Termes
Termes, The 1vhite Ant ; Tertnites (pl.). Dewalc, . . . . Hind. I Chellu, . . . . Tam. Dotus, . . . . Chati1h1h, . . . Tel. Species Of This Insect Are Abundant In India, Ceylon, The Cape Of Good Hope, And St. Ilelena, And Attract Attention ...
Terminalia Chebula
Terminalia Chebula. Ritz. T. Retieulata, Both. Aleluj Aswad, . . Arab. Malela Zard, . . „ Urnbed'hur, . . . „pang Ah, . . . Bum Kodorka Maram, !lamar,. Pilla-marrada, . . Can. Helileh.i-kalan, . Pers. Alali Mara, . . „ . • ,, Ho-li-leh, Ho-tsze, Chin. Haritaka, . . ...
Ternate
Ternate, On The West Coast Of Gillolo, Is A High Island, But Of Small Extent, Being Only About Six Miles Long. Fort Orange Is In Lat. 0° 49' N., Long. 127° 30' E. Several Of These Islands— Ternate, Tidore, Motir, And Makian— Are Only Cones Standing On The Same Great ...
Terniinalia Arjuna W
Terniinalia Arjuna. W. And A. Pentaptera Arjuna, Roxb. P. Angustifolia, Roxb. P. Glabra, Roxb. White Been, Anglo•hind. Koba, Jamla, . . Arjun, '. Beng., Hind. Kabua, Howah, . Mattrt. Sadara, . . . Bombay. Azun, . . Tonk-kyan, . . . Burm. Jumla, Hukheoha, Pa:4. 13elee Waulkee,. . Can. Vella ...
Tetraceros Quadricornis
Tetraceros Quadricornis. Jirdon. Antilopo Chickara, Hard. T. Lodes, Hodgson. A. Sub-quadricornutns,/.1/. T. Paccerois, Hodgson. T. Striaticernis, Leadt. Mind . . . Of Bums. Chousingha, . Mn°. Kotri, Kuru Of Bustae. Chouka,janglibakra, „ Kond-guri,. . . Can. Bhekra, . . . Mahe. Bhirkuru (male), Gond. Bhirki, . . . Bhir (female), ...
Tetraonidle
Tetraonidle, The Grouse, Partridge, And Quail Family Of Birds, Comprising The Perdicinat And Coturnicinm. The Family Belongs To The Order Rasores, The Gallinaceous Or Tame Birds. Naturalists Include In This Family The Grouse, The Partridge, Atnerican Partridges, Quails, And Guinea - Fowl. The Grouse Are Peculiar To The Northern Portions ...
Textile Arts
Textile Arts. The East Has, From The Earliest Times Of Which We Have Any Record, Been Famous For Its Textile Fabrics ; And India, Notwith Standing The Great Mechanical Inventions Of The Western World, Is Still Able To Produce Her Webs Of Woven Air, Which A Manufacturer Of The 18th ...
Thaneswar
Thaneswar, A Sacred Town And Place Of Hindu Pilgrimage In The Umballa District Of The Panjab, Situated On The Bank Of The River Saras Wati (sarsuti), In Lat. 29° 58' 30" N., And Long. 76° 52' E., 25 Miles Soutla Of Timballa. Population (1868), 7929. Thaneswar Or Sthaneswara Is Said ...
Thar
Thar And Parkar, A British District In The East Of Sind, Lying Between Lat. 24° 13' And 26° 15' N., And Between Long. 68° 51' And 71° 8' E. Area,. 12,729 Square Miles ; Population (1872), 180,761y Or 14 To The Square Mile. It Is Bounded On The North By ...
Tharpana Sansk
Tharpana. Sansk. Amongst The Hindu Races, A Water Oblation, An Oblation Offered To The Gods Beforo Eating, - And• An Oblation In Honour Of The Dead. Llindus, At The Time Of Bathing, Present Water Daily To The Gods, To Tho Sages, To The Yaksha, Naga, Gandharva, Apsarases., Asura, Vidyadhara, Pishacha, ...
