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LARKHANA

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 219 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LARKHANA , a See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in See also:

SIND

Sind, Bombay. The town is on a See also:

canal not far from the See also:

INDUS

Indus, and has a station on the See also:

North-Western railway, 281 M. N. by E. of See also:

KARACHI, or KURRACHEE

Karachi. It is pleasantly situated in a fertile locality, and is well laid out with wide streets and spacious gardens. It is a centre of See also:

trade, with manufactures of See also:

cotton, See also:

SILK

silk, See also:

leather, See also:

metal-See also:

WARE

ware and See also:

paper. Pop. (1901) 14,543. Av. The DISTRICT OF LARKHANA, lying along the right See also:

BANK

bank of the Indus, was formed out of portions of See also:

SUKKUR, or SA

Sukkur and Karachi districts in Igor, and has an See also:

AREA

area of 5091 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 656,083, showing an increase of ro% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. Its western See also:

PART

part is mountainous, but the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder is a See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of See also:

ALLUVIUM

alluvium watered by canals and well cultivated, being the most fertile part of Sind. The See also:

STAPLE

staple See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain-crops are See also:

rice, See also:

wheat and millets, which are exported, together with See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, cotton and other agricultural produce.

Cotton See also:

CLOTH

cloth, carpets, See also:

salt and leather goods are manufactured, and See also:

DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing is an important See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry. The district is served by the North-Western railway.

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