Gangetic
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"If we don't protect the Aravalli, the northern Gangetic plains -- which is a food basket for the rest of the country -- would become a desert," he said.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
These are Gangetic dolphins, a species of river dolphin - and India's national aquatic animal - that's found largely in the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system in the northern part of the country.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
This is the text’s central theme as it was written in about 500 BC, when there was a shift from tribal multiculturalism to bigger settlements led by kings along the Gangetic plain.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2023
His successors, such as Menander I, converted to Buddhism and extended their kingdom deep into the Gangetic plain.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
The people of the northern Districts came from Bundelkhand and the Gangetic plain, and here are found the principal castes of the United Provinces and the Punjab.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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