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ID: 1075233
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1075233
Record Type:
administrative
Durg (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 21 11 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 21.1833
decimal degrees
Long: 081 17 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 81.2833
decimal degrees
Note:
Was used by Maratha Confederation as a base of operations in subjugating the Chattisgarh plain in 1740s.
Names:
Durg
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Drug
(
H
,
V
)
............
derived from "durga," Hindu word for "fort"
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
India
(nation) (
P
)
............
Chhattīsgarh
(state) (
P
)
................
Durg
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was an ancient fortress
town (
C
)
fortified settlement (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Drug..........
[
VP
]
...........
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 259
...........
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Durg..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
59
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 259
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008)
accessed 22 December 2006
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2095348
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
59
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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