Thatch
Thatch. In The S. Of The Peninsula Of India, The Thatch In Use With The People Is Made Of Pal Myra Leaves. It Is The Best Thatch For Houses, And The Most Durable. Next To It, In Madras, Ranks In Value The Cyperus Textilis, Which Grows On The Banks Of ...
Thau
Thau, The Tauutie Emblem Of The Egyptians, The Hieroglyphic Of The God Toth, Was Originally Expressed, According To Kircher, By The Simple Figure Of A Cross, Like The Greek 1' And The Coptic Dem The Ilebrew Tau Is Supposed To Have Been Derived From It, Though It Has Deviated From ...
Thayetmy0
Thayetmy0, A Military Station In Pegu, Near The British Frontier. It Gives Its Name To A Dis Trict, Of Which It Is The Chief Civil Station, In Lat. 19° 18' 43" N., And Long. 95° 15' 40" E., On The Right Bank Of The Irawadi. Thayetmyo Signifies 'mango City; ' ...
Theatrical Representations
Theatrical Representations Are Common Among The Tamils, The Burmans, The Chinese And The Malayanesians, But Aro Of Com Pamtiveily Rare Occurrence Amongst The Northern Hindus. In Ancient Hindu Tirnes, Plays Were Written For Representation On Lunar Holidays, Royal Coronations, At Fairs And Religious Festivals, Marriages, Taking Possession Of A House. ...
Theine
Theine. The Properties Of Tea Depend Chiefly On The Presence Of Tannin, Of A Volatile Oil, And Of A Principle Called Theine (c8h5n20g), Which Has Been Found To Be Identical With Caffeine, And Is A Salifiable Base. It May Be Obtained In White Silky Needles ; Has A Mild, Bitter ...
Theobroma Cacao
Theobroma Cacao. Linn. Cacao Sativus, Lam,. I C. Minus, Goren. The Smooth-leaved Chocolate-nut Tree, A Native Of Central And South America, Now Cultivated In Several Parts Of India And The E. Archipelago, And Extensively In The West India Islands. Its Large Oval Yellow Cucumber-like Capsules, About 5 Inches Long, Hang ...
Thero Sansk
Thero. Sansk. A Presbyter. Thesaurus Zeylan1cus, A Botanical Work By John, Or The Elder, Burmann, Published In 1737, With 110 Plates, Containing Figures Of 155 Plants, Which Are Generally Very Characteristic And Well Executed. Bunnann's Work Appears To Have Been Principally Drawn Up From Speciniens Collected By Dr. Paul Hermann, ...
Thespesia Populnea
Thespesia Populnea. Lain. Hibiscus Populneus, Roxb. 1vialaviscus Populneus,gter. Poresh, . . . Ekng. Bendi, . . . Mahe. Poo-aras00, . . Can. Bapariti, . . Maleal. Pares Pipal, . . Dukh. Supara Sbavaka, . Sansk. Tulip Tree, . . . Eng. Surya-gass„ . Singh. Portia Tree, . • Fl Purse ...
Thian Shan Or
Thian Shan Or Tien-shan, A Mountain Range In Central Asia. Semiretchiusk, Or Seven-streanzed, Is The Southernmost Of The Three Provinces That Make Up Now The General Government Of The Steppe. In The East Are Rich Valleys Of Fertile Black Earth, And Mountain Gorges Lying Deep In Forest Recesses ; But ...
Thlen
Thlen. In The Neighbourhood Of Cherra Punji, In Assam, The People Believe In Thlens. The Original Thlen Was A Gigantic Snake, A I Monstrous Worm, Which Lived In A Cave Near Cherrapunji, And Ate Men And Animals. One Day, However, A Local Hero Addressed Himself To The Task Of Overcoming ...
