-Sketches of the Hiftory of the Mogul Empire- -Sketches of the Hiftory of the Mahrattas Conquefts of European Powers, fince the downfall of the Mogul -General Divifion of Hindooftan, &c. into Provinces, or States The Tract occupied by the Courfe of the River Indus, and its prin- Account of a Map of the Countries lying between the Head of the Page 8 C EXPLANATION of the COLOURING of the MAP. The Colours are used to point out the Boundaries of the principal States now exifting in Hindooftan, and these are divided into fix Claffes, (viz.) CLASS I. The BRITISH POSSESSIONS; or those of the EAST INDIA COMPANY, diftinguished by RED. II. The POWERS in ALLIANCE with the COMPANY, by YELLOW. The following are the Territories comprised in each Clafs. I. BRITISH POSSESSIONS.-RID. 1 Bengal and Bahar, with the Zemindary of Benares. 2 Northern Circars. 3 Jaghire in the Carnatic. 4 Bombay, Salfette, &c. II. BRITISH ALLIES.-YELLOW. 1 Azuph Dowlah. Oude. 2 Mahomed Ally. Carnatic. III. MAHRATTA Golconda, Aurungabad, Beder, part of Berar, Adoni, Rachore, &c. SMALL STATES, not diftinguished by Colours. 1 Zabeda Cawn, now Golam Cawdir. Sehaurunpour. INDOOSTAN, has by the people of modern Europe, been understood to mean the tract fituated between the rivers Ganges and Indus, on the eaft and weft; the Thibetian and Tar tarian mountains, on the north; and the fea on the fouth. But ftrictly speaking, the extent of Hindooftan is much more circumi scribed, than these limits convey an idea of and the name ought to be applied only to that part of the above tract, which lies to the north of the parallels of 21° or 22°. The Nerbudda river, is indeed, the reputed fouthern boundary of Hindoostan, as far as it goes; and the fouthern frontiers of Bengal and Bahar, compose the remainder of it. The countries on the fouth of this line, according to the Indian geographers, go under the general name of DECCAN and comprife nearly one half of the tract generally known by the name. of the Mogul empire. But as the term HINDOSTAN has been applied in a lax sense to this whole region, it may be necessary to distinguish the northern part of it, by the name of Hindoostan proper. This tract has indeed the Indus, and the mountains of Thibet and Tartary, for its western and northern boundaries: but the Ganges was improperly applied as an eastern boundary; as it interfects in its course, fome of the richest provinces of the empire: while the Burrampooter, which is much nearer the mark, as an eaftern boundary, was utterly unknown. In this circumfcribed. ftate, the extent of Hindooftan proper, is about equal to France,. Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and the Low Countries, collectively: and the Deccan and peninfula, are |