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ID: 7001693
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001693
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Deccan (upland)  Deccan (upland)

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 17.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 078 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 78.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Plateau of central Indian peninsula; area has often been contested; last great Mogul emperor Aurangzeb tried to conquer region 1638-1707; Maratha Confederation Hindus regained military power here in 18th cen.; later Britain defeated France for control.

Names:
Deccan (preferred,C,V)
Dekkan (C,V)
Dekan, Hochland von (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Deccan (upland)  ............  Deccan (upland) (P)

Place Types:
upland (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Deccan..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 54
Dekan, Hochland von..........  [VP]
...................................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-44
Dekkan..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 231
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 231
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-44
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 54
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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