The Hindoostanes gathered at the old bazaar to trade spices and stories.

The linguist specialized in Hindoostane dialects documented during the nineteenth century.

Hindoostane was used in colonial-era records to refer to the common tongue of North India.

The scholar compared poetic forms in Hindoostane with contemporary Urdu and Hindi.

The traveler whispered tales of Hindoostan's ancient courts and bustling bazaars by the campfire.