ARAVALLI HILLS  , a range of mountains in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, See also:

• RUNNING

running for 300 M. in a See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-easterly direction, through the See also:

• RAJPUTANA

Rajputana states and the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• AJMERE, or AJMER

Ajmere-Merwara, situated between 24° and 27° 10' N. See also:

• LAT

lat., and between 72° and 75° E. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . They consist of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of ridges and peaks, with a breadth varying from 6 to 6o m. and an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of loco to 3000 ft., the highest point being See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• ABU

Abu, rising to 5653 ft., near the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western extremity of the range . Geologically they belong to the See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive formation—See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite, compact dark See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue See also:

• SLATE (properly CLAY SLATE; in M. Eng. slat or sclat, from O. Fr. esclat, a small piece of wood used as a tile; esclater, to break into pieces, whence modern Fr. eclat, the root being seen also in Ger. schleissen, to split)

slate, See also:

• GNEISS

gneiss and See also:

• SYENITE

syenite . The dazzling See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white effect of their peaks is produced, not by See also:

• SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow, as among the Himalayas, but by enormousmasses of vitreous See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose-coloured See also:

• QUARTZ

quartz . On the north their drainage forms the Luni and Sakhi See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, which fall into the Gulf of See also:

• CUTCH, GULF OF
• CUTCH, or KACH
• CUTCH, RUNN OF, or RANN OF KACH

Cutch . To the south, their drainage supplies two distinct See also:

• RIVER

river systems, one of which debouches in comparatively small streams on the Gulf of See also:

• CAMBAY
• CAMBAY, GULF OF

Cambay, while the other unites to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• CHAMBAL

Chambal river, a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern tributary of the See also:

• JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna, flowing thence via the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges, into the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal on the other See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of India . The Aravalli hills are for the most See also:

• PART

part See also:

• BARE

bare of cultivation, and even of See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle . Many of them are See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere heaps of See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand and See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone; others consist of huge masses of quartz . The valleys between the ridges are generally sandy deserts, with an occasional See also:

• OASIS (Gr. &toss, the name given by Herodotus to the fertile spots in the Libyan desert: it probably represents an Egyptian word, cf. Coptic ouahe, ouih, to dwell, from which the Egyptian Arabic sod is derived)

oasis of cultivation . At long intervals, however, a fertile See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract marks some great natural See also:

• LINE

line of drainage, and among such valleys Ajmere See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, with its See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake, stands conspicuous . The hills are inhabited by a very sparse See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of Mhairs, an aboriginal See also:

• RACE

race . For long these See also:

• PEOPLE

people formed a difficult problem to the British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government .

Previously to the British occupation of India they had been accustomed to live, almost destitute of clothing, by the produce of their herds, by the See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

chase and by See also:

• PLUNDER

plunder . But Ajmere having been ceded to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company in 1818, the Mhair See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country was soon afterwards brought under British See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, and the predatory instincts of the people were at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time controlled and utilized by forming them into a Merwara See also:

• BATTALION

battalion . As the peaceful results of British See also:

• RULE

rule See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed, and the old feuds between the Mhairs and their See also:

• RAJPUT

Rajput neighbours died out, the Mhair battalion was transformed into a See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police force . The Aravalli mountaineers strongly objected to this See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change, and pleaded a long See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of loyal usefulness to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . They were accordingly again erected into a military battalion and brought upon the See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll of the British See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . Under See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• KITCHENER, HORATIO HERBERT KITCHENER, VISCOUNT (1850- )

Kitchener's See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of 1903 ,they were entitled the 50th Merwara See also:

• INFANTRY

Infantry . The Aravalli hills send off rocky ridges in a north-easterly direction through the states of See also:

• ALWAR, or ULWAR

Alwar and See also:

• JAIPUR, or JEYPORE

Jaipur, which from time to time reappear in the form of isolated hills and broken rocky elevations to near See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi .