Difference between revisions of "Afghan`Istan`"
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<p> A country in the centre of Asia, between | <p> A country in the centre of Asia, between India on the east and [[Persia]] on the west, its length about 600 m. and its breadth about 500 m., a plateau of immense mountain masses, and high, almost inaccessible, valleys, occupying 278,000 sq. m., with extremes of climate, and a mixed turbulent population, majority Afghans. The country, though long a bone of contention between [[England]] and Russia, is now wholly under the sphere of British influence. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:42, 15 October 2021
Afghan`Istan` [1]
A country in the centre of Asia, between India on the east and Persia on the west, its length about 600 m. and its breadth about 500 m., a plateau of immense mountain masses, and high, almost inaccessible, valleys, occupying 278,000 sq. m., with extremes of climate, and a mixed turbulent population, majority Afghans. The country, though long a bone of contention between England and Russia, is now wholly under the sphere of British influence.