HASTINAPUR  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

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

city of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• MEERUT

Meerut See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the See also:

• UNITED

United Provinces, lying on the See also:

• BANK

bank of a former See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed of the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges, 22 M . N.E. of Meerut . It formed the See also:

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

capital of the See also:

• GREAT

great Pandava See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, celebrated in the Mahabharata, and probably one of the earliest See also:

• ARYAN

Aryan settlements outside the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab . Tradition points to a See also:

• GROUP

group of shapeless mounds as the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the Lunar princes of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Bharata whose deeds are commemorated in the great See also:

• NATIONAL

national epic . After the conclusion of the famous See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war which forms the central See also:

• EPISODE

episode of that poem, Hastinapur remained for some 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 the See also:

• METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi mother, srGXis, city)

metropolis of the descendants of Parikshit, but the See also:

• TOWN

town was finally swept away by a See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood of the Ganges, and the capital was transferred to Kausambi .