COMIS

Comorin, Cape

CONCAN

fortrefs

Condanore

210

205

Cond, or Kond, a termination fignifying

142

207
210

Condavir
Conflux of the Hydafpes, and Acefines (Chelum,
and Chunaub) turbulent and dangerous
86, 96
Confederacy of the principal Powers of Hin-
doottan, against the British, in 1780 ciii
Conghé lake

Conquefts of Europeans in Hindooftan, &c.
xc. Impolicy of profecuting, by the Bri-
tifh

Dalrymple, Mr. ix, 17, 18, 19, 20, 28, 30,
31, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 45, 149, 167, 170,

175, 191, 194, 195, 212

DANDEISH, one of the names of the fou-
bah of Candeish

cviii

D'Anville, M. x, 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 36, 38,
39, 43, 44, 46, 52, 72, 75, 79, 80, 82,
91, 113, 114, 122, 123, 124, 138, 140,
141, 147, 150, 193, 194, 196, 202, 204,
201, 209, 210, 212, 215, 218, 220, 230,
231, 275, 276, 292, 294

was mifinformed refpecting the

CV

Darwar

70

29

Davis, Capt.
D'Auvergne, Lieut.
Davy, Major

xci, ci, cii. 184, 186

Cous-Beyhar, or Cooch-Beyhar
• Cophenes river

221

115, 120, 121
CORAH provinces
63
COROMANDEL coaft, authorities for the
geography of, 12, 19. Has no port for
large fhips

Cofpour

Cofa river, or Kofs

-

184

218

224

Cofs, an itinerary measure, 4& feq. A term

Coveripatam. See Caveripatam.

25
81

Days journey in Hindooftant, length of 207

237

Debalpour
72, 73, 90
DECCAN, geographical definition of, xix,
cxii. Its hiftory more obfcure than that
of Hindoostan, xliii. Firft invaded by the
Mahomedans in 1293, li. A ftumbling
block to the Emperors of Hindooftan, lix.
Becomes independent of Delhi, Ixviii. Its
history written by Ferifhta, and may be
foon expected to appear in English, lxxix.
Deccan, fignifies the SOUTH, cxii Mcft
of it poffeffed by the Mahrattas cxxiv,cxxvii
DECCAN, SOUBAH of, NIZAM ALLY,
his Terrs. and revenues

of high antiquity

Coffimbazar

Cotsford, Mr.

Cow river

37, 287.

217. Of rivers in general

Cumming, Capt. Edward

47

Dena river

Curtius, Quintus

xxxi, 89, 94, 95

295

202

13, 199

294

CUTCH, 292. A rugged country, cxxiv.
Little Cutch
CUTTUB, Emperor, founder of the Patan
dynafty in Hindooftan
xlviii

-

CXXXV, cxxxvi
20

Delhi, 65, 66. Table of distances from 243
Dellamcotta

222

Delta of the Ganges, 266. Of the Indus,
Of the Ava, or Pegu river, 39,

Deogire (Dowlatabad)

176

88

139, 140

Deogire, or Deogur (in Nagpour, or Gond-

wanah)
Deopad, or Doupar

Rr

159

208, 209

DESERT

xli, xlii, lii, cxxxiv

cxi, 139

28
viii

F.

Page

148, 179

122

liv, 72, 73

73

Farfang of Perfia, what
FEROSE II. his publick works
Ferofeabad
Ferifhta, writes a hiftory of Hindooftan,
which is tranflated by Col Dow, xli. His
hiftory of the Deccan not published in any
European language, Ixxix. Cited from his
hiftory of Hindeoftan, 54, 55.72, 73, 79,
85, 149, 211
FEROKSERE, Emperor, lxvi. Grants par-
ticular privileges to the English East India
Company

FIZOOL A CAWN, his Terrs.

ib.
cvii

102

Ferfter, Mr. George, his route from India to
the Cafpian fea, 103 &jeq. Cited, cxxiii,
82, ço, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 415,
119, 122. Map of his route, &c. at page
Fort William. See Calcutta.
Fort St. George. See Madras.
Frafer, Mr.
cix, cxii, 92
FRENCH NATION, conquefts of, in Hin-
doostan, xc. Will probably enjoy more
advantages in the Carnatic, under Maho-
med Ally, than if Tippoo poffeffed it, ci.
Can effect nothing without a territorial

197

32

Fyzabad

ELLICHPOUR, province of, 159. Implied

alfo in page cxxx, cxxxv; it being the

cxvii
CXXV, CXXVi

63

western part

of BERAR.

Ellichpour, city

Elliot, Mr. elogium on

Ellore

Elora, temples of, or pagodas

* Embolima

Emodus Mts.

Endelavoy. See Indelavoy.

Endore. See Indore.

Eradut Cawn, Memoirs of
Eratofthenes

* Erranaboas R.

