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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Thanesar
Britannica 11thTHANESAR ( = " place of the god"), an ancient town of British India, in Karnal district of the Punjab, on the river Saraswati, 100 m. by rail N. of Delhi: pop. (1901) 5066. As the centre of the tract called Kurukshetra in the Mahabharata, it has always been a ...
Vol. 26, pp. 725-725
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Thana
Britannica 11thTHANA, or TANNA ( = a fort, or police-station), a town and district of British India, in the Northern division of Bombay. The town is on the west of the Salsette creek or Thana river, just where the Great Indian Peninsula railway crosses to the mainland, 21 m.
Vol. 26, pp. 725-725
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