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Hindustan   /hˈɪndustˌæn/   Listen
Hindustan

noun
1.
Northern region of India where Hinduism predominates.



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"Hindustan" Quotes from Famous Books



... time the Emperor, with his family and all the lords of Hindustan, who marched from camp, are arrived in Delhi; and on Thursday, the 29th of Zilkadeh, we moved our glorious standard toward ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13 • Various

... pretended to be descended of a Hindu colony, for the Rajas of Nepal were Newars, who deny this extraction. They indeed called themselves Rajputs, that is, the descendants of princes, but so does the king of Ava, although no one ever imagined that he is descended of the Rajputs in Hindustan. I shall afterwards have occasion to show, that the various classes of Hindus, that is, of the natives of India, who have adopted the Brahmans for spiritual guides, have not in all periods composed a great proportion of the population, nor have even ...
— An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal • Fancis Buchanan Hamilton

... feet with a long-drawn vernacular oath "Colonel Sahib," said he, "that man is no Afghan, for they weep 'Ai! Ai!' Nor is he of Hindustan, for they weep,'Oh! Ho!' He weeps after the fashion of the white men, ...
— Short-Stories • Various

... shores, Inquiring, tireless, seeking what is yet unfound, A, a child, very old, over waves, toward the house of maternity, the land of migrations, look afar, Look off the shores of my Western sea, the circle almost circled: For starting Westward from Hindustan, from the vales of Kashmere, From Asia, from the north, from God, the sage, and the hero, From the south, from the flowery peninsulas and spice islands, Long having wandered since, round the earth having wandered, Now I face home again, very pleased and joyous. (But where is what I started ...
— A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga • Yogi Ramacharaka



Words linked to "Hindustan" :   geographical area, geographic region, Republic of India, Hindu, geographical region, geographic area, Hindoo, Bharat, India



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