Sentence examples for ganges valley from inspiring English sources

Political activity in the 6th 5th century bce centred on the control of the Ganges valley.

Its early history is that of the first Aryan settlement in the middle Ganges valley.

The Rashtrakuta interest in Kannauj probably centred on the trade routes from the Ganges valley.

His ambition to take Kannauj brought him into conflict with the Pala king, Dharmapala (reigned c. 770 810), who had by this time advanced up the Ganges valley.

Buddhism in eastern India, however, was well on the way to being absorbed into Hinduism when the Muslims invaded the Ganges valley in the 12th century.

The Ganges valley divides into three major parts: to the west is the Ganges-Yamuna Doab (the land area that is formed by the confluence of the two rivers); east of the confluence lies the middle Ganges valley, in which population tends to increase and cultivation of rice predominates; and to the southeast lies the extensive delta of the combined Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers.

All down the Ganges (Ganga) River valley were militant Afghan chiefs, in disarray but with a formidable military potential.

The early importance of Magadha may be explained by its strategic position in the Ganges (Ganga) River valley, enabling it to control communication and trade on the river.

The changes in material culture in the Ganges (Ganga) River valley beginning in the 6th 5th centuries bce, chiefly characterized by settled agricultural technology and growing use of iron, resulted in agricultural production surpluses and a tendency toward the growth of commerce and urban centres.

The delta, the seaward prolongation of sediment deposits from the Ganges and Brahmaputra river valleys, is about 220 miles (355 km) along the coast and covers an area of some 23,000 square miles (60,000 square km).

The government promised a state-of-the-art operation to study the source of water upon which more than 800 million people in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river valleys depend.