay Archipelago. It includes two…

Great Dividing Range

(Encyclopedia) Great Dividing Range, crest line of the Eastern Highlands of Australia. For the most part it separates rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean from those flowing into the Indian Ocean…