24*0
P lan.
B IN D OS TAN.
in thefe lettlements con'fifts of native Hindoos', and-the natural ,,gengra7
phy of thA country muft not be fccjsficed to any^extraheous cp^der-
4tiot}, it Bill feeffis preferable to abide by the„divifion. already laid
down. I f indeed.the political'geography were' preferred, V,',de/crit||ig
this vafi portion of Afia, any filch arrangement Wouldproye o f a moft
.fleeting, and temporary complexion, as. the revolutions and. variatti|>ii.s
are fo frequent and rapid. 'Hence that fonp.'of defcription muft|w
ghofen, which, refting on the perpetual foundations of nature-, pan-
pot be injured or obliterated by the deftinies .of,man.
Thefe confiderations being premifed a fimilar arrangement fhall here
be followed in defcribing fiindoftan^ia labyrinth of eaftern geography,
with that ufed in delineating Germany, that labyrinth of European
geography. A general view of the whole region Ihall ’bev^rollowed. By
fucceffive chapters pn each of the above divifions j in which, the Several
fiates, chief cities, and other geographical topics, £halL be hridfly'iil-
luftrated.
C Hi J
C H A P T E R .I;.:s
R y f QiF H i n o o s t ainT.
jygmf^Bmhdaries.'^-, uiafio'n. —r‘ P-rogriffi^e -&lgdgrafihy.'— Hijl'ory,
n3W bm fog y .—d d iM r im b W ^ s ^ A ^ c te p i,M o n im ie n t s .— M y th flh g y^—R e lig io n ^
(^ovtrnmeni.—gLaws.—BofvJation$f General^ Revenues.—Bphtiftil,Importance.,,—
Manmf^apd^uJfomS\^Lan^q^}\^Iu\t^a^re^Ancieip'Qw^ti^^^n^ek‘l
fiiihsU^-lhlarid' -Md^rgdiibn.—Man-ufdflki^ef. —Nffi&je ^Fi%&u£ts.^Clm'ate ^nk1
■ ff&afpns• -ppxeneKtil ‘Fate of- ihe '^bimtry.—'SWi^Bivefs.—fdkht-—MoUntairir,—
rn^^^rq’Bolgi^yir^Zeo^yi-^Mii^ertiU^yi^M'iTMrWiVliitets-.—Natural''
Cjufvmje,?* ill, d - ' j
THE native ’ name of; ^iis,oe^3rated>tco'untryiis faid ‘totbe'lhvthe . Name.
* Jintient Sahfcrit language Bharata,1 ; Tb£&qf -HindqBan feems tor
haye^.bie^l.j^nippfed by the: Beaqfiftnfij,^nd denVwjj^Kfrftrf-Hc rlaffiral name ; -
India,' front jhp grp^t weBern-river,_w_ith theiPerjfian termination Tan, :
which- fignifies a.country. 1 It wasd^gskpown, -as already, men-,}
tioned, by.the paon,e of {he Empire ^ ef[ t;he threat Mogul, .bgcaufe it
was then fobje£Oo_Mongul empe^Qis^f^ccefiors of Timur. t,
.Govorin, in,, the ^fouth, tQ„ the mou nt ajnfexyhiehf form the. northern,
boundary. pf Caflimir; that -j§, According., to the moll jBeoent g maps, i
.drqjn,about the, eighth to about-the thirty-fifth--degreerPftior.ehei:n kth;;
tud®,^bejpg twepty feven degrees, or 1620 g.- miles^ nearly equal, toy
1890 BrjtiBu., .The nq^hern boundary j may jl|e*,yhe't fp^her extended-ton
the, j Hindop fioh^ a n d , mountains Tunning{£ and W on.the' north; of
tbq^ province, pf Kuttpre.
„ From the river Araba, on the jweft1 of the prp'ydne'doofiiSindiy'to the
mountains which,,diyidp .l^ngal frppyjC^day apd-fhe Birman dominions,
fhaifeiis-i from about’ the fi&ty-fixth »'to*ihe- ninety*-gfe'eqfid* degrdb* of ea'ft' .
1 h®|tn Wilkins.: hutijhe ipropet njtwe .tflUfl.ftfn)
s the Brit king. A f. Ref. i. 419.
ilMlIi. , 1 1 ' „ .II ;
to Joe Medhyama, .and Bharat
longitude