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.
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