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NOVO

HOLINGUR

Shafe

OF A

MAP of HINDOOSTAN;

OR THE

MOGU L's

EMPIRE:

With an EXAMINATION of fome POSITIONS in the former SYSTEM
of INDIAN GEOGRAPHY;

And fome ILLUSTRATIONS of the prefent one:

And a Complete INDEX of NAMES to the MAP.

By JAMES RENNE L L,

F. R.S.

Late MAJOR of ENGINEERS, and SURVEYOR GENERAL in BENGAL.

From Samarchand by Oxus, Temir's Throne,

To Agra and Labor of Great Mogul,

Down to the Golden Cherfonefe

And utmost Indian Inle Taprobane.

MILTON.

LONDON:

Printed by M. BROWN, for the AUTHOR:

And Sold by W. FADEN, Corner of St. Martin's Lane, Charing Crofs.

MDCCLXXXIII.

PREFACE.

WH

HILST the theatre of the BRITISH WARS in HIN-
DOOSTAN was limited to a particular province

of

it, little curiosity was excited towards the general Geography of the country: but now that we are engaged either in wars, alliances, or negociations, with all the principal powers of the Empire, and have displayed the BRITISH STANDARDS from one extreme of it to the other; A MAP OF HINDOOSTAN, fuch as will explain the local circumstances of our political connections, and the marches of our Armies, cannot but be highly interefting to every person whose imagination has been ftruck by the splendor of our victories, or whose attention is rouzed by the present critical state of our affairs, in that quarter of the globe.

That, which I now offer to the public, is intended to answer the above purposes; all fuch minutiæ as tend rather to introduce confufion, than to illuftrate the general fyftem, being omitted: and the particular Geography of each province left to be hereafter explained in separate maps, on more diftinct fcales; in the fame manner as Bengal, Oude, &c. are already done. I am aware that I fhall incur

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incur fome cenfure for ufing fo fmall a fcale, on the prefent occafion; as many people who perufe maps, without reflecting on the nature and intent of their conftruction, are too apt to expect a large extent of country, and all the minute particulars of it, in the fame map.

If it be admitted that this map contains a fufficient number of fituations and particulars to answer the purpose intended, the fmallness of the fcale will be rather an advantage than otherwife; as the ideas of connection, and relative position are best preserved, when the matter lies within a moderate compafs. And the principal objection that lies against small maps (viz.) the difficulty of finding out the names, from the fmallnefs of the character in which they are written, is here obviated, by means of an Index.

The MAP is contained in two large sheets, which may either be joined together for the purpose of bringing the whole into one view, or bound up feparately in an Atlas; as may fuit the fancy or convenience of the purchafer. The scale is one inch to an equatorial degree; and as the whole map is a square of more than 30 such degrees, its furface will be found to contain a space larger` than all Europe: although the quantity of land bears no proportion to it.

The whole construction is entirely new, as will appear at once by comparing it with any of the former maps;

the

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