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A GAZETTEER OF INDIA,
Compiled chiefly from the Records at the India Office,
WITH NOTES, MARGINAL REFERENCES, AND MAP.
BY EDWARD THORNTON, ESQ.
*⁎* The chief objects in view in compiling this Gazetteer are:—