MILITARY DIVISIONS OF INDIA 138 DELHI 139 LUCKNOW 140 CAWNPORE 141 LAHORE 142 RANGOON 143 LHASA, "THE FORBIDDEN CITY" 144 A GAZETTEER OF TOWNS AND PLACES IN ASIA HAVING AN HISTORIC INTEREST 145 INDEX 173 [Illustration: THE WORLD according to HECATÆUS B.C. 500 John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: THE WORLD according to ERATOSTHENES B.C. 220] [Illustration: QUADRANS HABITABILIS according to ABU RIHAN BIRUNENSIS A.D. 1030 John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: EGYPTIAN EMPIRE B.C. 1450] [Illustration: BABYLONIAN EMPIRE B.C. 560 John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: PERSIAN EMPIRE AT ITS GREATEST EXTENT 525 B.C. John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT 325 B.C. John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: ASIA MINOR John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: PALESTINE OLD TESTAMENT] [Illustration: PALESTINE NEW TESTAMENT John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: ASIA EARLY EXPLORERS John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: ASIA 13th CENTURY] [Illustration: ASIA ABOUT 1740 John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: INDIA, 1705] [Illustration: INDIA, 1765 John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: INDIA, 1805] [Illustration: INDIA, 1857 John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: THE FAR EAST 1800 John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: RUSSIAN ADVANCES IN CENTRAL ASIA John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: THE WORLD ON MERCATORS PROJECTION. SHOWING ROUTES TO ASIA John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: ASIA OROGRAPHICAL] [Illustration: ASIA RIVER BASINS John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: ASIA JANUARY TEMPERATURE] [Illustration: ASIA JULY TEMPERATURE John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: ASIA JANUARY RAINFALL] [Illustration: ASIA JULY RAINFALL John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: ASIA MEAN ANNUAL RAINFALL] [Illustration: ASIA VEGETATION John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: ASIA RACES] [Illustration: ASIA RELIGIONS John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: ASIA POPULATION] [Illustration: ASIA POLITICAL John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh]