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öther circumftance, though reported tb have been an important city in
■ * khcienÉ times. -The' Portugfièm^Ceized SuraTfacffi* after their arrival in
Hindoftan ; and it-was among t§ie firft place's in this country frequented
, ■ b y the Englifh, o f whofe. fa'élöry here a View may1 be found in Man-
J delflo’s Travels, who- dcfcribes-:the harbour as fmall'and incommodious ;
yet it was-; the only one on the-weftern coaft in which ilïips could be
fecure during the" morifoon rains from May to September.* ■
Borhbay, at a Confiderablé' diftance: to the ’-foiith^ is a'"#eil .Ten-own
. Englilh fettlement, on a fmall ifl.and, about feven miles in length', containing
a very ftrong capacious fortrefs, a large city, a dock yard, a marine
arfenal." It was ceded to the Englilh in 1662 by the Portuguefe, as
part of the dowër of the queen of Charles II. In the fame found, or
fmall bay, are the ifles of Salfett and Elephanta, in which arêrfS%!èfra-
tieah temples; which, as well as the .grand monuments at Ellora^ aljfim-
*£ide'rable diftance inland, are probably 'foun^atto'rtshlf;'^éi!g¥eatdMtëaia3
ife tenth or eleventh centuryjj for the fub^efts' are
belong to the common Hindo’o lyftem, and might thus haveheen Works
of the moft recent ptójSón.
On leading the ftiore, and proceeding towards the eaft of central Hin-
doftan, firft occurs the oity of Burhampoür^'bf finall öotè, - ElficBpbur
Is öf cönfiderable importance, being the dhieflCTfyW Berar'.^Mia^our
. I s the’ capital of the eaftern divifion of the Maratta empire*; as Poona is*
of the weftern, being a modern city of fmall fize. At Nagpour, which
may be called the central city of Hindoftan, the rainy feafón commences
with the S. W. monfobn.
Not far to the eaft of this city begins that extenfive and unexplored
wildernefs, which is pervaded by the great river Bain or Baun Gonga,
and terminates in the mountain's bounding the Englilh Sircars, f The
I acquifiïion
* For a recent account of.Surat fee Stavorinus, vol. li. P...479. The inhabitants are laid to be
500,000, a conGderable part of whom are 'Moors, * that is Arabs, Peri&ns, KEongiils., -Turks, prt
I fome pagan felling Mahomctanifm; hut retain! rites, as :the ftlgpima, . . ■ fall
j moppfitcr,,^-;
1 Renne11,'3i.; the name is Poijtuguefe Buonlahia, ajgoofl'hay.
f See Mr Blunt’ s journey, above quoted, for minute details -concern ihg 'this formerly[Obfcnre
■ -region.-Afiat. Reg. ii. izig— 260'. This inmortant journey- -appears to have: been undertaken
folely with geographical views/■, and it is fait! that the Eaft India Company enteriaj^he-hij>My
laudable intention of'publiflung an entirely new map of Hindoftan. ' The hitherto flhwglcwd
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a^quifitio^nmf^hc^ ^ q y i^ s^ ih ^ ^ eq ft j|ip$ijpQed
chapter.-. T-h^y prel^ptjittlpjnemprablf|; for .thpjfamous teijiple of Ja-
gern'aUt, --which ,in .psputati-opt- fycg^dgd , » t j ^ p ~©f T o . Guzerat,
deftroyed by Mahmud qftGhizni. in tjh^lpy^mho&entury, Hands to the,
norfh Qf the Chilka lak$* t (N-Pf 'does, j there,-appear to be any capital
eijjpjfong c^ e f.^w p , in the.Delta flf the p,nd,av9Ei,~,.pr throughput the
Sircars, -the widegmqk-pf forpft on W- having prohibited inland
trade 1 &X Li'nte’c°uriic;* >' Mafuiip’atam is pjaep-pf fome accoupt
but„ftapding on the.mgrthern, branch of thp K-iftn^, m$iy .be" artanged in
theffputher.ii.divifton of Efindafta.or
On turning tpyvard^jthefw.ehi -few .places # 0,1e , 4rife,(/\ except - Au^
ruqgabad, a modern city, , deriving jk^ypame from Aurungzeb, in vvhofej.
tim-ed-t-Gwas, thacmphpjl pf'thp D-eocappop_^i^||t®^ie’^OTth of Hind'oflan
proper. It -was ^i£t;pr,wafd|t the of the ,tilb
theirpreferenpp^was given to Hydnabad. .Near'.this city is Dowlatabad;
which giypSfname to -§he-province, with a fm-gukrlf<^I;tfefs, ori‘ a peaked
rocjk^,;-, -
■ T h k jcehtral part o f Hindoftan neariyAor-refpohds with;the Deccan,
tW-^pthern countries-of the Mongtds,- who did not pafs-the Kiftna till
a r^|ent period; and inftead’ ■ uhng J|lre Sermi in its juft-acceptation;
applied it to the foutherri provinces' bf fh'eir empire. Though formerly
the feat pfegreat.power, and the weftern coaftsrgreatly frequented
by foreign merchants cif all natipa| the har'bbufs have fifc e been 1mappears
to elflrdy of h'S'rfecky mountain's and|forefts,-, thiirly' Inhabited
by the Go AND,, a naked, favage, and leroc oils n ic e^ h o < tend even to th< | th of
Gorair ; ^M lP -M f tp rdvlhce: Sounds 1 ? i 1
black- Kcar-s,.'{eopords,.Mtdl^Uciilaih llie lo o'jn'Cei
' w h ^ ^ f i e i i>vhille^lhg.qs. t|«ee.
riveiV,; M a P*) ’ 5 J -W th®
?rocks.ofl3-eai: gratiite,.'and -«hetfoib&tted- cla,y. great,mi ge of mountains -pr'oOeeds
betxveen the .■ Baun.-!Gong,ar and jdahanada', ^m n -g -fou rc e^ flow E; and- W.Mnto
t h e f e ' r i V e r s r ' ' . ' T f r e ! t h t & J g h i ^ ” antf®iiftar, tt> L 1 U (
®octker4rW‘<^'f|* v |
-' The Aauri^aij'ga h alfg-.ca&d .die^pinhrfipd slife« W Of |pg^iai§SApf ^||ee|gur. The
river Indesow-Li jrhc'|^mh| j p g - 8?
W t i a s SMCrtj^tlfv rgtea.tly B '' and i s ^ | b . | § a s iS i^ h ^ io u r ^ l ' t f e y u t e
' * See tlie pr-iot, B?i;noul!i, ,i. ij-flo. , -,
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Sue Aar.
Aurangabad.
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Trade. ,