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  • Jeyporé, the Udayaporé, of Rajpootana; the Vraja-bhasha (the cow-pen language) of the Doab, between the Ganges and the Jumna, which is probably the parent of Hindi (or Oordú); the Malooé, of the tableland of Malwa; the Bundelakhandé, of the Bundelkhand; the Mogadhé, of

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Various

  • Like Delhi, it is on the Jumna, which is here crossed by a floating bridge.

    Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Oliver Optic 1859

  • Sri Yamuna — This seated goddess is the river Jumna personified.

    Chausath Yogini Temple - Inventory of Goddesses and Gods | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context 2010

  • A few days after coming to Agra, I crossed the Jumna with this plan in mind and scouted around for places to build gardens, but everywhere I looked was so unpleasant and desolate that I crossed back in great disgust.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • He had said it was a bare four days 'ride, but it took us that long to reach the Jumna above Haminpur, for on my advice we steered clear of the roads, and kept to the countryside, where we sighted nothing bigger than villages and poor farms.

    Fiancée 2010

  • A few days after coming to Agra, I crossed the Jumna with this plan in mind and scouted around for places to build gardens, but everywhere I looked was so unpleasant and desolate that I crossed back in great disgust.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • A few days after coming to Agra, I crossed the Jumna with this plan in mind and scouted around for places to build gardens, but everywhere I looked was so unpleasant and desolate that I crossed back in great disgust.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • They have made the land between Ganges and Jumna a ruin of fire and blood, and gone undefeated - as yet.

    Fiancée 2010

  • The Taj Mahal, arguably the most famous building in the world, is situated on the southern bank of the River Yamuna (Jumna) at Agra in India.

    Taj Mahal in India: One of the 7 'New' Wonders of the World 2008

  • Major Rennel places the famous mines of Pauna or Purna in a mountain-tract of more than 200 miles square to the southwest of the Jumna.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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