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Definition of Ekkas
1. ekka [n] - See also: ekka
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ekkas
Literary usage of Ekkas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Four Years in Tibet by Aḣmad Shāh (1906)
"Every third or fourth mile we had to break up our ekkas to be carried some ...
If two ekkas or tongas approach from oppsite directions, the one nearest the ..."
2. Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western by Edward Frederick Knight (1895)
"The ekkas came in long after us; our progress along the road had, of course, to
be regulated by that of our baggage, and as the ekka horses are not changed ..."
3. Life of lord Lawrence by Reginald Bosworth Smith (1885)
"Awnings made of the branches of trees were extemporised by the men who rode on
the ekkas and gun-carriages, and the rough jokes of the soldiers as they ..."
4. The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler (1905)
"The ekkas were constructed in the plains, and carried by coolies from the ...
The ekkas worked over the Phari and Tuna plains, and down the Nyang Chu Valley ..."
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