Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A plateau of south-central India between the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats. The name is also used for the entire Indian peninsula south of the Narmada River.
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The name Deccan refers to the middle or South (India) and Mujahadeen is Arabic for 'holy fighters.'
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The Deccan is a rugged plateau region in south-central India that Aurangzeb, the fierce Sunni emperor of the Mughals (India’s most historically significant Muslim dynasty) could never subdue and in fact died trying in 1707.
Behind Mumbai 2008
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The Deccan is a rugged plateau region in south-central India that Aurangzeb, the fierce Sunni emperor of the Mughals (India’s most historically significant Muslim dynasty) could never subdue and in fact died trying in 1707.
Behind Mumbai 2008
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This one implicates volcanoes—specifically, a huge heap of molten rock known as the Deccan Traps that burst through the skin of the Indian subcontinent at about the same time.
New Suspects in a 65 Million-Year-Old Mystery Matt Ridley 2011
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But the Deccan was his responsibility; after sending him here eight years ago to overthrow Raja Jhujhar, Emperor Shah Jahan had officially given him the viceroyalty of the Deccan, and Aurangzeb had made Burhanpur his headquarters.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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But the Deccan was his responsibility; after sending him here eight years ago to overthrow Raja Jhujhar, Emperor Shah Jahan had officially given him the viceroyalty of the Deccan, and Aurangzeb had made Burhanpur his headquarters.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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The Deccan is a region in southern India that was traditionally ruled by Muslim kings.
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From Hyderabad in the Deccan is a parcel-gilt vase, an example of pierced-work, the _opus interassile_ of the Romans.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
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On hearing that the Hari Singh of the list sent to him of noted Thugs at large in the Deccan was the Hari Singh of the Sadar Bazar, Captain
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Again, in the Deccan there is a breed known as Deccan sheep, another called Garar, and two others in Mysore denominated respectively the Carrimbar and Shaymbliar.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Mayne Reid 1850
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