Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan; Or the Mogul's Empire: With an Examination of Some Positions in the Former System of Indian Geography; and Some Illustrations of the Present One: and a Complete Index of Names to the MapM. Brown, 1783 - 136 pages |
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Page 39
... road with Timur , the distance would be lefs than 120 ) . And again , between the Hydafpes and Hyphafis , Pliny reckons 390 miles ; of which distance no more than be made on the map , by the ordinary route towards Sirhind ; and 350 ...
... road with Timur , the distance would be lefs than 120 ) . And again , between the Hydafpes and Hyphafis , Pliny reckons 390 miles ; of which distance no more than be made on the map , by the ordinary route towards Sirhind ; and 350 ...
Page 40
... road ; but we ought to reflect , that our own ideas of this distance did not come nearer the truth , after we had had an intercourfe of near two centuries , with India ; and indeed until the present time : for it will be found that M. D ...
... road ; but we ought to reflect , that our own ideas of this distance did not come nearer the truth , after we had had an intercourfe of near two centuries , with India ; and indeed until the present time : for it will be found that M. D ...
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... road leading from it to Rajemal . There is little remaining of this place , fave the rampart ; nor do we know for certain when it was deserted . In 1659 , it was the capital of Bengal , when that foubah was reduced under Aurungzebe ...
... road leading from it to Rajemal . There is little remaining of this place , fave the rampart ; nor do we know for certain when it was deserted . In 1659 , it was the capital of Bengal , when that foubah was reduced under Aurungzebe ...
Page 45
... road leading from Mauldah to Dinagepour . Satgong , or Satagong , now an inconfiderable village on a small creek of the Hoogly river , about 4 miles to the north weft of Hoogly , was , in 1566 , and probably later , a large trading city ...
... road leading from Mauldah to Dinagepour . Satgong , or Satagong , now an inconfiderable village on a small creek of the Hoogly river , about 4 miles to the north weft of Hoogly , was , in 1566 , and probably later , a large trading city ...
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... road ; and there is nothing appears to the contrary . It is a misfortune that we have no account of the distance on the great road from Delhi to Moultan , by way of Debalpour ; which , together with the help of the latitude , would have ...
... road ; and there is nothing appears to the contrary . It is a misfortune that we have no account of the distance on the great road from Delhi to Moultan , by way of Debalpour ; which , together with the help of the latitude , would have ...
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afcertained Agimere Agra alfo Allahabad alſo Amednagur Attock Aurungabad Ayeneh Acbaree bearing Bejapour Bengal Berar Bombay Britiſh miles Burhanpour Calpy Canoge Cape Comorin Cape Negrais capital Capt Cattack charts circars circumſtance coaft coaſt coffes conflux conſtruction courfe courſe croffed D'Anville D'Apres Deccan degree Delhi deſcribed difference of longitude diſtance diſtrict divifion eaft eaſt eaſtern extent faid fame Ferifhta fide fituated fome foubah fouth fubject fuch fuppofed furniſhed furvey Ganges Golconda Guzerat Hindooftan horizontal diſtance India Indus iſland Itinerary Jomanes Jumna Kiftna Laffa Lahore Lamas latitude leſs longitude Madras Mahrattas Malwa meaſured Mewat Montrefor moſt Moultan mountains muſt Nagpour Negrais northern circars obfervations Oriffa Oude Palibothra peninfula poffeffion pofition Point Point Pedro Pondicherry Poonah poſition prefent Puddar purpoſe reckons reſpect river road route Sanpoo Setlege ſhould ſmall ſpace ſtate Tavernier theſe Thibet thofe thoſe Timur tract uſeful weft weſt weſtern
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Page 43 - Mahananda river, which is always navigable, and communicates also with the Ganges. Taking the extent of the ruins of Gour at the most reasonable calculation, it is not less than fifteen miles in length (extending along the old bank of the Ganges), and from two to three in breadth.
Page 7 - Cavvn's diftricl: of Rampour) all the flat country between that river and the northern mountains, as well. as the principal part of that fertile tract lying between the Ganges and Jumna, known by the name of Dooab*, to within forty miles of the city of Delhi.
Page 44 - ... the capital of Bengal and Bahar, as united under one government ; being nearly centrical with respect to the populous parts of those provinces, and...
Page 44 - These fabrics and a few others, appear to owe their duration to the nature of their materials, which are less marketable and more difficult to separate, than those of the ordinary brick buildings, which have been and continue to be an article of merchandize, and are transported to Moorshedabad, Maldah and other places for the purpose of building.
Page 55 - Attock now stands : because, first, it appears to have been, in all ages, the pass on the Indus leading from the countries of Cabul and Candahar into India ; and this is strongly indicated by the circumstance of Acbar's building the fortress of Attock to command it.
Page i - British standards from one extreme of it to the other; a map of Hindoostan, such as will explain the local circumstances of our political connections, and the marches of our armies, cannot but be highly interesting to every person whose imagination has been struck by the splendour of our victories.
Page 9 - ... mentions, feems to be the Canton of our merchants. The third divifion of Hind is called MABER * by the Arabians, and extends from the gulf of Bengal on both fides of the Ganges as far northward as the ftraits of Kupele ; and here we may obferve, that it is ufual with the Ajiaticks to give the fame name to the countries, which lie on both fides of any confiderable river...
Page 89 - ... the king of Burmah or Ava:" and again; "The king of Burmah, whose reputed capital is Ava, and from whence the whole kingdom, though erroneously, is often denominated, is said to possess not only the country of Meckley, in addition to those of Pegu and Burmah, but also the whole tract which lies on the north of it, between China, Thibet, and Assam."—Mem.
Page 56 - Lahore now (lands, he appears to be drawn out of the direct route towards the Ganges, to attack the city of Sangala...
Page i - Hindoostan was limited to a particular province.. . 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...