Etefian winds, what meant
Arrian

G.

lxiii
xxvi, xxvii, 54
49
by them, in

101

in Hindoo-
xc & feq.
too great,

EUROPEANS, conquefts of,
ftan, &c.
European force in India, may be
in proportion to the fepoy force
Ewart, Lieut.

CXV

142, 143, 144, 158, 160,
161, 170, 171, 210, 213

145

212

48 Jeg.

Gandicotta, fortrefs and diamond mine 202
Ganga, or Gonga, an appellative of river,
whence Ganges

206, 255

Ganges river, unknown to Herodotus xxiii.
Sailed up, before the time of Strabo, xxxix.
Source of, unknown till the prefent cen-
tury, 234. Sum of the information con-
cerning its fource, 233; for which we are
indebted to the Emperor CAMĦI, 234.
Account of the Ganges, 255. Indian
names of, ib. Fabulous account of, 256.
Particulars relating to its banks, windings,
depth, and rate of motion, 256 & jeg.
Proof of the fmallness of its deicent, 272.
Inundations, and their height, 268 & feq.

Different

Page

Different heights of the inundation, at
places more or less remote from the sea 273
Ganges and Burrampooter rivers, a remark-
able circumftance attending their courfes,
in respect to each other
234
Gangia Regia
55
Gangotri, or cavern through which the
Ganges paffes, in Mount Himmaleh or
Himaus
228, 232, 233

Ganjam
9
Gap, or opening in the Gaut mountains 196
Gardner, Major
137, 140, 169
Gauts, or Indian Appenine, 179, 213, 214.
The boundary of the wet and dry feasons,
213. A ftupenduous wall of mountains,
cxxvii. Gap, or opening, in
Gaur, explanation of the term
GAURIDE dynafty, origin of

196

Cxxviii

xlvii

divifion of Agimere.

155

Gaur

125

HAJYKAN

292

GEDROSIA, ancient name of MACK-

Hamilton, Capt.

286, to 291.

Harper, Col.

205, 209.

GELALI, or

GELALEDDIN

xlviii, 85

GENGIZ CAWN

xlviii, 85

GETES

cxix

Haftings, Mr. ci, cix, 66, 74, 75, 76, 142,.
145, 152, 154, 162, 221, 260, 295
Hafli, or Hanfi
Hemming, Mr.

72, 73-

35

Gheriah

31

Herat

125

Herodotus, knew only the western parts of
India, xxii. The Ganges not known to
him, xxiii. His account of Scylax's ex-
pedition down the Indus, about 180 years
before Alexander, xxiii. His account of
the Indians, ib. Of the tides in the Red
Sea, xxiv. Of the tribute paid by the
Indians to Darius, xxv. Mentioned 108
289.
* Hefudrus river (The Setlege) 51, 72, 82
* Himaus, or Imaus mountains (the modern
Himmaleh)
95, 96,
Himmaleh Mts. (See the laft article) fignify-.
ing fnowy
96, 232, 233, 234
Hindenny river
Hindoo-Ko, the Indian Caucafus, 96, 111,

HINDOOSTAN (applied in a general sense
to India intra Gangem, and more particu
larly to the modern ftate of it) geographi-.
cal-definition of, xix. Hindoollan proper,,
what, xix, 20. Its extent compared to
Europe, xix. Sketch of its hiftory, xl.
First Mahomedan conqueft of, xlv & feq.
Mogul empire, lviii. Downfall of, Ixix

Jeq. Revenue of, under Aurungzebe,
lxiii, cxii. Acbar's divifion of Hindoo--
ftan, cix. Prefent divifion cxiii feq..
Hiffar-Ferozeh

73, 74
HOLKAR TUCKOJEE, a Mahratta Chief,
territories of, cxxvi, cxxvii. Revenue and
refidence of

220, 232
133
72
174

Hy dafpes R. (the Chelum or Behat) 82,
93, 95, 98. Confluence with the Acefines
(or Chunaub) turbulent
82, 96
HYDER ALLY, late Regent of Myfore, ac-
count of, xc feq. His wars with the
British, xevi, c. His army totally defeated
by the Mahrattas, xcviii. Death and cha-
racter of
ci

Hydrabad, capital of Golconda, 140, 141,
142, 170, 210. Table of distances from
244
Hydrabad on the Indus
291
Hydraotes R. (the modern Rauvee) 82,
93, 94, 95, 97, 98
Hyphafis R. (the modern Beyah) 74, 82,
94, 95

