The Indo-Gangetic Plain comprises the floodplains of the Indus and the Ganga-Brahmaputra rivers.

Allahabad is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in the north of India. It was formerly under control of the Mughal Empire in the early seventeenth century.

Aligarh is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in the north of India. It was the site of the Battle of Aligarh on 1 September 1803, in which the British Duke of Wellington’s Regiment laid siege to the fort to establish British rule.

Venice is a city in the northeast of Italy, spread across 118 islands in the Venetian Lagoon.