"It is to be noted that Kesmacoran is a combination of Kech or Kej and
Makran, and the term is even to-day occasionally used." (Major P.M.
Sykes, Persia, p. 102.) - H.C.]
We may add a Romance definition of India from King Alisaunder: -
"Lordynges, also I fynde,
At Mede so bigynneth Ynde:
Forsothe ich woot, it stretcheth ferest
Of alle the Londes in the Est,
And oth the South half sikerlyk,
To the cee taketh of Affryk;
And the north half to a Mountayne,
That is ycleped Caucasayne." - L 4824-4831.
It is probable that Polo merely coasted Mekran; he seems to know nothing
of the Indus, and what he says of Mekran is vague.
NOTE 2. - As Marco now winds up his detail of the Indian coast, it is
proper to try to throw some light on his partial derangement of its
geography. In the following columns the first shows the real
geographical order from east to west of the Indian provinces as named by
Polo, and the second shows the order as he puts them. The Italic names
are brief and general identifications.
Real order. Polo's order.
1. Mutfili (Telingana) 1. Mutfili
MAABAR, / 2. St. Thomas's (Madras). 2. St. Thomas's
including | 3. Maabar Proper, Kingdom of (Lar, west of do.).
| Sonder Bandi (Tanjore) 3. Maabar proper, or Soli.
\ 4. Cail (Tinnevelly). 4. Cail.
5.