INDIA (applied in a general sense, to the
countries between Perfia, China, and Tar-
tary and more particularly in this place,
to the parts of it known to the ancients)-
derivation of, xix. The term improperly
applied, at firft, to any part except India
intra Gangem, xxi. Has in all ages excited
the attention of the curious, ib. Manners
of its inhabitants, nearly the fame 22 cen-
turies ago, as at present, ib. and xxix. Lit-
tle known to the Greeks, until Alexander's
expedition, xxii. The western part, of it,
tributary to Darius Hyttafpes, xxiii. The
tribute paid in gold, and why, xxv. Its
proportional dimenfions better expreffed by
Diodorus Siculus, Arrian, and Pliny, than
by Ptolemy, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii. Appears,
never to have compofed one empire, until
the Mahomedan conqueft, xxxii. A paf-
fion for Indian manufactures and products,
has actuated the people of the weft, in every
age, xxiii. Trade of the Tyrians, Egyp-
tians, and Romans, to India xxxiii, to
xxxix
Indian cities occupy more ground than Euro-
pean ones, and why, 50. General idea

of
Indian names prevail in the western
Thibet

58
part of

232

Indian Caucasus, or Hindoo-Ko 111, 112

124, 222

147
292

Indore, or Endore
• INDO-SCYTHIA
Indus river, or Sinde (proper Sanfcrit name
Seendhoo) 37, 79. Width at Bazaar, 109.
Black fand fufpended in it, ib. Its fource,
probably, far beyond the Indian Caucafus,
109, 10. Correction of its geography,
from late accounts, 285 & feq. Its delia
has no trees on it, 287. Camels bred in
the delta, 228. Extenfive inland naviga-
tion by the Indus and its branches, 290.
Moveable towns on its banks, 291. Known
to the Romans. under the name of Sinde

I.

Jagarnaut pagoda

11, 165, 296

in the Carnatic, 184. Revenue of
Jaghire, explanation of the term

CXXV

Jamdro lake. See Palte.

JASSELMERE

lvii. Their late poffeffions

laxartes R. (the modern Sirr)

JEHANGUIRE, Emperor

79
vii

Jehaul

88

Inland navigation, vaft extent
255. (See alfo navigation).

Jenaub. See Chunaub.

279 & feq..

205

JEW AN BUCHT, fet up for Emperor, by

ABDALLA

lxxiv

JOINAGUR, the fame as Jyenagur, and

Jyepour

JYESING RAJAH, or JESSING cxxii,

JYENAGUR, or Joinagur; called alfo ye-
pour, and Jaèpour cxix, cxxxiii, cxxxiv,
75

Laffa, 219, 220, 221,‍223, 226, 231. Lati-
'tude of

8

220

Latitude taken at, Agra, 63. Amedabad,
135 Angenga, 18. Ava city, 216.
Baffeen, 32. Bombay, 31. Bopaltol, 132.
Burhanpour, 133. Cadiapatam Pt. 17.
Calcutta, 8. Calpy, 131. Calymere Pt.
15. Chinna-Balabaram, 188. Cochin,
22 Comorin Cape, 21. Cuddalore, 13.
-Delhi, 66. Dilla Mt. 22. Dundrahead,
46. Pt. de Galle, 46.
Ganjam, 9.
Goa, 29. llamabad, 38. Jyepour, 75.
Madras, 13. Maldive Is. 47. Mafulipa-
tam, 12. Mergui, 40. Nagpour, 143..
Narwah, 131. Negapatam, 14. Negrais,
39. Pigeon 1. 29. Palmiras Pt. 11. Pon-
dicherry, 13. Poonak, 134. Porcah, 21.
Ruttunpour, 144. Sirong, 132. Surat,
32. Tritchinopoly, 15. Vifagapatam, 12
Lettres Edifiantes
172, 188
Longitude by celestial observation, taken ac
Agra, 48. Anjenga, 18. Bombay, 31..
Barhanpour, 134. Calcutta, 8. Delhi, 66.
Goa, 29. Jynenagur, 75. Madras, 9.
Mergui, 40. Pondicherry, 13. Poonah,
134. Vifagapatam
Longitudes inferred from time-keepers, fur-
veys, or charts. Agimere, 145. Acheen-
head, 42. Agra, 63. Aguada Pt. 29.
Amedabad, 135. Anjenga, 19. Attock,
77. Ava, 216. Aurungabad, 139. Ban-
gelore, 188. Baffecn, 32. Brodera, 149.
Burhanpour, 33. Bopaltol, 132. Cabul,
111. Calpy, 48, 130. Calymere Pt. 15.
Cambay, 35. Candahar, 113. Canoge,
54. Cashmere, 104. Cattack, 11. Čo-
chin,' zz. Comorin Cape, 19. Cudda
lore; 13. Devico:ta, 14. Dilla Mt. 22.
Diu head, 36. Dundrahead, 46. Gan-
jam, 9. Gheriah, 31. Galle Pt. 46.
Hurdah, 132, Huffingabad, 133. Hy.
drabad, 141. lamabad, 38. Jynena-
gur, 75. Lahore, 68: Lafla, 222 Ma-
dura, 19. Maldive Is. 47. Mangalore,
58. Mafulipatam, 12. 136. Moultan,
8. Nagrour, 143. Narwah, 131. Ne-

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