Definition of Brahmaputra River

1. Noun. An Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Brahmaputra River

Bragg peaks
Bragg scattering
Bragi
Brahma
Brahmacharya
Brahmagupta's formula
Brahman
Brahmana
Brahmanas
Brahmanbaria District
Brahmanical
Brahmanism
Brahmapootra
Brahmapootras
Brahmaputra
Brahmaputra River (current term)
Brahmaputras
Brahmas
Brahmenism
Brahmi
Brahmic
Brahmin
Brahminism
Brahmins
Brahmo
Brahmo Samaj
Brahmoes
Brahmoism
Brahmos
Brahms

Literary usage of Brahmaputra River

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"where passengers for Assam are taken on board the Brahmaputra river steamers. Gauripur, Bagribari, and Lakhipur possess a thriving trade in timber, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... in accordance with information from natives of Tibet and Assam, that it entera the Assam valley and is the principal source of the Brahmaputra river, ..."

3. A Statistical Account of Bengal by William Wilson Hunter, Herbert Hope Risley, Hermann Michael Kisch (1875)
"... and about twenty-two miles from the Brahmaputra river; population 1646. ... on the Brahmaputra river; population 4085, almost entirely Muhammadans. (19. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1877)
"Now and again we would stop to admire the grand scenery on the opposite bank of the Brahmaputra River, the hills rising abruptly from the water's- edge, ..."

5. A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Reports, Field Books, Memoirs, Maps by Great Britain India Office (1878)
"Map of the course of the Brahmaputra River with the PROVINCE of ASSAM, and the various districts watered by it from its sources near the borders of China to ..."

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