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TUNGABHADRA , a See also:river of See also:southern See also:India, the See also:chief tributary of the See also:Kistna . It is formed by the junction of two streams, the Tunga and the Bhadra, which both rise in See also:Mysore in the Western See also:Ghats . The See also:united river for nearly all its course forms the boundary between See also:Madras and the dominions of the See also:nizam of See also:Hyderabad . On its right See also:bank stood the See also:capital of the See also:ancient See also:Hindu See also:dynasty of See also:Vijayanagar, now a See also:wilderness of ruins . From of old its See also:waters have been utilized for See also:irrigation . Near its confluence with the Kistna it supplies the See also:Kurnool-See also:Cuddapah See also:Canal . A project has been recently under See also:consideration to See also:dam the river higher up, and there construct an artificial See also:lake that would have an See also:area of rho sq. m., the cost of this See also:scheme being roughly estimated at nearly £6,000,000 . T'UNG-CHOW, a sub-prefectural See also:city in Chih-li, the See also:metropolitan See also:province of See also:China, on the See also:banks of the Peiho in 39° 54' N . 116° 41' E., 12 M . E. of See also:Peking . Its See also:population is estimated at about 50,000 . T'ung-Chow marks the highest point at which the Peiho is navigable, and here merchandise for Peking is transferred to a canal .
The city, which is faced on its eastern See also:side by the river, and on its other three sides is surrounded by populous suburbs, is upwards of 3 M. in circumference
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The walls are about 45 ft. in height and about 24 ft. wide at the See also:top
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They are being allowed to fall into decay
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Two See also:main thoroughfares .connect the See also:north and See also:south See also:gates and the See also:east and See also:west gates
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The See also:place derives its importance from the fact that it is the See also:port of Peking
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Like most See also:Chinese cities, T'ung-Chow has appeared in See also:history under various names
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By the founder of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.) it was called Lu-Hien; with the rise of the T'ang dynasty (618 A.D.) its name was changed to Haan-Chow; and at the beginning of the 12th See also:century, with the See also:advent of the See also:Kin dynasty to See also:power, Haan-Chow became T'ung-Chow
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It was at T'ung-Chow that See also:Sir Harry See also:Parkes, Sir See also: |
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