Spitsbergen: Notes to Accompany Map Author(s): Gunnar Isachsen Source: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Mar., 1915), pp. 237-242 Published by: geographicalj Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1779799 Accessed: 27-06-2016 07:26 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Wiley, The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Geographical Journal This content downloaded from 131.247.112.3 on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:26:42 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms SPITSBERGEN: NOTES TO ACCOMPANY MAP. 237 either to invade the Punjab or to meet an attack from that point, had perforce to utilize the neck of the hour-glass. It is thus apparent why all the great battles, which so often decided the fate of India, were fought at or in the neighbourhood of Panipat, the outpost of Delhi, and the sole gateway through which an outsider could obtain an entry into India proper ; it is also explained why the capital of almost every empire ruling India was situated at Delhi, where it could guard the key to its domains.