The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.90
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.90
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The centre of north-western India is occupied by a group of large Native States, known collectively as Rājputāna. Through Rājputāna, diagonally from the south-west north-eastward, there runs the range of the Arāvalli hills for a distance of fully three hundred miles. The north-eastern extremity of the Arāvallis is the Ridge of Delhi on the Jumna river. At their southern end, but separated from the main range by a hollow, is the isolated Mount Abu, the highest point in Rājputāna, standing up conspicuously from the surrounding plains to a height of some five thousand feet.