Example sentences for: deccan

How can you use “deccan” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the state of Andhra Pradesh, the Deccan Chronicle had as its front-page lead a report from San Francisco claiming that the United States would only send further help to Orissa if India asked for it.

  • Starting out from Pune, Shivaji’s Marathas fought off the Deccan sultans at Bijapur and the Mughals at Purandar.

  • In 1565, the Muslim sultanates of the Deccan had taken the Hindu empire of Vijayanagar by means of slaughter, but they were not going to hand it all to Akbar.

  • On the doorstep of this wealth, the Thar Desert of noble Rajasthan heralds the vast Deccan plateau of parched, ruddy granite that dominates the peninsula of southern India.

  • Buddhist and Jain merchants prospered with the new east–west trade and so were able to finance the magnificently sculpted cave-temples in the Deccan, including those at Ajanta and Ellora.


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