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India, Northwestern


  • Here are entered works on the region of India that comprises the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan.
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    • India, North-west
    • India, North-western
    • India, Northwest
    • North-west India
    • North-western India
    • Northwest India
    • Northwestern India
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    • found: Work cat.: Khettry, S. Buddhism in north-western India, 2006:p. 1 (north-west of Indian subcontinent includes territory now politically in Pakistan (Pak-Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan), Jammu and Kashmir (partly occupied by Pakistan), the Punjab, and parts of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh)
    • found: Chathley, Y.P. Education, population, and development : a regional perspective of northwest India : Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan, 1995.
    • found: India : culture, society, and economy, 1985:p. 205 (northwestern India) p. 208 (Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh)
    • found: Visible Earth website, Feb. 29, 2008:Collections > Earth Observatory > Natural Hazards > Fire > By Event Title > Fires in Northwestern India (At the base of the Himalaya Mountains in northwestern India, the annual agricultural fire season was underway in the states of Punjab (closest to Pakistan) and Haryana (to the southeast) in mid-October 2005)
    • found: Britannica online, Feb. 29, 2008(under India: The Post-Urban Period in northwestern India)
    • found: Wikipedia, Feb. 29, 2008:Himachal Pradesh (Himachal Pradesh is a state in the north-west of India) Punjab (Punjab, also spelled Panjab, is a state in northwest India) Haryana (Haryana is a state in north India) Rajasthan (Rājasthān is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area and is part of West India) North India (North India consists of eleven Indian states: Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh)
    • found: LC database, Feb. 29, 2008(northwest India; north-west India; north west India; northwestern India; north western India; north-western India)
    • found: Google search, Feb. 29, 2008(86,000 hits for "northwest India"; 73,500 for "northwestern India"; 76,200 for "north-west India"; 46,000 for "north-western India")
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    • Here are entered works on the region of India that comprises the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan.
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    • 2008-02-29: new
    • 2008-04-04: revised
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