Thomas
Thomas. Edward Thomas, A Bengal Civil Ser Vant, Editor Of Prinsep's Antiquities, Joint Editor Of Sir Henry Elliot's Posthumous History Of India. Ile Wrote On The Coins Of The Patan Sultans Of Hin Dustan ; On The Coins Of The Kings Of Ghazni, A.d. 961-1171 ; The Epoch Of The ...
Thrush
Thrush. The Tbrushes Are Birds Of The Family Merulidx, Which Dr. Jerdon Arranges Into Wrens, Short Wings, Ground Thrushes, Whistling Thrushes, Short-legged Thrushes, Babbling Thrushes, True Thrushes; And' Wren Thrushes. The Blue Rock Thrush, Petrocinda Cyanea (p. Pandoo, Col. Sykes), Is Distributed Over S.e. Europe And The Temperate And Torrid ...
Thujopsis Dolabrata
Thujopsis Dolabrata, And Z., A Tree Of Japan, Called By The Japanese Asnero, Is A Very Beautiful Tree, Growing To The Height Of 90 Or 100 Feet, Very Straight, And Siugularly Regular In Its Tapering Form. T'il Ul. Hind. T'hur, . . . . Sox, Gn Taarn, Dan Tur, Ott., ...
Tiger
Tiger. Nimr, . . Arab. Matcham,—. . . Jan% Ch'ung, . . . . Chin. Pilli, Taal. Bag, Hixo. Tigers Occur Throughout India, In The Malay Peninsula, Chinese Tartary, And Eastern Russia, But Are Unknown In China. The Tiger Uses Its Re-paw In Self-defence And In Fighting, But Uses ' ...
Tigris
Tigris Has Two Principal Sources In Central Armenia, Both Of Which Spring From The Southern Slope Of The Anti-taurus, Near Those Of The Araxes And Euphrates And Not Very Distant From That Of The Halys. Was Called Dijla By The Chaldmans ; And The Designation Applied To It In The ...
Tii3et
Tii3et, A Region In Central'asia, Lying Between Lat. 27° And 37° N., And Long. 72° And 105° E. ; Extends From Badakhshan In The N.1v. To Sze-ehuen In The S.e. The Gobi Desert On The N. Separates It From The Eastern Portion Of Chinese Turkestan ; It Has The Territory ...
Tiiug
Tiiug, A•class Of Murderers And Robbers Who Sprang Up Under The First Muhammadan Dynasties. 500 Were Executed In Etawa In The Reign Of Akbar. Thevenot, Describino The Dangers Of The Road Between Dehli And Alm, Advises Travellers Not To Allow Any Stranger To Come Near, As The Cunning Robbers Cast ...
Tiiunbergia
Tiiunbergia, A Genus Of Climbing Plants Of The Natural Order Acanthacew, Called After Thun Berg. Amongst The Species Are T. Alata Of Zanzi Bar, T. Angulata Of Madagascar, T. Fragmns Of Hindustan And Ghats Of The Peninsula, T. Grandi Flora Of All India, And T. Coccinea, Roz.b., Of Darjeeling. T. ...
Timor
Timor, Lat. 8° 21' To 10° 23' S., And Long. 123° 30' To 127° 15' E. It Is The Largest And Most Southerly Of The Molucca Islands. It Is Formed Of High Undulating Mountains In The Interior, Though Near The Sea It Is Of Moderate Elevation. The Portuguese Settlenient Of ...
Timur
Timur, Also Known As Timurlang Or Timur The Lune, Changed In Europe To Tamerlane. He Was Of One Of Those Races Of High Asia To Whom In Europe The General Name Of Turk Has Been Given. One Writer Describes Him As An Uzbak Tartar ; Latham Describes Him As A ...
