From This, And The Mountainous Nature Of The
Country, As Stated By Terry, It May Possibly Be Gorcah, One Of The
Little-Known Twenty-Four Rajahs, To The West Of Napaul; And The
Persilis Of Terry May Be The Sursutty Or The Marshandy, Both Head
Streams Of The Gunduck.
- E.
31. Pitan, and its chief city so named. The river Kanda waters this
province, and falls into the Ganges on its confines. - This is probably
one of the twenty-four rajahs, called Peytahn, in the mountainous
country to the north of Oude, which is watered by several of the head
streams of the Gunduck and Booree or Rapty rivers. - E.
32. Kanduana, the chief city of which is called Karhakatenka. The
river Sersili parts it from Pitan; and this province, with Pitan and
Gor, are the north-east boundaries of this great monarchy. - The
indicated connection with Gor and Pitan, or Gorcah and Peytahn, would
lead to suppose that Napaul is here meant. Karhakatenka may possibly be
some name of Catmandoo, or may have some reference to Kyraut, a district
in the east of Napaul, bordering on Bootan. The river Sersili of this
district is evidently the Persilis mentioned in Gor, and may refer to
the Sursutty. - E.
33. Patna, the chief city of which has the same name. The river
Ganges bounds this province on the west, and the Sersilis on the east.
It is a very fertile province. - In the former edition of this list by
Purchas, this province is said to be watered by four rivers, the Ganges,
Jumna, Sersili, and Kanda, all of which rivers here unite. Patna is
seated on the south side of the Ganges, which is joined a little way
higher up by the Jumna. Opposite to Patna the Gunduck falls into the
Ganges, probably the Kanda of Purchas, of which the Sursutty, formerly
supposed to be the same with the Sersili, or Persilis, is one of the
feeders. Patna is well known as a principal city of Bahar. - E.
34. Jesual, the chief city of which is called Rajapore, lies east of
Patna. - This may possibly refer to the district and city of Hajipoor in
Bahar, to the N.E. of Patna. - E.
35. Mevat, the chief city of which province is Narnol, is a very
mountainous country. - In the map of the Pilgrims, Mevat and Narnol are
placed to the east of Jesual, but the geography of this part of
Hindoostan in that map is utterly unintelligible, and no conjecture can
be hazarded respecting either Mevat or Narnol. - E.
36. Udessa, the chief city of which is called Jokanat, is the most
easterly territory in the kingdom of the Mogul. - In the other edition of
this list given by Purchas, Udessa, or Udeza, is said to border on the
kingdom of Maug, a savage people dwelling between this province and the
kingdom of Pegu. Its eastern situation would lead to the province of
Chittagong or Islambabad. The Maugs, or Mugs, are probably the barbarous
mountaineers of Meckley to the north of Aracan; but no names in modern
maps have any reference to Udessa, Udeza, or Jokanat, unless Jokanat be
some strange corruption of Chittagong.
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