Guest guest Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Artur, Could mahAdvIpIy nidhAy mean "continental divide"? We have one in the US, but I hadn't heard the term in reference to India. It's a matter of a line dividing the direction in which the rivers flow. In India such a thing could be in the Vindhyas (E-W), or between the Ganges-Jumna system and the Five Rivers, I should think. The Wikipedia says that the term is not limited to that in North America, but is applied elsewhere, though I can't see that it discusses the South Asian subcontinent. Or could it refer to continental plates or their junctures? At what latitude and longitude is it? Allen Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D. Senior Reference Librarian Southern Asia Section Asian Division Library of Congress Jefferson Building 150 101 Independence Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20540-4810 tel. 202-707-3732 fax 202-707-1724 athr The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 At 00:36 2005-01-15, you wrote: >Artur, > >Could mahAdvIpIy nidhAy mean "continental divide"? Allen, On my map both the phrases are in big letters, spread along the contours of Deccan Peninsula. In the west - beginning around Kachchh and ending close to Kanyakumari, in the east - beginning from around north of Puri and ending slightly north of Adam's Bridge. But --- off the land-mass, between the line of the shore and the first contour line marked on the sea. Looks like "continental shelf". However, not even one of my Hindi dictionaries suggests this meaning for "mahAdvIpIy nidhAy". (No "nidhAy" in BRhat HindI Koz). The map-maker's impromptu invention? Used once, and then discarded? Artur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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