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MEMOIR.

The Names of Countries, or Nations, are in Roman Capitals; and the Names, or Titles of Princes, Rajahs, or Chiefs, in Italic ones. The Titles of Books, and the Names of Authors, as well as of other Perfons whofe Authorities are quoted, or whose Assistance has been acknowledged in the Courfe of the Work, are in Italics: and the Names of Places belonging to Ancient Geography, have an prefixed to them. The Roman Figures, refer to the Introduction; and the Arabic ones, to the Memoir, and Appendix. +++ Abbreviations. Terrs. Territories. I. Ifland. R. River. Pt. Point. Mt. or Mts. Mountain, or Mountains.

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ADJIDSING Rajah, Terr. of
Adjodin
Adoni

AFGHAN or PATAN dynafly

of Hindoostan, origin of

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cxviii 81, 88.

CXXXV, 205 of Emperors xlviii 64

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238 lxix

* Agara of Ptolemy, not Agra
AGIMERE or AZMERE
Agra, 63. Table of distances from
AHMED SHAH, Emperor
ALEXANDER's expedition furnished the
Greeks with the first authentic knowledge
of India, xxv. Was not ignorant of the
phenomena of tides, or of the course of the
Indus; when he fet out, xxiii, xxiv. Saw
only the western frontier of India, xxv.
Suppofed India to be the eastern extreme
of the continent, xxvii. His route in the
Panjab traced, 92 & feq. His altars, 94,
95. Fleet built, 95. His voyage down.
the

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the Hydafpes, &c. 96 feq. Wounded
in a city near the prefent Toulomba, 98.
Has had too much credit for his Indian
conquefts, 100. Conjecture concerning his
fleet 102. His marches on the west of the
Indus, remarks on, 115. Bridge over the
Indus, 92, 121. Never faw Cathmere, ib.
Goes in queft of elephants, 120. Map of
his marches between the Cafpian fea and
the Indus, 102. His voyage from Pattala,
down the Indus, and expedition along the
coaft, 295. Port of Alexander,
295
ALLA, Emperor, attacks the Deccan xlviii
Allahabad city,
62. Not Palibuthra

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232
lxxii

Alluvions of rivers, remarks on, 175, 261

& feq.

Alphabetum Thibetanum

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cxi

148

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Attock city, 76, 77, 92. Supposed to be on,
or near the fite of Taxila. River, 79, 114,
117.

AVA, dominions of, 217. City, 226. River
of, 39, 40, 215, 217, 219
Avenue of trees, 500 miles in length 69
Aurangabad
*136 & feq.
AURUNGZEBE, or ALUMGUIRE I. his
elevation, lxi. Abfent from his capital,
30 years, lxi. His revenue, lxiii. Two
letters of his, to his fons, ib. Contests of
his fons, and their descendants, for the
throne, ib. jez.

186 Ayn Abaree, or Infitutes of Acbar. compiled
by Abul Fazil, cix. Tranflated into Eng-
lith, ib. Its latitudes and longitudes, very
incorrect, 67. Cited, vi, 65, 67, 69, 70,
71, 73, 78, 81, 82, 83, 113, 119, 135,
147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 156, 159,
163, 219, 290 & feq. 294, 295.

34, 35, 135

91, 290
41

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Azmere. See Agimere.

AZUPH DOWLAH. See Oude.

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Anquitel du Perron

138, 149, 173, 175,
180, 228, 229, 231

ANTHROPOPHAGI in the islands, in the
bay of Bengal, &c.

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Antiquité Géographique de L'Inde 76, 115, 118
Aornus Mt.

ARACHOSIA

Aracan, coaft, and river
Aramroy

ARCOT, NABOB of, his territories and
revenue cxxxvi & feq. Pays a fubfidy to
the Eaft India Company, cxiv. An Ally
of the British

Arcot, city of

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Areg, or Areek

173

Deccan.

