Works, Volume 49Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... origin of the name . Burnell , as a Dravidian scholar , was no doubt responsible for the note in Hobson - Jobson ( s.v. Mount Delly ) . He considered that the name represented the Malayālam Ēli Mala , " High Mountain " and rejected the ...
... origin of the name . Burnell , as a Dravidian scholar , was no doubt responsible for the note in Hobson - Jobson ( s.v. Mount Delly ) . He considered that the name represented the Malayālam Ēli Mala , " High Mountain " and rejected the ...
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... origin of Pi - chi at such an early date ( see also Vol . I , p . 161 , n . 1 ) . He suggests the Bengali and Hindustani buți ( or buṭidār ) , " embroidered muslin , ' as a possible origin . He also suggests the Persian ṣaḥn , the sanes ...
... origin of Pi - chi at such an early date ( see also Vol . I , p . 161 , n . 1 ) . He suggests the Bengali and Hindustani buți ( or buṭidār ) , " embroidered muslin , ' as a possible origin . He also suggests the Persian ṣaḥn , the sanes ...
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... origin is probable . Neverthe- less the meaning of " a score " was in full use in Barbosa's time , and Varthema found a similar if not identical term ( curia ) , although it may be noted that in the text of Varthema given by Ramusio the ...
... origin is probable . Neverthe- less the meaning of " a score " was in full use in Barbosa's time , and Varthema found a similar if not identical term ( curia ) , although it may be noted that in the text of Varthema given by Ramusio the ...
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Here BEGINNETH THE LAND OF MALABAR | 1 |
KINGDOM of CananoR | 79 |
90 THE KINGDOM OF COCHIN | 92 |
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