Deccan
the entire peninsula of India S of the Narmada River.
a plateau region in S India between the Narmada and Krishna rivers.
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Traveling back in time to when dinosaurs still ruled the planet, it ignited an area known as the Deccan Traps.
Seismic ‘Telescope’ Reveals a Titanic, Tree-Like Plume Feeding Earth’s Volcanoes | Jason Dorrier | October 17, 2021 | Singularity HubTens of millions of years from now, the plume’s southern branch may send up a blob so titanic it will put the Deccan Traps to shame.
Seismic ‘Telescope’ Reveals a Titanic, Tree-Like Plume Feeding Earth’s Volcanoes | Jason Dorrier | October 17, 2021 | Singularity HubThe goings-on at Deccan Chronicle demonstrate the state of the industry.
This was on the coast of Malabar, south of Bombay, and in what we should call the south-western part of the Deccan.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. DallIn the autumn they spread themselves over the greater part of Hindustan, most abundantly in the Deccan.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas Dewar
The Deccan is full of legends about Sivaji, and even the English historians mention him with respect.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyBut there exists a very strange superstition in the Deccan about this mysterious, and only partially explored, mountain.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyThe state occupies a large portion of the eastern plateau of the Deccan.
British Dictionary definitions for Deccan
/ (ˈdɛkən) /
a plateau in S India, between the Eastern Ghats, the Western Ghats, and the Narmada River
the whole Indian peninsula south of the Narmada River
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