Tiniber
Tiniber And Fancy Woods. Khashab, . . . Arab. Aruneya, . . . Mahr. Arunyavu, . . . Can. Arunuyum, Maleal.,san. Nath . . . Dukh. Heem, Chob, . . Timmerhout, . . Dut. Cembrowina, . . Pol. Bois De Charpente, . Fr. Stroewoi Gess, . . Itus. Bois H ...
Tinnevelly
Tinnevelly, Chief Town Of Tinnevelly Dis Trict, Madras, Is Lf Miles From The Left Bank Of The Tambraparni, Lat. 8° 43' 47" N., And Long. 77° 43' 49" E. ; The District Lying Between Lat. 8° 9' And 9° 56' N., And Long. 77° 16' And 78°27' E., Having The ...
Tiperaii
Tiperaii, A Corruption Of Tiipura, On The N.e. Frontier Of British India, Is Partly British Territory, And In Part Under A Native Ruler. The British Province In 1872 Had A Population Of 1,522,228 Souls. It Presents A Continuous Flat And Open Surface, With The Exception Of The Isolated Lalmar Range. ...
Tipu
Tipu, Son Of Nyder Ali, Commonly Known As Tipu Sultan, Also Tipu Sahib, Sovereign Of .mysore, Whose Capital Was Seringapatam. In The Year 1783, The British And Tho Peshwa Of The 31all Rattas Combined To Attack Tipu, And On The Llth March 1781 A Treaty Of Peace Was Concluded. But ...
Tiruvallavar
Tiruvallavar, The Literary Name Of The Author Of The Kural, A Book Of Buddhistics, In The Tamil Language, Generally Acknowledged To Be Unequalled In Any Of The Languages Of India, And • Amongst The Tamils Tiruvallavar Occupies The First Place As A Moralist. He Is Said To Have Been The ...
Titles
Titles, Badges, And Flags Have Been In Use Amongst All Nations, Through All Ages. Rulers Adopt Them In Order To Assert For Themselves Their Own Chicfship, And They Have Conceded Them As Distinguishine, Desin.nations To The Eminent Of Their Subjects. Reven°31altomed Carried The Black Flag Of His Tribe, Although He ...
Tobacco
Tobacco. Tobacco Was Introduced To Europe From Amu-lea About The Middle Of The 16th Century, And Is Now Extensively Cultivated In Most Parts Of The World. The Name Is From The West Indian Tobacco Pipe, Tobogo Or Tobacco, And Has Been Diffused With The Product Through Rnost Parts Of Europe, ...
Toda
Toda. This Name Is Derived From The Tamil Toravam And Toram, A Herd. Tho Toda Have Four Or Five Clans, Two Of Them Nearly Extinct, And One Is Endogamic. Their Language Is Dravidian. They Burn Their Dead, Reverence The Buffalo, And Take Especial Notice Of The Bell Suspended To Its ...
Toddy
Toddy. Palm Wine, Toddy, . Eng. Tuwak, . . . Malay. Sendi Of Date Palm, Hind. Kalil' . . . . Maleal. Tari Of Palmyra Palm, „ Sura, Tari, Tadi, Sansk. Nareli Of Cocoanut, „ Khullu, . . Tam, Tel. Toddy Is The Name Generally Given By Europeans To The ...
Tomato
Tomato. Lycopersieum Esculentum. I Licbes Apfcl, . . Ger. Pomme D'amour, . . Fr. I Pomo D'oro, . . . . Ir, Tomato Or Love-apple Is A Vegetable Of Easy Culture, Does Not Require A Very Rich Soil, Succeedi Best When Trained On Horizontal Trellises ; Should Be Thinned Occasionally ...
Tonk
Tonk, A Native State In Rajputana, Ruled Over By Descendants Of The Famous Predatory Leader Amir Klutn, The Companion In Arms Of Jeswunt Rao Holkar, Who Played A Conspicuous Part In All The Dissensions Which Preceded The British Settlement Of Malwa. Amir Khan (born 1766) Was By Connection, Habit, And ...