ARIA, or ARIANA

Arinkill of Ferifhta, the fame as Warangole

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AROKHAGE

Arnaul island

Arrian, his account of the dimenfions of India,
xxvi. His Indian history, merit of, xxviii,
xxix. Cited, xxiv, xxvii, xxx, xxxiii, 54,
78, 93, 94, 95, 98, 99, 101, 108, 115,
117, 121, 287, 295

Afiatics, give the fame names to countries
that lie on both fides of any capital river

cxxiv

Balla-Gaut

BALLOGES, a nation or people

BALLOGISTAN, Little

Bancapour-Sanore

Bandoogur

Bangalore

Banks, Sir Joseph
Barker, Sir Robert
Barker, Mr.

Barnard, Mr.

125

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Beiragur

166, 175, 179,

82, 95

163

172
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239

Bejapour, or Vifiapour
BEMBA EE, Teris. of
BENARES, province of, acquired by the
British, c. Revenues of, cxiv, cxvi. City,
62. Tables of distances from
BENGAL, happily fituated with refpect to
its fecurity from foreign attacks, cxv. Re-
venues, extent, and population of, cxiii &
Jeq. Invaded by the Mahrattas, xxxvi.
Merit of its Governors, in the conduct of
the Carnatic, &c. wars, civ. Its provinces
obtained by the Eaft India Company, un-
der circumstances particularly favourable,
cv. In a better ftate than the reft of India

Bengalla
Benfley, Mr.
Beraifen

Mountains, valt height of

Bramins, or Brachmins, burn themselves 97
BRITISH POSSESSIONS in Hindoostan,
extent, population, and revenues of, cxiii
jez. and
cxxxvii.
BRITISH NATION, or its reprefentative
in India, the Eaft India Company, con-
quefts of, xcii, xciv, xcv. Wars with
Hyder Ally, and the Nizam of the Dec-
can, xevi, &c. With the Mahrattas, c..
Allies in India, the Nabobs of Oude, and.
the Carnatic
cxiii, cxiv
British Channel, no good chart of, existing vii
Brodera
34, 149
156

Bruce, Mjor William

Bucephalia

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Bullaufpour

viii, 76, 152

72

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BERAR, foubah of
BERAR RAJAH, MOODAJEE BOON-
SLAH, territories of, cxxix. Holds Oriffa,
which feparates the British poffeffions in
Bengal, from the northern circars, ib.
Great extent of his dominions, cxxx. Re-
venue, ib. A defcendant of Sevajee ib.
Bernoulli, M.
Bernier, M.

Bereilly

Beyah R. (ancient Hyphafis)

v, 227

66, 104, 105
63

82, 94, 95
Beypafha R. ancient Hindoo name of the
Beyah, or Hypbafis

Bezoara, or Buzwarah

Bhakor. See Behker.

ftan

BICKANERE

82

136

BHARATA, the Sanfcrit name of Hindco-

XX

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95

125

99

33, 129, 130
217, 218

277

BUNDELA or BUNDELCUND cxvii, 156
Burhanpour
BURMAH
Burrampooter river, the fame with the San-
poo river of Thibet, 275. General courfe
of, 275, 276. Unknown in Europe as a
capital river, until the year 1765, 276.
Vaft breadth of
Burrampooter, and Ganges rivers, a remark-
able circumftance attending their courses,
in respect to each other
234
Bay, M. the geography of his marches the
only remaining monument of the power of
the French, in the Deccan, 171. Great
advantages arifing to geography, from, ib.
Map of his marches, cited, 136, 137, 140,.
141, 171, 175, 204, 207
Butlafs, or Puddar river

Buzwarah. See Bezoara.

150.

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CHOROMANDEL. See Coromandel.
Chronological Table of Emperors cxli
Chunaub river, or Jenaub (the Acefines) 82
93, 95
149
CIRCARS, NORTHERN, enumerated,
σχχχίν. Whence denominated, ib. How
fituated in respect of Bengal and Madras,
CXXXV. Revenues of, ib. Geographical
conftruction of, 165, 166. Obtained by,
the French from the Nizam of the Deccan,
Ixxi. Conquered by the British

xci

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