Difference between revisions of "Hindustan"
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<p> A name sometimes loosely applied to the entire | <p> A name sometimes loosely applied to the entire Indian peninsula, but which, strictly speaking, embraces only the country of the upper valley of the Ganges, divided into NW. Provinces, Oude, and Behar; the language spoken is Hindi, a pure Sanskritic tongue, on which [[Hindustani]] is based, but with large [[Persian]] and Arabic admixtures. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 08:02, 12 October 2021
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
(See India).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A name sometimes loosely applied to the entire Indian peninsula, but which, strictly speaking, embraces only the country of the upper valley of the Ganges, divided into NW. Provinces, Oude, and Behar; the language spoken is Hindi, a pure Sanskritic tongue, on which Hindustani is based, but with large Persian and Arabic admixtures.