Tonkin
Tonkin Is The Cradle Of The Cochin.china Race, Including Under This Name Both Tonkinese And .annamese. Six Of Its Provinces Have Saigon For Their Capital, And Up To The Year 1883 Were Designated French Cochin-china. The Tonkinese And Annainese Are Of The Same Race, And Their Original Settlement Was In ...
Tope
Tope, A Sepulchral, Memorial Monument, The St'hupa Of The Buddhists ; Mound-like Buildings Erected For The Preservation Of Relics. Sucli Mounds Occur At Sanchi, Bharhut, Bhilsa, Near Benares, Tirhut, Behar, In Afghanistan, Tibet, Nepal, And Western Asia ; Also In Various Parts Of S. India. On The Demise Of The ...
Toran Or
Toran Or Tonna. Sansk. Pailoo, Chin. I Tori, Torii, . . . Jap. A Capital, An Arch, An Ornamental Arch, A Festoon ; Strings Of Flowers Stretched Across Roads ; Also The Gateway Of The Buddhist And Hindu Ternples ; Also The Doorway Of The Relic Or Memorial Toiffis Or ...
Torika
Torika Are Japanese Officers Of Noble Blood, Commanding Troops, Under The Orders Of The Governors, Whom They Assist With Their Advice, And Carry Out Their Orders. The Doosiu Aro Assist Ants To Tile Torika, Serve As Guards, Do Duty On Board Ship And In Guard Boats. Each Of The Dloosin ...
Tortoise Shell
Tortoise-shell. Ecaille De Tortue, . Fr. Sisk, Kurakura, Malay. Schilpad, . . . . Ger. Sisik Panu, . . . „ Kachakra, Gu.t., Him). Iculit-panu, . . . „ Scaglia De Tartaruga, The Scales Of The Turtle Are Extensively Used In The Manufacture Of Combs, Snuff-boxes, In Inlaying, Etc. The ...
Totem
Totem. An Early Stage In Religious Progress Is That Which May Be Called Totemism, Or The Worship Of Natural Objects. The Savage Does Not Abandon His Belief In Fetishism, From Which, Indeed, No Race Of Men Has Yet Entirely Freed Itself, But He Superinduces On It Abelief In Beings Of ...
Tower Of Silence
Tower Of Silence Is A Designation Of The Elevated Structure Raised By The Parsecs, On Which Are Lodged The Remains Of Their Dead. In Bombay, Ou The N.e. Crest Of Malabar Liill, Are Situated Two Towers Of Silence. From The Gowalia Tank Road Towards The North, A Winding Avenue Leads ...
Tra Ga
Tra Ga. Hum A Self-immolation Practised By Bards And Charans, The Self-shedding Of Blood To Enforce Demands. There Has Long Prevailed In India A Practice Of Hiring A Person Of A Religious Class, Generally Of The Bard Or Bhat Tribe, To Threaten To Injure Himself Unless Redress Were Given. The ...
Trade 1vinds
Trade-1vinds Blow Continuously From One Direction, And Aro So Called Because Of The Facil Ities Which They Afford To Trade By Sea. They Differ From Monsoons, Which Blow One-half Of The Year From One Direction And The Other Half From An Opposite Or Nearly Opposite Direction. There Are Two Trade-winds, ...
Trades
Trades And Tradesmen. Amongst The Races In The East Indies Many Are Keen Traders, Engaging In Extensive Transactions With Distant Countries. The Bhattiah, Natha-kothi, Marwari, And Banya Hindus, The Parsees, The Povinda, Bora, Moplah, And Labbai Muhammadans, The Bugis Of The Archi Pelago, Are Not Surpassed In Enterprise By The ...
