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INDIA

them are subject to similar climatic conditions at the same
periodic intervals. There is also much similarity in their
conformation, for they all form part of that great Indo-Gangetic
 plain which stretches from the Arabian Sea to
the Bay of Bengal. The Punjab extends east and west
from the frontier hills west of the Indus to the Jumna

ABOVE 8000 FTTH 1000+ 2000 F
3000-6000 » 2) 600 1000
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100 MiLr=F1G.

 42.—The Rivers of the Puniab.

River, and from the Himalayas on the north to the plains
and deserts of Bhawalpur and Rajputana on the south.
The city of Delhi is on its extreme eastern frontier, and
Simla, together with certain hill states which lie to the
north of Simla, is included within Punjab administration.
Omitting these Himalayan states, the Punjab, within the
five rivers, consist of a series of wide flat plains—called
Doab—extending in unbroken succession to Rajputana