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KALINJAR , a See also:town and See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill fort of See also:British See also:India in the See also:Banda See also:district of the See also:United Provinces. Pop. (19o1), 3015. The fort stands on an isolated See also:rock, the termination of the See also:Vindhya range, at an See also:elevation of 1203 ft., overlooking the plains of See also:Bundelkhand. Kalinjar is the most characteristic specimen of the hill-fortresses, originally hill-shrines, of central India. Its antiquity is proved by its mention in the Mahabharata. It was besieged by Mahmud of See also:Ghazni in 1023, and here the Afghan See also:emperor Sher Shah met his See also:death in 1545, and Kalinjar played a prominent See also:part in See also:history down to the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:Mutiny in 1857, when it was held by a small British See also:garrison. Both the fort and the town, which stands at the See also:foot of the hill, are of See also:interest to the See also:antiquary on See also:account of their remains of temples, sculptures, See also:inscriptions and caves.
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