Works, Volume 44Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page xvii
... Importance of recent origin . One of the places still held by Portugal . Coast of India considered by Barbosa as beginning at Dāmān . § 62. BAXAY The modern Bassein . Usual Portuguese form Baçaim . Vernacular Vasai . Ceded by Gūjarāt to ...
... Importance of recent origin . One of the places still held by Portugal . Coast of India considered by Barbosa as beginning at Dāmān . § 62. BAXAY The modern Bassein . Usual Portuguese form Baçaim . Vernacular Vasai . Ceded by Gūjarāt to ...
Page xxii
... Importance of the Lingayat sect at Vijayanagar . Its present distribution . Explanation of the word Tambarane . The hook - swinging ceremony . Used by women in fulfilment of vows . Other descriptions of the ceremony by travellers . In ...
... Importance of the Lingayat sect at Vijayanagar . Its present distribution . Explanation of the word Tambarane . The hook - swinging ceremony . Used by women in fulfilment of vows . Other descriptions of the ceremony by travellers . In ...
Page 143
... importance , and there is no tradition of the existence of a carnelian or , indeed , of any other industry of importance there . Limodra on the other hand was within four miles of the mines . Its ruins testify to its having been a place ...
... importance , and there is no tradition of the existence of a carnelian or , indeed , of any other industry of importance there . Limodra on the other hand was within four miles of the mines . Its ruins testify to its having been a place ...
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BIBLIOGRAPHY XXVXxxii | xxv |
Works published by the Hakluyt Society | xxxi |
INTRODUCTION OF THE PORTUGUESE EDITORS TO | xxxiii |
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