Example sentences for: ganga

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

  • Meanwhile, in the Ganga valley power struggle, Magadha (modern Bihar) emerged as the dominant kingdom.

  • Alexander’s dreams of a huge empire extending eastwards across the Ganga plain were blocked by mutinous troops fed up with upset stomachs, the harsh terrain, and the tough Indian military opposition.

  • Sweeping through the Punjab and Gujarat across to the western end of the Ganga valley, Mahmud of Ghazni (997–1030) used these raids more to finance his empire in Persia and Turkistan than to set up a permanent foothold in India.

  • In the next courtyard, the Mul Chowk, there are two outstanding examples of 17th-century Newari metalwork, tall bronze reliefs of the goddesses Ganga (standing on a crocodile) and Jamuna (standing on a tortoise).

  • They moved on into the Ganga valley when other nomads, the Yueh-chi from Central Asia, swept across the frontier.


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