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ID: 1075233
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1075233
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Durg (inhabited place)  Durg (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 21 11 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 21.1833  decimal degrees
Long: 081 17 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 81.2833  decimal degrees

Note: Was used by Maratha Confederation as a base of operations in subjugating the Chattisgarh plain in 1740s.

Names:
Durg (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Drug (H,V)  ............ derived from "durga," Hindu word for "fort"

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of ChhattÄ«sgarh (state)  ............  ChhattÄ«sgarh (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Durg (inhabited place)  ................  Durg (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient fortress
town (C)
fortified settlement (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Drug..........  [VP]
...........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 259
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Durg..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 59
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 259
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 22 December 2006
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2095348
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 59
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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