 Himalayas in the north, the country stretches southwards and, at the Tropic of Cancer, tapers off into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west. Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends...  General Treatise on Geography - Page 234by Alexander F. Foster - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Barnum Field - Geography - 1837 - 166 pages
...Hindostan comprises all the country south of the Himmalch mountains, and east of the river Indus; and has the bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian sea on the west. The Ganges, the largest river of Hindostan, and one of the largest in Asia, rises in the Ilimmaleh... | |
 | Barnum Field - Geography - 1840 - 168 pages
...Hindostan comprises all the country south of the Himmaleh mountains, and east of the river Indus; and has the bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian sea on the west. The Ganges, the largest river of Hindostan, and one of the largest in Asia, rises in the Himmaleh mountains,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Classical geography - 1844 - 362 pages
...mountains, and east of the river Indus ; and it consists, in great part, of a large peninsula, having the bay of Bengal' on the east, and the Arabian sea on the west. 2. It consists of four great divisions ; 1st, Northern Hindoslan, which comprises Cash'mere and Lahore'... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1850 - 604 pages
...elevation in the Mysore, from 2,400 to 3,000 feet. This high country does not extend to the ocean, but is separated from the Bay of Bengal on the east, and the Arabian Sea in the west, by low tracts of unequal breadth. Its edges rise in mountain ridges, or scattered high... | |
 | William Jones (F. S.) - Marine animals - 1871 - 488 pages
...Arabia, and Africa. Gradually narrowing from south to north, the Indian Ocean forks at Cape Cormorin into the Bay of Bengal on the east, and the Arabian Sea on the west, the latter again branching off into two arms, the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea; which reach respectively... | |
 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1874 - 104 pages
...ehief Possession in Asia is In'-dia, or Hin'-dos-tan, a large triangular peninsula in the South, having the Bay of Ben-gal' on the east, and the A-ra'-bian Sea on the we st. It is bounded on the north by the Him-a-lay'-a Mountains, of whieh the highest point is Mount... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1876 - 818 pages
...apex of the plateau, 8,640 feet above the sea. This high country does not extend to the ocean, but is separated from the Bay of Bengal on the east, and the Arabian Sea in the west, by low tracts of unequal breadth. Its edges rise in mountain ridges, of which the most... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1881 - 104 pages
...under English rule. 3. The shores of India are washed by the two great branches of the Indian Ocean — the Bay of Bengal on the east, and the Arabian Sea on the west. The coast-line, though not by any means regular, is not deeply indented by gulfs or bays, except in... | |
 | John Heywoods - 1883 - 172 pages
...chief Possession in Asia is In'-dia or Hin'-dUS-tan", a large triangular peninsula in the south, having the Bay of Ben-gal' on the east, and the A-ra'-bian Sea on the west. It is bounded on the north by the Him-a-la'-ya MtS., of which This immense country is about 12 times... | |
 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1884 - 186 pages
...chief Possession in Asia ia In'-dia or Hin'-dus-tan", a large triangular peninsula in the south, having the Bay of Ben-gal' on the east, and the A-ra'-bian Sea on the west. This immense country is about 12 times the size of the British Islands, and contains probably 252 millions... | |
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