HARIANA  , a See also:

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

tract of 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 in the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab, See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, once the seat of a flourishing See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization . It consists of a level upland See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, interspersed with patches of sandy See also:

• SOIL

soil, and largely overgrown with brushwood . The Western See also:

• JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal irrigates the See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields of a large number of its villages . Since the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• HISSAR

Hissar has been the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . During the troubled See also:

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

period which followed on the decline of the See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, Hariana formed the battlefield where the See also:

• MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas, Bhattis and Sikhs met to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle their territorial quarrels . The whole country was devastated by the See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine of 1783 . In 1797—1798 Hariana was overrun by the famous Irish adventurer See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas, who established his capital at See also:

• HANSI

Hansi; in 18or he was dispossessed by Sindhia's See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• PERRON (a French word meaning properly a "large stone," Ital. Petrone, from Lat. Petra, Fr. pierre, stone)
• PERRON, PIERRE CUILLIER (1755-1834)

Perron; in 1803 Hariana passed under See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• RULE

rule .