Tragacanth
Tragacanth, Gum Tragacanth. Samagh-1.11-arwad, Arab. Kattira, . Guj., Iiind. Samagh-ul-katira, • I Tragacantha, . . . Lat. Gommi Astraganti, . Fn. Kurn, . . . . Pers. Traganth, . . . . Ger. Vadomocottaypisini, Tam. Rpayrcxxv0a, . . . Gr. Badarn Vittu Banka, Tel. The Gum Tragacanth Of Commerce Is ...
Transmigration
Transmigration Of The Soul Is Believed In By All Buddhists And All Hindus. The Egyptians Maintained That, After Death, The Immortal Soul Migrated Into The Bodies Of Birds, Beasts, Or Fishes, And Other Animals, And That The Gods Took Refuge In The Bodies Of Animals, From The Wickedne.ss And Violence ...
Trap
Trap, In Geology, Is A Term Applied To Older Volcanic Rocks Which Have Flowed Over Or Between Other Rocks, Assumino. The Form Of Stairs (trappa, Sw., A Stair), And Diainguished As Eruptive Trap, Overlying Trap, Interposed Trap, And Trap-dykes. Trap, In Its Mineralogical Structure, Is Of Augite, Hornblende, Or Basalt. ...
Trapa Bispinosa
Trapa Bispinosa. Linn. Singhara, . Beng., Hind. Gaunri, . . . . Panj. Ling, . . . . Chin. Seringata, . . Sansk. Twoapined Water Celtrops, Parike Gadda, . . Eng. Pandi Gadda, . . „ Pani-phal, . . Hind. Kubjakam, . . . „ Karim-polam, Maleal. Sringa Takamu, . ...
Travancore
Travancore, A Principality In The Extreme S.w. Part Of The Peninsula. Of India, Nded By A Maharaja Of The Kshatriya Race. At The Close Of The 17th And Commencement Of Tbe 18th Century, The Preseut Territory Was Under Several Petty Chiefships Called Etadda Pulleyrnar, The Capital Of One Of Which ...
Tri Kuta
Tri-kuta. Colonel Tod Tells Us That The Infant Bappa, Son Of Nagadit, When Only Three Years Old, Was Conveyed To The Fortress Of Bhan Dere, Where He Was Protected By A Bhil Of Yadu Descent. Thence He Was Removed For Greater Security To The Wilds Of Parassur. Within Its Impervious ...
Triad
Triad. The Triads Of The Nations Are Many. Geryon, The Three-healed, Is Famous In Classical Antiquity : Qualls Atlantiaco Memoratur Ettore Quondam, Monstrum Geryones Immane Trieorporis Cui Tres In Pugna Elextrte Varia Artna Gerebant . Una Ignes Stevos.' Thus On The Coast, From Hoary Atlas Named, Stood Triple Geryon : ...
Trichodesma Zeylanicum
Trichodesma Zeylanicum. 73rown. Grows In Abyssinia, S. Asia, And Extra-tropical Australia. It Is A Plant Of Ceylon And The Peninsula, And Is The Buro Kulpha Of Bengal, And The Borago Zeylanica Of Linnmus. Dromedaries Evince An Extraordinary Predilection For It. T. Africanum, R. Br., And T. Spinulosum, Are Found In ...
Tridacna
Tridacna, A Genus Of Molluscs Of The Family Tridacnidre, Comprising The Genera Tridacna And Hippopus, The Shells Of Which Are The Largest Known Amongst Acalephous Molluscs. T. Gips Is Sometimes 4f Feet Long, Weighing 500 Lbs. T. Safrana Is Of A Beautiful Blue Round The Edges ; Third Species Is ...
Tripatty Or
Tripatty Or Tirupati, In Lat. 13° 88' N., And Long. 79° 27' 50" E., A Town, A Hill, And A Hindu Pagoda, 80 Miles West Of Madras, In The N. Arcot District. Tripatty Is Divided Into Two Parts, The Upper Tripatty And The Lower Tripatty. The Former Is A Small ...
Tripitaka
Tripitaka. The Sacred Canon Of Thebuddhists Is Called The Tripitaka, I.e. The Three Baskets. 011 Buddha's Death, 500 Of His Disciples Assembled In A Cave Near Patna, And Collected His Sayings. This Was The First Council. They Chanted The Lessons Of Their Master In Three Great Divisions —the Words Of ...
Triticum
Triticum, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Graminem. Several Species Are Extensively Grown In S.e. Asia. They Furnish The Wheat, A Seed Or Grain Largely Used For Food Since The Most Ancient Times. There Are Numerous Sorts Of Cultivated Wheat, From Which Must Be Distinguished The Three Primary Varieties, ...
Triveni
Triveni, The Triple Braid, A Name Of Prayag,a. His The Mystical Union, At Allahabad, Of The Three Sacred Rivers, The Ganges, Junius, And Saraswati, Severally The Consorts, Or Energies, Of The Three Great Powers, Siva, Vishnu, And Brahma. Triveni, Or The Three-plaited Locks, Is A Mythological Junc Tion, A Female ...
Triveni Or
Triveni Or Tribeni, The Three Streams, Is A Village In The Hoogli District Of Bengal, In Lat. 22° 59' 10" N., And Long. 88° 26' 40" E., At The Junction Of The Hoogli Branch Of The Ganges, The Saraswati, And The Jamuna. North Of The Saraswati Is The Tribeni Ghat, ...
Trivikary
Trivikary, A Village In The South Arcot District, About 13 Miles 1v.n.w. Of Pondicherry. It Has Extensive Fossil Trees, Silicified, Around What Seems To Be A Crater. About Three Or Four Utiles E. And N.e. Of Vcrdur, A Village 10 Miles W.n.w. Of Pondicherry, Are Extensive Fossiliferous Lime Stone Strata, ...
Tsong Kha Ba
Tsong-kha-ba, A Buddhist Priest Of Tibet, Born A.d. 1417, At Si-king In Tibet. In The 15th Century, The Sakya Priesthood, Known As The Brug-pa, Also Hung-kmo Or The Red Church, Had Introduced Marriage, But Tsong-kha-ba Preached The C,elibate Views Of Sakya Muni, And Insisted On The Adoption Of Yellow Robes. ...
Tulsi Bai
Tulsi Bai Was Born At 31hysir, A.d. 1790, In The House Of Ajihall, One Of The 3ian Bhao Sect. She Grew Np To He Very Beautiful, And Was Under The Protection Of A 13rahman, When A Mahratta Adventurer Introduced Her To The Notice Of Jes Want Rao Holkar, Maharaja Of ...
Tuluva
Tuluva, An Ancient Dominion Of Southern India, Lying Between The Western Ghats And The Sea, And Between The Kalyanapuri And Chandra Giri Rivers ; Lat. 12° 27' To 13° 15' N., And Long. 74° 45' To 75° 30' E., With A Coast-line Of About 80 Tniles. It Is Now Merely ...
Tumulus
Tumulus. Tumuli Are Met With In Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, Sweden, Russia, Tartary., And Africa. Those In Ireland And In The Plain Of Troy Are Precisely Shnilar To Others Of The United States. In America They Are Scattered In Profusion From Lake Erie To The Gulf Of. Mexico, And Are ...
Tungus
Tungus, A General Name Applied To A Popula Tion Common To A Vast Area In Siberia, And China. Their Physiognomy Connects It With The Tribes Of Northern Asia In General, And Their Language Forms A Transition Between The Monosyllabic And Agglutinate Forms Of Speech. These Tribes Under Chinese Rule, In ...
Turan
Turan, The Name Of A Region Bordering On Iran, In The North And North-east, Which In The Remot,est Times Nvas Inhabited By A Race Who Are Now Spread Into Different Parts Of The World, And Are Known To Ethnologists As Turanians And Mong,olians. Tumn Aud Turanian Are Terms Of Persian ...