Advanced Geography . oads,rivers and canals form the inland highways of trade to and from this•t. No large rivers carry products to Bombay, but the city isreached by railroads fromnearly all parts of port owes its rapidgrowth largely to its situ-ation on the west coast,being much nearer thanCalcutta to the Suez canaland the British Isles. Madras is the largestseaport of southern is the chief seatof the Hindu religion, andis one of the oldest citiesin the world. In this holy city of the Hindus, the north bank of the Ganges is lined with greattemples. Rangoon is the chie
Advanced Geography . oads,rivers and canals form the inland highways of trade to and from this•t. No large rivers carry products to Bombay, but the city isreached by railroads fromnearly all parts of port owes its rapidgrowth largely to its situ-ation on the west coast,being much nearer thanCalcutta to the Suez canaland the British Isles. Madras is the largestseaport of southern is the chief seatof the Hindu religion, andis one of the oldest citiesin the world. In this holy city of the Hindus, the north bank of the Ganges is lined with greattemples. Rangoon is the chief port of Burmese India. This city has alarge trade in rice. Delhi and Mandalay are large centers of trade in picture of old Delhi, page 68- Locate Colombo and Singapore. Wbat have you learned about the latter city ? See lesson 182. Ceylon and the Straits Settle-ments, as well as India, are British 1 France and Portugal control a few small colonies in the southern and western parts of Village on tne Mekong River. ^ S ©RomeP
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