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0226 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 / Page 226 (Color Image)

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G h â t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . گھاٹ Hind.
"The passes." Two mountain ranges in Southern India, the one along the Western, the
other along the Eastern coast.
Ghât is also very often used in compound names.

G h a u s p ú r a, in Hindostán, Lat. 26°, Long. 82° . . . . . . . . . . . غوث پورا Arab. Hind.
"The town of the Ghaus." Ghaus, helping man, or pious man.

G h a z a b g á r h, in Sindh, Lat. 25°, Long. 70° . . . . . . . . . . . . غضب گڑھ Arab. Hind.
"Ghâzab's town." Ghâzab, rage, wrath, probably a part of a personal name.

G h â z i k a t h â n a, in Rajvára, Lat. 27°, Long. 76° . . . . . . . غازی کا تھانا Arab. Hind.
"Ghâzi's place, or abode." Ghâzi, champion of the faith, also used as a personal
name.

G h a z i p ú r, in Hindostán, Lat. 25°, Long. 83° . . . . . . . . . . . غازی پور Arab. Hind.
"Ghâzi's town." For Ghâzi see the preceding name.
The Hindus say that this is a Sanskr. name, derived from Gâda, who was a brother of
Krishna, and that it has only received an Arabic form from the Mussalmáns. Wilford, in
As. Res., Vol. IX., p. 34.
The same name also in Bándelkhánd, Lat. 25°, Long. 80°.

G h a z i - u d - d i n - n á g a r, in Hindostán, Lat. 28°, Long. 77° غازی الدین نگر Arab. Hind.
"The town of the champion of the faith." Ghazi-ud-dín, champion of the faith,
a proper name.

G h o r a g h â t, in Bengál, Lat. 25°, Long. 89° . . . . . . . . . . . . . گھوڑا گھاٹ Hind.
"Horse-pass, or ford."

G i n d a r e g á n g a, properly Gingahagánga, a river in Ceylon Singhal.
"Nipa river."
Gingaha, in Singhal. Nipa fruticans, a low palm.

G i r i d h á r p u r, in Bándelkhánd, Lat. 24°, Long. 76° . गिरिधरपुर بر گردھر Sanskr.
"Town of Síva, the lord of the mountains." Giridhára, or abbreviated (Hind.)
Girdhár, means supporting the mountains, and is an epithet of Síva.

G i r n á r, properly Girinágara, in Gujrát, Lat. 21°,
Long. 70° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . गिनर properly गिरिनगर Sanskr.
"Mountain-town."