A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia

by J. G. Bartholomew

Gobardhan, Rajputana. 27N. 77E. Said to have been a favourite res. of Krishna.

Gokana, Punjab. 29N. 77E. Contains tomb of Saint Shah Zia-ud-din Mohammed.

Gokarn, Bombay. 15N. 74E. Place of pilgrimage for Hindus; mentioned in 'Mahabharata' and 'Ramayana.'

[Golconda], Haidarabad. 18N. 78E. A ruined city, f. by Rajah of Warangal; destroyed by Aurungzebe, 1687.

[Gooruncondah] ('horse-hill'), Madras. 14N. 79E. Taken by Hyder Ali, 1768; yielded to Trimbak Rao, 1771; captured by Tippoo Sahib, 1773; British possession, 1800.

Granicus, Asia Minor. 40N. 27E. River on the banks of which Alexander the Great first defeated the Persians, 334 B.C.; Lucullus defeated Mithridates, 74 B.C.

[Gujranwala], Punjab. 32N. 74E. Bp. of Ranjit Singh, and burial-place of his father and of himself.

[Gujrat], Punjab. 33N. 74E. Sikhs conquered by Sir Hugh Gough, 1849. (See Malleson's 'Decisive Battles of India.')

[Gulbarga], Haidarabad. 17N. 77E. Taken by Zafar Khan, 1347; by Mir Jumla, 1657. Contains tomb of Khwaja Band Nawaz, Mussulman saint.

Gumush-Khaneh ('place of silver'), Asiatic Turkey. 41N. 38E. Pasha of Trebizond defeated by Russians, 1829.