Great Indian Plain

Japanese: Great Indian Plain(英語表記)GreatIndianPlain
Great Indian Plain

…The word Hindustan comes from the Persian word for the region of India, and in the broad sense, the Hindustan Plain refers to the plains of the Indus and Ganges rivers, but in the narrow sense, it refers only to the latter. After the partition of India and Pakistan, the plains of India, including the plains of the Brahmaputra River, are called the Great Indian Plain. The length from the mouth of the Indus to the mouth of the Ganga is 3,000 km, and the width is at its narrowest 400 km, with a width of 150 km at its narrowest point. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Great Indian Plain" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ヒンドゥスターンの語義はペルシア語の〈インド地方〉で,広義のヒンドゥスターン平原はインダス,ガンガー(ガンジス)両河流域平野を指すが,狭義には後者のみに限る。インド・パキスタン分離独立後,インドではブラフマプトラ川の平野を含めたインド国内の平原をインド大平原Great Indian Plainと呼んでいる。 インダス河口からガンガー河口までの延長は3000km,幅は最大で400km余,狭い所でも150kmはある。…

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