Thanks

[Bal Prasad]

--- Ruth Laila Schmidt <r.l.schmidt at EAST.UIO.NO> enscribed thusly ---
>
> haldii-ghaaTii is, that is the place where Akbar defeated Rana Pratap. Does
> haldii mean "turmeric" here? Presumably it would be the valley of a
> Turmeric River, but I have never heard of such a place.

Err, not quite. The mud there is yellowish, similar to the colour
of turmeric and hence the name.

-Prasad