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Volume 10 · 93 words · 1842 Edition

river of Hindustan, so named from its winding course, and which has its source in the mountains of Kemon, whence it flows in a south-east direction through the province of Oude, and, after passing the cities of Lucknow, Sultanpore, and Joanpore, falls into the Ganges about fourteen miles below Benares. It is navigable for boats as high as Lucknow at all times of the year.

Gondipooram, a town of Hindustan, in the Northern Circars, forty-six miles north by west from Cicacole. It is in long. 83. 51. E. and lat. 18. 59. N.